Crustacian Berzerker Deity Finbar Markus Jediscum (New Millennium Eurodiplomacy)

[Berzerker]

So it is Wednesday we are playing - tonight? I cannot make it until 9 pm EST, I have a scheduled tribe game starting at 7 pm EST.

[Curumbor Elendil]

Markus - I agree with your suggestion, but I think the enforcement of that rule should be part of diplomacy. In other words, you should say, "If you send me a caravan I will declare war on you," or, "If you don't pay a tariff of 50% I will declare war on you." In real life, embargoes are somewhat porous (witness the flouting of the Iraq embargo by Russia, France, and others). They rely on force to be carried out. If someone gets away with breaking it, then they get away with it. So it shouldn't be part of the house rules in the same way that the city bribe ban is (if someone breaks that rule, we reload the game from before the infraction).

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[finbar]

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So it is Wednesday we are playing - tonight? I cannot make it until 9 pm EST, I have a scheduled tribe game starting at 7 pm EST.
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Mmmm. If we're starting at 9pm EST, that means I can only play for 2 hours. Oh well, 2 hours of simul is going to get us a lot further than 2 hours of turn-based.

Edit. I agree with Curembor about Markus' suggestions re embassies and trade. Those options are always open to players in any game. It's a matter of enforcing them.

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[markusf]

What about the suggestion i made?

Every player has the option to not to allow a embasy established with them.

every player has the right to refuse to let other civs send caravans. Like come on, if US imposes a trade embargo on china, do you really think china would get 60 billion a year in trade?

[Atomic Dogg]

Lowang reporting.....The French Empire fares well

Looking forward to the next session

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-Atomic Dog is Lowang
-Viva Francaise!

[Guest]

I vote that, since jedi didn't show, Lowang be permitted to continue as the French.
I'll find another sub if needed...

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[Curumbor Elendil]

I'm fine with that, Deity.

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