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I just thugh it would be interesting to hear how all the veterans here discovered diplomacy and became so good?
How did I?
I always saw the board game in shops but had no idea how can a game with 2 tpes of pieces become so intriguing. "Just regular game hype" I thought.
And I didn't buy it. Luckaly, since I didn't have then type of people to play with then.
But years later, when I was at yoav's place, I knew he played risk with people and I didn't know what it was. I played it on the PC and didn't like it too much.
So then he said he read about some similar but mroe intriguing game and downloaded a map and basic rules.
We didnt' ahve the rulebook so we invented some of the rules.
And Taurus, Yoav, Dr. tzuri and I played it.
Later a friend of ours said he had bough a version of the board game. Then we read the rule book and played better.
I usually lost and was naive in the beginning, but I must say, there were many very fun games.
Especially one game in which a serious double crossing ahppenned.
Taurus often used to behave in a Machievelian way and double cross. I learnt it and tried to expect this.
So this one turn, I convince Yoav to betray Taurus, and Taurus to betray Yoav, promising each person I'm on his side. At the time, I had no idea who am I going to align with.
Only a minute before I wrote the orders I decided to stick to Yoav since he is more relaible.
When we were reading out the orders:
Yoav betrays Taurus
Taurus betrays Yoav and Me
I betray Taurus.
THe exchange of looks and laughs about how we all anticiapted each other was very fun.
How did I?
I always saw the board game in shops but had no idea how can a game with 2 tpes of pieces become so intriguing. "Just regular game hype" I thought.
And I didn't buy it. Luckaly, since I didn't have then type of people to play with then.
But years later, when I was at yoav's place, I knew he played risk with people and I didn't know what it was. I played it on the PC and didn't like it too much.
So then he said he read about some similar but mroe intriguing game and downloaded a map and basic rules.
We didnt' ahve the rulebook so we invented some of the rules.
And Taurus, Yoav, Dr. tzuri and I played it.
Later a friend of ours said he had bough a version of the board game. Then we read the rule book and played better.
I usually lost and was naive in the beginning, but I must say, there were many very fun games.
Especially one game in which a serious double crossing ahppenned.
Taurus often used to behave in a Machievelian way and double cross. I learnt it and tried to expect this.
So this one turn, I convince Yoav to betray Taurus, and Taurus to betray Yoav, promising each person I'm on his side. At the time, I had no idea who am I going to align with.
Only a minute before I wrote the orders I decided to stick to Yoav since he is more relaible.
When we were reading out the orders:
Yoav betrays Taurus
Taurus betrays Yoav and Me
I betray Taurus.
THe exchange of looks and laughs about how we all anticiapted each other was very fun.
And this was only 6 or 7 months ago so I should be able to remember who told me.
) and get him to maneuver his forces so that France can literally destroy England in one turn. It all goes downhill from there. The next turn, there are French fleets in Edinburgh, Clyde, and the English Channel, and England's navy is too far away to stop the advance before the disband phase.
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