| Seismic - AceRimmer (Oct 28, 2010, 11:02 am) |
It seems to me that you're mixing and matching rules from a variety of variants, Mike. However, the main one is 'Geophysical':
http://diplom.org/Online/variants/geophysical.html
But you also ha[Reply] |
| Seismic - FuzzyLogic (Oct 21, 2010, 12:03 pm) |
Interesting -- This is screaming new variant to me.
It reminds me of the old computer game "Populous".
Seismic in its pure sense is solely a game of normal Dip with a topological shift (split/jo[Reply] |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 28, 11:02 am |
It seems to me that you're mixing and matching rules from a variety of variants, Mike. However, the main one is 'Geophysical':
http://diplom.org/Online/variants/geophysical.html
But you also ha |
| Seismic - AceRimmer (Oct 21, 2010, 11:48 am) |
When I ran a game of Seismic (DC 211), I used a professional cartography / mapping program called ArcMap. It's a side benefit of being a map-maker by career.
Like Mike, I had to do adjudications b[Reply] |
| Seismic (Variants) FuzzyLogic Oct 21, 12:03 pm |
Interesting -- This is screaming new variant to me.
It reminds me of the old computer game "Populous".
Seismic in its pure sense is solely a game of normal Dip with a topological shift (split/jo |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 28, 11:02 am |
It seems to me that you're mixing and matching rules from a variety of variants, Mike. However, the main one is 'Geophysical':
http://diplom.org/Online/variants/geophysical.html
But you also ha |
| Seismic - FuzzyLogic (Oct 20, 2010, 10:37 am) |
I would recommend Cyberboard (available in downloads). It will allow you to routinely apply a new map over the game board. I've run Seismic twice... it's not easy. The basic process is...
* Move[Reply] |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 21, 11:48 am |
When I ran a game of Seismic (DC 211), I used a professional cartography / mapping program called ArcMap. It's a side benefit of being a map-maker by career.
Like Mike, I had to do adjudications b |
| Seismic (Variants) FuzzyLogic Oct 21, 12:03 pm |
Interesting -- This is screaming new variant to me.
It reminds me of the old computer game "Populous".
Seismic in its pure sense is solely a game of normal Dip with a topological shift (split/jo |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 28, 11:02 am |
It seems to me that you're mixing and matching rules from a variety of variants, Mike. However, the main one is 'Geophysical':
http://diplom.org/Online/variants/geophysical.html
But you also ha |
| Seismic - zyxw59 (Oct 20, 2010, 10:00 am) |
| Does anyone know of a program for adjudication of the Seismic variant? [Reply] |
| Seismic (Variants) FuzzyLogic Oct 20, 10:37 am |
I would recommend Cyberboard (available in downloads). It will allow you to routinely apply a new map over the game board. I've run Seismic twice... it's not easy. The basic process is...
* Move |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 21, 11:48 am |
When I ran a game of Seismic (DC 211), I used a professional cartography / mapping program called ArcMap. It's a side benefit of being a map-maker by career.
Like Mike, I had to do adjudications b |
| Seismic (Variants) FuzzyLogic Oct 21, 12:03 pm |
Interesting -- This is screaming new variant to me.
It reminds me of the old computer game "Populous".
Seismic in its pure sense is solely a game of normal Dip with a topological shift (split/jo |
| Seismic (Variants) AceRimmer Oct 28, 11:02 am |
It seems to me that you're mixing and matching rules from a variety of variants, Mike. However, the main one is 'Geophysical':
http://diplom.org/Online/variants/geophysical.html
But you also ha |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire - z93blom (Jun 28, 2010, 3:21 am) |
| I might be willing to run a game of either of these variants. I'll look into it when my current GM:ing game is finished. [Reply] |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire - dknemeyer (Jun 18, 2010, 11:01 am) |
| Any GM's out there interested in GM'ing 1900 or Ambition & Empire here at DC? I'd love to play and know a number of other people would as well. It would fill really quickly. [Reply] |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) z93blom Jun 28, 03:21 am |
| I might be willing to run a game of either of these variants. I'll look into it when my current GM:ing game is finished. |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) Douglas_E_Fresh Feb 20, 10:43 pm |
| I am also keen to GM a game of 1900. I am afk pretty continually until April though - but once April comes around, I plan to be GMing 1900 here, or on Redscape. |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) FuzzyLogic Feb 22, 09:54 am |
1900 is an awesome variant! One of my favorites...
