| Light Brigade Newsletter - offdisc (Sep 09, 2009, 2:34 pm) |
Mentoring is sich an interesting idea with Diplomacy. Since we all have different playstyles (and some have several playstyles themselves!), a mentor can so easily twist and warp a young mind.  [Reply] |
| Light Brigade Newsletter - Githraine (Sep 09, 2009, 2:32 pm) |
Hail and well met,
As some of you have heard, I have taken over the Command of the Brigade from Major General Former, the Earl of Trout.
I will try to keep these letters brief, but regular.
So the[Reply] |
| Light Brigade Newsletter (Light Brigade) offdisc Sep 09, 02:34 pm |
| Mentoring is sich an interesting idea with Diplomacy. Since we all have different playstyles (and some have several playstyles themselves!), a mentor can so easily twist and warp a young mind. |
| Light Brigade Newsletter (Light Brigade) coryfucius Sep 09, 02:41 pm |
| I agree, the idea of a short-term mentor to help the newbies stick around is an intriguing one. Jason, how would you implement a mentoring system, would it be at the request of a player or of a GM? |
| Light Brigade Newsletter (Light Brigade) Githraine Sep 09, 02:48 pm |
The idea is to keep it relatively informal, either the GM or the player could request the help (this could work for new GMs as well who need advice)
The request would come through me, Mike or Garry, |
| Light Brigade Newsletter (Light Brigade) dknemeyer Sep 09, 06:07 pm |
Hi Everyone,
I'm really glad to be part of this group. I've only played Diplomacy a
couple of times, back in the 1990's, but am really enjoying getting
back involved via this website.
Brie |
| DC261 - Winter 1904 Results - aramis604 (Sep 09, 2009, 1:20 pm) |
Winter results are in!
Austria:
Build A Budapest
Build A Vienna
Build
England:
Build F Edinburgh
Build F London
Germany:
Build A Berlin
Russia:
Remove F Skagerrak
Remove A Ukra[Reply] |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication - TheWhiteWolf (Sep 09, 2009, 12:10 pm) |
Guys,
Sorry this is late. Totally slipped my mind. Lots of action this round, as Germany goes aggressive, England loses his home centers, and Austria/Italy duke it out.
Players:
Austria: Darr[Reply] |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) packrat Sep 09, 06:00 pm |
I know the fortunes of this game turn on a dime (Hell, they just did) but please
consider the following.
One player who has been here since March (6 MONTHs ago) and the third
Russian player are |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) packrat Sep 09, 06:44 pm |
AH! Whaddaya know - turns out that *I'M* a replacement TOO!!!!
My observation still stands though since I actually came in for Winter 1901.
From: Packrat <brn2d |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) DamienThryn Sep 09, 06:44 pm |
| Wow. Insults because a player acted in his own self interest. Nice to know you can play a game and have someone publicly crying and spewing rudeness because you don't get what you want. |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) TheWhiteWolf Sep 09, 07:06 pm |
Guys,
I'm sorry to admit that I forgot a few things. An A/E draw proposal is on the table. Please vote by the winter deadline. Also, John R's email address is still wrong in the player list. Please u |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) packrat Sep 09, 07:09 pm |
My dear Kaiser -
Please note the comments are framed in terms of Germany, England, Russia and Italy and NOT
Tim, John or Andrew. Press can spew anything the publisher would like it to, and I tend t |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) DamienThryn Sep 09, 08:04 pm |
"Please note the comments are framed in terms of Germany, England, Russia and Italy and NOT
Tim, John or Andrew. Press can spew anything the publisher would like it to, and I tend to use
it a |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) packrat Sep 09, 08:18 pm |
Diplomacy is a ROLE PLAYING game - and if you cannot separate the person from
the role then YOU are the one in need of therapy.
This point has been discussed at some length on different lists. I |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) DamienThryn Sep 09, 09:25 pm |
| Hey you can have all the beef with me you want or define matters as you wish. I don't believe Diplomacy is a role playing game, I don't play it as such, and never will, whether you like it o |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) packrat Sep 09, 11:41 pm |
<GRIN>
Trust me - I'm not as worked up as you think I am.
