ATOT online Diplomacy thread.

[Agentbolt]

Update 2: Come on, we still need one more. There's a gotta be one more Dip player here.

Update - Never mind the week-long deadlines. The guy who was going to play who was so busy has decided to simply bow out instead. So we'll have normal timings, 3 days for moves, 1 day for everything else, no orders due on weekends. So right now the list looks like:

Me
A friend of mine
A friend of my friend
Mellman
TheStu
A5

Just one more person and we're ready to go. Again, all we really ask is that you communicate regularly, don't drop out, and know the basics of the game. I'm also thinking I'm going to update this thread with the moves, Diplomacy is an awesome spectator sport.



Looking for 3 players for online game of Diplomacy. We'll be playing on the DP Judge, which is exactly like playing the board game. There's an auto-updating map to show people's positions, and lots of other features that make it incredibly easy and intuitive to use.

Any skill level player is welcome to play, however we do ask that you already know how to play Diplomacy, as teaching the game from scratch takes a long time and we'd like to get started as soon as possible. There will be 1 week between move deadlines, and 1 day between everything else (retreats, builds, etc..). We'd like players who are talkative and Diplom a lot, and people who obviously won't drop out 2 years in.

Reply here if you're interested, like I said, we just need 3 players. If you're not already registed on the DP Judge I'll send a quick guide on how to do it, it takes like 5 minutes. Hopefully there's a few good players here on ATOT, hope to hear from a few of you soon.

 

[Feldenak]

Ahh Diplomacy, the game also known as "Fvck Your Buddy".

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
. . . and people who obviously won't drop out 2 years in.

:Q I don't know the game but I guess I don't want to start now if one game takes years.

 

[Agentbolt]

Heh, it's game years, not real years A game year takes 2 weeks.

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: VTHodge

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
. . . and people who obviously won't drop out 2 years in.

:Q I don't know the game but I guess I don't want to start now if one game takes years.

Lol exactly what I thought.

 

[Mellman]

I'd play - but a week for a turn is a loooong time....hm

 

[Agentbolt]

I'd play - but a week for a turn is a loooong time....hm

Aw c'mon, it'd still be fun. The week-long deadline is to avoid people being late when people are busy or whatever. If everyone has their orders in we can always process them early.

 

[Mellman]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt

I'd play - but a week for a turn is a loooong time....hm

Aw c'mon, it'd still be fun. The week-long deadline is to avoid people being late when people are busy or whatever. If everyone has their orders in we can always process them early.

ah ok if thats an option then thats good. shoot me a PM, i'll play. I'm out of town tonight/tomorrow though.

 

[TheStu]

I used to play quite a bit on Redscape, so you can count me in. Little rusty, but willing. Drop me a PM with instructions for DP Judge please

 

[UDT89]

can u link me to the game. i wanna learn it.

 

[Agentbolt]

Link to info about Diplomacy in general

That's 2. Once we get one more I'll gather an e-mail list and get everyone the instructions for getting on the DPJudge. I knew ATOT wouldn't let me down

 

[toolboxolio]

This sounds soooo boring that it's hurting my back thinking about it.

 

[imported_bum]

Wow, I used to play this game with my dad and brother, but it takes hours on end to complete in real time... Add in a couple days per turn and that's one loonnggg game. I might ask my dad if he wants to play, anyway, though.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Seems like a lot of fun, but I'm going to be out of the country for two months with probably no internet access.

 

[Agentbolt]

Add in a couple days per turn and that's one loonnggg game

No arguments here. Online Diplomacy takes a LONG time to play. It takes like 5 minutes a day to answer emails from other countries/type in your moves though, so that's not really a bad thing. And it's unbelievably fun

 

[Agentbolt]

Link

This is an example of wha the online map looks like, by the way. It auto-updates after every move goes through to show current positions. I was Turkey in this game, but then France stopped sending in moves. I was doing well, too

 

[A5]

I'm in if there's still room. Send me the info for signing up on DP judge as well...

 

[deerslayer]

Sounds fun, but I don't know how to play. Sorry.

 

[JoPh]

kinda of interesting.. dunno how to play. is it easy?? id play

 

[Agentbolt]

It's easy to learn but it takes a few games before you pick up the finer points. We just need one more, who's it gonna be folks?

 

[Agentbolt]

The game is set up and everyone's been emailed with instructions for how to join. Once everyone is in, the game automatically starts.

Since nobody's moved yet, here's everyone's starting positions. I'll post the update map after every move so the ATOT peanut gallery can chime in

Map

 

[Agentbolt]

Guess we still need someone after all. Anyone else want in? Should be a good game.

 

[marketsons1985]

Hey if you're still looking for another player, I'm up for it. Haven't played in a couple years, but I do know how to play PM me if you still need one!

 

[So]

I'd love to play if I had more time (I've played tabletop a bunch of times before). If you do another game anytime after mid May, please send me a PM, I'll be down.