Standard Diplomacy is no Holy Grail to me. Many attempts have been made at yet improving standard and particularly adressing the imbalance existent due to...
As discussed, we will be having a special game day devoted only to that dark place in everyones heart know far and wide as --- WAR!(Leave the Pictionary at ...
8 days til WarGamePalooza! I have about 4 definites and as many 'maybies'. Tentative schedule; If 7 show we start with a Dip game and move onto Risk 2210....
Ah..Logistical Nightmare...I remember it well...some of it fondly.:) Great game but a b%^&*& to GM. But I don't imagine you'll be muddling through Supply Point...
Yes, that was a fun game. The supply points were a bitch though. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get...
Yeah, a b!+@# but necessary. One of the main objectives was to bring a little more realism to the tactics side of Dip. SP's were a great way of acheiving that...
Oh, please don't take the comment the wrong way. I enjoyed it immensely. I missed a couple of key builds myself. Fortunately Scott Fort proved to be one of...
Thats right Tim! WarGamePalooza is right around the corner! Confirmed; Me of course (I live there) Tim Richardson Andrew Wylie Dan Santillo (late arival at...
... From: "Tim Richardson" Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: World Wide Diplomacy Face to Face Events: September 2002 SEPTEMBER 2002 1...
WarGamePalooza was a great success with the exception of being a little 'light' on players. We only had 4 during the wee hours of Saturday morning and never...
Anyone notice the decreasing trend in posts on Ngame over the past 18 months. It seems the peak was a couple of years ago. Does anyone have a good explanation...
... From: "potential_unleashed" <andrew.rae@...> To: <CAT23-Gchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:45 AM Subject: [CAT23-Gchat]...
Peter(& Andrew), I too have noticed the decrease. Your assumptions are based on fact and astute. I also conjecture, however, that things move in a cycle. That...
For the most part, I agree with you. I have noticed the same trend. However, if we pause and look a bit more closely, how much of it is because people are ...
... I think there's also a dip (heh) in promoting the boardgame. When Hasbro launched its version of Avalon Hill around the time period Peter mentioned, there...
... what they ... Collectible ... And there-in lies their problem: "promotion". I don't think Hasbro does a great job at it, and now AH is acquiring the same...
... At this point I'll recommend "Word Freak" by Stefan Fatsis to any and all... the author, a WSJ and NPR sports-biz reporter, spends a year in the ...
ok I am getting in as a replacement..do i need to join the subwscription that corresponds to the Number group my game is or does it come normal email to...
Most GMs send to both the individual players *and* to the listserver, but you will need to ask your GM to be sure. Regards Peter ... From: "jvmc1126"...
Hi, are any of you participating in the upcoming tournament? I am currently forming a team of friends for the event. Have any of you participated in preceding...
Well, crossgaming/metagaming will be, as in past tourneys, explicitly permitted in the rules, so a team could attempt to make multiple board deals with other...
Yeah, they came out of the woodwork that year. Totally unexpected. The '98 Tournament was far smaller. As an example, I recall some forum named Apolyton,...
... by ... we ... The ... Rules. Apolyton is a Civilization (the computer game) fansite which has an active diplo community, so I understand, so that explains...
... Holy moley! I see the Germans won't be messing around!! I was sort of expecting a low key WM this time out but perhaps we will have big one. We're getting...
... Yes, we know that now, we just didn't then. :^))) ... Glad to hear it. It would be nice to have at least one team from each of the powers, but I don't...
... each ... Turks ... I know of nine German teams. Two from the DEAC judge community, who have this friendly rivalry with Ludomaniac going. Wonder who does ...
How do I register interest in this? ... From: "Ray Setzer" <mczet@...> To: <CAT23-Gchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:50 PM ...