From: Andrew Tanner <damienthryn(at)gmail.com>
To: Packrat <brn |
| DC-239 Fall 1910 Adjudication (dc239) DamienThryn Sep 10, 10:50 am |
Hey John, glad to hear from you.
I'm completely on board with that. Frankly Packrat got me paranoid that he was going to throw the game to Austria to guarantee his own survival, hence my ad |
| DC254, Fall 1906 - alwayshunted (Sep 09, 2009, 11:16 am) |
| Well.... it looks like you guys have things all wrapped up. Kind of an interesting voting procedure. Anyhow, I will send out a final summary and get the details to the club moderators, assuming that n [Reply] |
| DC 260: W1905 - AceRimmer (Sep 09, 2009, 11:02 am) |
| Alright. I'm back in the saddle, and winter adjustments are here. Japan's body is still warm (in fact, he's still alive), and yet I sense a wolf pack (perhaps with some recruitments and/or expulsion [Reply] |
| DC242: Fall 1912 - lottroad (Sep 09, 2009, 8:45 am) |
Tunis was the key and somehow I lucked out and got there first. Thought for sure I had built too many fleets to live this long.
From: Gabriel Singer <gabriel_sing[Reply] |
| DC242: Fall 1912 - Attila (Sep 09, 2009, 5:15 am) |
| Thanks to all for a great game and I doff my turban to Mike for a well-deserved victory. At one stage thought I was close, but think I should've been quicker in getting fleets into Italy and western p [Reply] |
| DC242: Fall 1912 - lottroad (Sep 09, 2009, 3:30 am) |
Thanks for doing a tremendous job GMing Matthew and thanks to all for playing a great game. That was a lot of fun. I hope to see you all again in another game soon.
[b:2281277ba1]From:[/b:228127[Reply] |
| DC242: Fall 1912 - Rocketship (Sep 09, 2009, 3:14 am) |
DC242: Fall 1912
And that's all she wrote, folks. Let's all offer Mike a hearty
congratulations on a solo victory.
Note: I didn't receive orders from France, this season. Because it
di[Reply] |
| DC242: Fall 1912 (dc242) lottroad Sep 09, 03:30 am |
Thanks for doing a tremendous job GMing Matthew and thanks to all for playing a great game. That was a lot of fun. I hope to see you all again in another game soon.
[b:2281277ba1]From:[/b:228127 |
| DC242: Fall 1912 (dc242) Attila Sep 09, 05:15 am |
| Thanks to all for a great game and I doff my turban to Mike for a well-deserved victory. At one stage thought I was close, but think I should've been quicker in getting fleets into Italy and western p |
| DC242: Fall 1912 (dc242) lottroad Sep 09, 08:45 am |
Tunis was the key and somehow I lucked out and got there first. Thought for sure I had built too many fleets to live this long.
From: Gabriel Singer <gabriel_sing |
| DC 262: Angstskrik - Norse press - packrat (Sep 08, 2009, 11:23 pm) |
DATELINE: Trondheim.