-mike |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) Douglas_E_Fresh Apr 12, 10:51 am |
| Still 3 places left in re003! Hurry Hurry! Roll Up Roll Up! |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) bielf11 Apr 12, 04:31 pm |
Ah, wish I could join. But with a 3-week trip ahead I'm afraid I won't be able to live up to the commitment needed.
UNLESS of course you decide to stall the kick-off until after May 8? Please?
Fra |
| 1900 or Ambition & Empire (Variants) Douglas_E_Fresh Apr 13, 03:30 am |
I'm confident we'll have a full compliment by then Frank, but you never know. Maybe when you get back from your trip there will still be space for an empire-builder such as yourself  |
| Canal in Germany? - Kenshi777 (May 25, 2010, 10:08 pm) |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal
This entry in Wikipedia actually mentions Diplomacy! I never knew
that until just now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eider_River
Prior to the Kiel Canal[Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? - charlesf (May 25, 2010, 8:36 pm) |
Canal in Germany? [post:16460]
BODY {
FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif
}
Used to be called the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. Its
construction was strategically important as it allo[Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? - sunchung (May 25, 2010, 8:12 pm) |
| Wow - Wikipedia knows more than Google? Not a problem. Happy to help where I can. [Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) charlesf May 25, 08:36 pm |
Canal in Germany? [post:16460]
BODY {
FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif
}
Used to be called the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. Its
construction was strategically important as it allo |
| Canal in Germany? - dknemeyer (May 25, 2010, 8:10 pm) |
Amazing! I was looking at Google Maps and zooming way in - couldn't see it...
Thanks Sun.[Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) sunchung May 25, 08:12 pm |
| Wow - Wikipedia knows more than Google? Not a problem. Happy to help where I can. |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) charlesf May 25, 08:36 pm |
Canal in Germany? [post:16460]
BODY {
FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif
}
Used to be called the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. Its
construction was strategically important as it allo |
| Canal in Germany? - sunchung (May 25, 2010, 8:08 pm) |
There actually is a canal in Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal[Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) dknemeyer May 25, 08:10 pm |
Amazing! I was looking at Google Maps and zooming way in - couldn't see it...
Thanks Sun. |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) sunchung May 25, 08:12 pm |
| Wow - Wikipedia knows more than Google? Not a problem. Happy to help where I can. |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) charlesf May 25, 08:36 pm |
Canal in Germany? [post:16460]
BODY {
FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif
}
Used to be called the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. Its
construction was strategically important as it allo |
| Canal in Germany? - dknemeyer (May 25, 2010, 7:31 pm) |
| Total nerd question: the Standard Dip map has a waterway thru northern Germany that enable the German player to order from Hel - Kie - Bal (or vice-versa). There is no such waterway in real-life Germa [Reply] |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) sunchung May 25, 08:08 pm |
There actually is a canal in Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) dknemeyer May 25, 08:10 pm |
Amazing! I was looking at Google Maps and zooming way in - couldn't see it...
Thanks Sun. |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) sunchung May 25, 08:12 pm |
| Wow - Wikipedia knows more than Google? Not a problem. Happy to help where I can. |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) charlesf May 25, 08:36 pm |
Canal in Germany? [post:16460]
BODY {
FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif
}
Used to be called the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. Its
construction was strategically important as it allo |
| Canal in Germany? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 25, 10:08 pm |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal
This entry in Wikipedia actually mentions Diplomacy! I never knew
that until just now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eider_River
Prior to the Kiel Canal |
| Youngstown Anyone? - Kenshi777 (May 07, 2010, 1:54 pm) |
i should probably shut my mouth right now so as not to be perceived as
arrogant or offensive
but i can't
so...
Youngstown was okay - for its time. The variant design community has
come a long wa[Reply] |
| Youngstown Anyone? - FuzzyLogic (May 07, 2010, 11:36 am) |
Wow.
The Youngstown game is the most popular of the many Diplomacy variants.
That's quite a statement. I'd like to know where the writer of that article came up w that. It's certainly n[Reply] |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 07, 01:54 pm |
i should probably shut my mouth right now so as not to be perceived as
arrogant or offensive
but i can't
so...
Youngstown was okay - for its time. The variant design community has
come a long wa |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - Kenshi777 (May 06, 2010, 2:46 pm) |
Not one of my favorites by a long shot, and I suspect not really the
most popular as the DipWiki claims either.
