How did you discover Diplomacy?

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I've never actually visited this forum until now. I used to play Diplomacy all the time back in middle and high school. What a great game - simple pieces, simple rules, unbounded complexity! I haven't played in about 15 years, but remember loving it, win or lose. It's good to see it still alive after so many years of video games.

[Dr. Nick]

Marquis, why don't you sign up for a game?

[MDR]

If I recall correctly, the game that HDS is referring to was the one where we ended up writing orders for everyone else (our respective "allies") for the rest of the game. It was one turn a day, so we'd get together in one of HDS's english classes and sit in the back of the room.

BTW, never piss off HDS if there's a decent sized stick nearby. That turn I "betrayed" him in, he pounded the hell out of my desk with his metal umbrella. I'm lucky I didn't have to pay damage fees at the end of the semester...

The most recent game I can think of that I've had as much fun in is the Imperial 2 game Ruffhaus is running.

[Victor Galis]

Hey, HDS, check your PMs.

[MDR]

HDS with PMS? That makes sense!

[His Divine Shadow]

Originally posted by MDR
HDS with PMS? That makes sense!

I still have that umbrella, and I know where you live, parasite.

[MDR]

You do? I thought you finally broke it over someone's head a long time ago...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

How did I discover Diplomacy?

I clicked on this forum looking for the stories. I didn't have a clue what everyone was talking about.

I still don't.

[Sirotnikov]

Why not ask?
you'll never know otherwise.

[the_orange1]

I first discovered it when I was at high school, about 12 years ago. I was in a wargames club, not a school one, but a few kids from school were there. I had got bored of playing Warhammer and W40K and started to play historical stuff with the older members there. They introduced me to Dip and I was hooked. Unfortunately, I then forgot all about it when I went to Uni (not sure why, probably drink-related, like so much in my life). I played a lot of computer games in those years, especially civ2 and that's how I rediscovered Dip, when looking for new challenges in the Poly civ forums.

PBEM dip I think is better than f2f because it was easier to work out who was allied with who in f2f - organising stabs was so laborious becuase you could see it coming if your ally suddenly started talking to your enemy. And using variants is much easier too on PBEM.

[Victor Galis]

One of my friends is working on acquiring a dip board, then we will be able to play some ftf games.

[the_orange1]

I've got a board (cheap from ebay) but none of my friends are interested...

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by El Awrence
Marquis, why don't you sign up for a game?

Tho it sounds fun, time is precious these days. Maybe when the kids are old enough to learn it themselves, we can gang up on some unsuspecting opponents...


(Loren en Gwendolyn acting innocent as le Marquis loses 4 supply centers to them in one turn)

[Dr. Nick]

*snickers*

[Sirotnikov]

*eats snickers*

oh, wait, you mean that was El Awrence and not a candy bar?
dang!

Oh well, he was good anyway. Refreshing as always.