The peace and serenity of the corridors of Bilskirnir Hall have been been broken
by the treachery of the Danes. Thor has been called from his hall to come and
unleash his ha[Reply] |
| DC 262: Angstskrik - Winter 827 Formal Adjudicatio... - packrat (Sep 08, 2009, 8:35 pm) |
Well, I tip my hat to the genius who was able to convince the
Danes to submit such a DUMB-ASS set of orders. All Norse
units will be ordered back home to deal with this treachery
and blatant dupli[Reply] |
| dc265 ~ European Onion - sgttodd (Sep 08, 2009, 8:14 pm) |
I will be out of town 9/11-13 - I'll actually be driving through New York City on 9/11 which is a little creepy, so...[b:d4a1c8e322]
The deadline for Spring 1905 orders is: Monday, September 14; 23[Reply] |
| DC 262: Angstskrik - Winter 827 Formal Adjudicatio... - Kenshi777 (Sep 08, 2009, 7:28 pm) |
Honored Kings of the Dark Ages -
And we're back...just in time to witness the amazing... The Scots and
Gaels seem to have mended their fences, putting a twist in the
Scandinavians' plans for inv[Reply] |
| dc252 w08 builds! - FuzzyLogic (Sep 08, 2009, 7:19 pm) |
Carthage: Build F Thapsus
Persia: Build A Antioch
Egypt: Remove A Alexandria
Short and sweet. However we do have the resurfacing of the age-old Carthage-Persia draw. Vote yay / nay with your S[Reply] |
| dc220 w09 builds! - Kenshi777 (Sep 08, 2009, 6:31 pm) |
No, he's in the cradle, thumbsucker that he is
(fair retaliation for rubbing salt in my old wounds in ACD
B.
On 9/8/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net> wrote:
[quote:0991[Reply] |
| DC253 S08 THE NEW JOHN SOBIESKI? - vegas_iwish (Sep 08, 2009, 6:20 pm) |
The polish king kept the Turks out of Vienna in 1683. They are there now so...? 9/15/09 next
Poland:
A Ber - Sil
A Mun - Pra (*Fails*)
A Pra - Slo (*Fails*)
A Pri Supports A War - Kra (*Cut*)
F[Reply] |
| DC242: 8h for Fall 1912 - Rocketship (Sep 08, 2009, 6:06 pm) |
Hi Folks,
It's roughly 8 hours for the Fall deadline. I'm still missing orders
from one of you.
Cheers,
Matthew[Reply] |
| DC261 - Reminder - aramis604 (Sep 08, 2009, 4:53 pm) |
Winter orders are due tonight in about 6 hours.
- Josh[Reply] |
| dc220 w09 builds! - FuzzyLogic (Sep 08, 2009, 3:33 pm) |
England:
Build F Edinburgh
Build F Liverpool
Build A London
France:
Build F Brest
That's it! Quick and easy turn for our Labor Day weekend. For the voting, let it be known that it was a un[Reply] |
| dc220 w09 builds! (dc220) Kenshi777 Sep 08, 06:31 pm |
No, he's in the cradle, thumbsucker that he is
(fair retaliation for rubbing salt in my old wounds in ACD
B.
On 9/8/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net> wrote:
[quote:0991 |
| DC271 Cimarra - S01 Delay Over...Let's Give a Big... - garry.bledsoe (Sep 08, 2009, 2:30 pm) |
Jim Benson! He will be taking over Turkey for us in this game. His email address is newseditor(at)btinternet.com ([email]newseditor(at)btinternet.com[/email]).
Given that we have a new player, I would li[Reply] |
| DC254, Fall 1906 - Marshall (Sep 08, 2009, 1:43 pm) |
| Good game everyone, it was a lot of fun! This was my first Diplomacy game that I've actually finished. The only other attempt was a face to face game that ended after 4 hours and was only on turn [Reply] |
| DC 262: Angstskrik - Spring 828 Orders due today! - Kenshi777 (Sep 08, 2009, 11:39 am) |
Reminder: without further ado, Dark Ages continues (Spring 82 at
1700 EDT today, 8 Sep 09! Please be sure to have all your orders in
by then!
Thanks -
B.
--
Diplomacy in Texas!
www.te[Reply] |
| dc267 deadline tomorrow - MattTheLesser (Sep 08, 2009, 9:07 am) |
Our extended deadline comes up tomorrow night, so get those finalized
orders in ASAP!
Matt[Reply] |
| DC230 Lost Kings - Spring 1911 - Running On Empty - former.trout (Sep 07, 2009, 8:39 pm) |
Alls quiet on the Western Front...
No retreats are needed after the hushed Spring turn. Deadline for Fall 1911 orders will be set for this Friday - September 11th (11:59 PM GMT).
Rockabilly[Reply] |
