Destiny of Empires [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread]

[OzzyKP]

JFK is killing injuns now; we have invaded Native America, because we can

And I am Rempedaalops, from the Netherlands, like RP (we met once actually ), and I had a lot of fun with you guys And I just realised that my current invasion is the first offensive act I have taken in this game... Probably the most peaceful game of civ I have ever played!

You were also a pleasure to have in the game. Good stories, and I enjoyed our joint imperialism storyline. Very reliable, and helped spice things up a bit at the end too. Good work.

[France (DoE)]

Tomorrow I'm heading out on vacation for a week. I'm not gonna bother playing turns or bothering with a sub. So feel free to work on sinking my fleet.

With pleasure. Damnanglais! :spit:

[OzzyKP]

Still have some holes to fill! Who are you France? Who are the rest of you? I think I've only got England, Ottomans, Russia, Egypt, Native America, America and Inca fully figured out. That leaves a lot of blanks!
If you played or subbed for a significant amount of time for any civ, please say so!

Vikings (Ragnar) - Toni, Rhothaerill
France (Louis XIV) - Exploit (right?), mzprox, ______?
England (Elizabeth) - OzzyKP, 2metraninja, OzzyKP
Ottoman (Suleiman) - ThePriest, Sommerswerd
Germany (Bismarck) - deity (right?), ______?
Mali (Mansa Musa) - ______?
Russia (Catherine) - 2metraninja
Mongolia (Kublai Khan) - trev?
Arabia (Saladin) - ______, mzprox(?), ______?
Egypt (Ramesses II) - Robert Plomp
India (Gandhi) - St Jon (right?), lzprst (anyone else?)
China (Mao Zedong) - ______?
Japan (Tokugawa) - ______?
Zulu (Shaka) - ______?
Aztecs (Montezuma) - ______, Calanthian
Native America (Sitting Bull) - Dubhghlas
Inca (Huayna Capac) - DNK
America (Franklin D. Roosevelt) - Rempedaalops

This is one thnig I hate about anonymous play. With all the subbing an dmoving around and players quitting it is really difficult to figure out who actually played each civ.

[France (DoE)]

This is one thnig I hate about anonymous play. With all the subbing an dmoving around and players quitting it is really difficult to figure out who actually played each civ.

I loved it. I never did figure out who was whom. And when deity quit I was shocked as I thought Neandor was Toni.

[OzzyKP]

I thought so too! I was (and am) all confused. And you still aren't fessing up!

[Rhothaerill]

Hi again.

The second Vikings player was me. And you are correct that Neandor was deity. The new player after he left was Calanthian.

I know who France is, but he'll have to tell you himself.

[Rhothaerill]

Ozzy, you should probably just call me Bluffbait.

[OzzyKP]

So... this means that Toni and deity were ALLIES?!? What is this world coming to?

[OzzyKP]

Ozzy, you should probably just call me Bluffbait.

Hahaha. That'll be your one enduring memory of diplogaming. The big bluff.

[Rhothaerill]

Pretty much. At least I can say I completely changed the landscape of the game by falling for the bluff.

[Russia (DoE)]

Pretty much. At least I can say I completely changed the landscape of the game by falling for the bluff.

Heh, I think this bluff is actually very good example of what diplo-gaming is (at least for me) - it is all about diplomacy and not using violence when the things can go without it. The pen is mightier than the sword, fellow diplo-gamers

[OzzyKP]

And as long as we are discussing The Bluff, I'll let slip that it happened just as I was returning to control of my civ. Russia was subbing for me and had everything set up in position brilliantly. When it started, I don't think it was a bluff. I believe he really was planning to raze the city. But I came back like that turn, so he briefed me and I said no to razing it. It seemed too far to me. But he persuaded me that he could convince you guys that I really did intend to do it, and that we should bluff. I was still worried because if they thought I was capable of razing a holy city, then they'd raze London or some other important city if they had the opportunity. But I agreed to the bluff and the rest was history.

[Rhothaerill]

I was still worried because if they thought I was capable of razing a holy city, then they'd raze London or some other important city if they had the opportunity. But I agreed to the bluff and the rest was history.

I certainly would have if I'd had the opportunity. I would have razed all of England so that this time you couldn't get it back.

[Russia (DoE)]

I certainly would have if I'd had the opportunity. I would have razed all of England so that this time you couldn't get it back.

As I said previously, it wasnt an empty bluff - we had the power to execute our threat (i.e. razing almost all Viking cities), and even still eventually win the war in Europe with brute force, only it would be a riskier - there was a chance that things go wrong with your superior economy and advanced weapons (intact French and Neandor economy + Machine Gunners, Ironclads and Cannons vs rifles, SOTLs and catapults + ruined Turkish and English economy + drafted down to city size 5 with huge unrest Russian economy). Not to mention how bloody and violent all this would have been. I was really considering winning a war of attrition with you guys and razing cities was one of the things I was considering for sure

Come on, Roth, join the new diplo game - see what a fun, thrill and excitement DoE have brought to us! Lot of "favors" to return, lot of "debts" to pay and a lot of lessons we all to learn

[Russia (DoE)]

I believe he really was planning to raze the city. But I came back like that turn, so he briefed me and I said no to razing it. It seemed too far to me.

True story. Ozzy said explicit that I should not raze the Holly city, at first I was disappointed, but then I decided that if the Fate serves me lemons instead of the juicy meal I was hoping for, not to wrinkle my mouth in disappointment, but to make a lemonade. And the rest is history