Shall...we....play...A....Game??

[Gatefan1976]

Ok, so while OM was fixing my OS, we got to chatting about "my odd games" and I gave him suggestions of 3 games to look at:

Diplomacy
Axis and Allies
Shogun

Now, I was wondering if Joe would be interested in running a Play by mail game of Diplomacy? I don't have a copy of the game myself as I used to play either my brothers, or at the local games store.

All we would need is someone to keep a "master board", a PDF file of the Diplomacy map and 5 players.
Rules for length of turn and such could be hashed out here (IE, how many days per turn) and a basic overview of the incredibly basic rules.

Any thoughts?

 

[Overmind One]

Ok, so while OM was fixing my OS, we got to chatting about "my odd games" and I gave him suggestions of 3 games to look at:

Diplomacy
Axis and Allies
Shogun
between members
Now, I was wondering if Joe would be interested in running a Play by mail game of Diplomacy? I don't have a copy of the game myself as I used to play either my brothers, or at the local games store.

All we would need is someone to keep a "master board", a PDF file of the Diplomacy map and 5 players.
Rules for length of turn and such could be hashed out here (IE, how many days per turn) and a basic overview of the incredibly basic rules.

Any thoughts?

I LOVE THIS IDEA. Can it be played on this board? Forums have the ability to be passworded individually between members.

 

[Gatefan1976]

I LOVE THIS IDEA. Can it be played on this board? Forums have the ability to be passworded individually between members.

Sure it can, most of the game would be via PM's, then you would update the game thread.

 

[Joelist]

Shouldn't be too hard especially for Diplomacy.

 

[Gatefan1976]

That's Why I chose it as the best vector.

 

[Gatefan1976]

So, anyone else interested in this?
IIRC we would need 3 more people.

Some background info:

 

[Bluce Ree]

Diplomacy sounds boring. Can we play Name Calling instead? I'll start.

Jackass!

 

[Gatefan1976]

Trust me, Name calling is a sub game of diplomacy

 

[Bluce Ree]

Trust me, Name calling is a sub game of diplomacy

Well, then. I may consider playing.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Well, then. I may consider playing.

You should, you would be a natural at it
(I leave you to determine if that was an insult or a compliment)

 

[Bluce Ree]

You should, you would be a natural at it
(I leave you to determine if that was an insult or a compliment)

Either way, I'm cool with it.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Either way, I'm cool with it.

It is actually a cool game, and very well suited to PBM due to it's structure. It's like Chess, but with more players and the ability to communicate being very important.

 

[Bluce Ree]

It is actually a cool game, and very well suited to PBM due to it's structure. It's like Chess, but with more players and the ability to communicate being very important.

For some reason, I thought it would be just a bunch of rhetorical statements until one of us cracks.

A: You are looking well today.
B: Did you say swell?
C: No, I think he said you look like a big old well.
B: What?
A: No! That's not what I said, asshole!
B: Now I'm an asshole, you jerkoff?!?
A: No, not you! Him!
C: Me? What did I do? You're the jerkoff.
(continue escalation)

 

[Gatefan1976]

Nope, we would have something else to bitch about and be concerned with

 

[Gatefan1976]

Anyone else??

 

[Overmind One]

Anyone else??

How do we start?

 

[Gatefan1976]

Well, we need 5-7 players for a start...........

 

[Overmind One]

Well, we need 5-7 players for a start...........

We have...how many?

 

[Gatefan1976]

4 if Bluce is really willing.

 

[Joelist]

this is the one issue with Dippy - you need a bunch of people to play it.