On 5/6/10, variants(at)diplomaticcorp.com wrote:
Dknemeyer posted in Variants. The mess[Reply] |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) FuzzyLogic May 07, 11:36 am |
Wow.
The Youngstown game is the most popular of the many Diplomacy variants.
That's quite a statement. I'd like to know where the writer of that article came up w that. It's certainly n |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 07, 01:54 pm |
i should probably shut my mouth right now so as not to be perceived as
arrogant or offensive
but i can't
so...
Youngstown was okay - for its time. The variant design community has
come a long wa |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - dknemeyer (May 06, 2010, 2:24 pm) |
| Why is Youngstown such a popular variant? I'm not suggesting it shouldn't be, but it seems to rank up there as one of a handful of variants people talk about a lot and show interest in. Is it the colo [Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 06, 02:46 pm |
Not one of my favorites by a long shot, and I suspect not really the
most popular as the DipWiki claims either.
On 5/6/10, variants(at)diplomaticcorp.com wrote:
Dknemeyer posted in Variants. The mess |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) FuzzyLogic May 07, 11:36 am |
Wow.
The Youngstown game is the most popular of the many Diplomacy variants.
That's quite a statement. I'd like to know where the writer of that article came up w that. It's certainly n |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 07, 01:54 pm |
i should probably shut my mouth right now so as not to be perceived as
arrogant or offensive
but i can't
so...
Youngstown was okay - for its time. The variant design community has
come a long wa |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - sgttodd (Apr 29, 2010, 2:31 pm) |
If you don't have anyone else by the time I get home Sunday night (5/1) - I'll run it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jerry Todd
http://mainecav.org/diplomacy
|First we have to find a GM then... anyone want to r[Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) dknemeyer May 06, 02:24 pm |
| Why is Youngstown such a popular variant? I'm not suggesting it shouldn't be, but it seems to rank up there as one of a handful of variants people talk about a lot and show interest in. Is it the colo |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 06, 02:46 pm |
Not one of my favorites by a long shot, and I suspect not really the
most popular as the DipWiki claims either.
On 5/6/10, variants(at)diplomaticcorp.com wrote:
Dknemeyer posted in Variants. The mess |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) FuzzyLogic May 07, 11:36 am |
Wow.
The Youngstown game is the most popular of the many Diplomacy variants.
That's quite a statement. I'd like to know where the writer of that article came up w that. It's certainly n |
| Youngstown Anyone? (Variants) Kenshi777 May 07, 01:54 pm |
i should probably shut my mouth right now so as not to be perceived as
arrogant or offensive
but i can't
so...
Youngstown was okay - for its time. The variant design community has
come a long wa |
| RP on Macs Variants - former.trout (Apr 16, 2010, 2:23 pm) |
| Yeah - after I wrote the explanation I looked back and it seemed a little complicated - but once you're used to the process its really very simple. You just have to direct the RP program to use the v [Reply] |
| Reply notification - bielf11 (Apr 16, 2010, 1:29 am) |
Thanks Trout. Hadn't realized Variants configuration for the Mac would be that different from the PC version.Your comments did the trick and RP now includes the Variants I needed.
Frank[Reply] |
| RP on Macs Variants (Variants) former.trout Apr 16, 02:23 pm |
| Yeah - after I wrote the explanation I looked back and it seemed a little complicated - but once you're used to the process its really very simple. You just have to direct the RP program to use the v |
| RP on Mac: how to get RP to recognize other varian... - former.trout (Apr 16, 2010, 12:37 am) |
Frank - save the various variants in a folder, like you do on a PC. (i.e. each variant should have a separate folder within one global RP Variants folder.)
Use Finder, open up the Applications and[Reply] |
| Reply notification (Variants) bielf11 Apr 16, 01:29 am |
Thanks Trout. Hadn't realized Variants configuration for the Mac would be that different from the PC version.Your comments did the trick and RP now includes the Variants I needed.
Frank |
| RP on Macs Variants (Variants) former.trout Apr 16, 02:23 pm |
| Yeah - after I wrote the explanation I looked back and it seemed a little complicated - but once you're used to the process its really very simple. You just have to direct the RP program to use the v |
| RP on Mac: how to get RP to recognize other varian... - bielf11 (Apr 15, 2010, 4:40 pm) |
While adding Variants to RP on Windows is a matter of adding them to the Variant Files folder, this doesn't seem to work for the Mac.
Does anyone know how to get RP on a Mac to recognize other down[Reply] |
| RP on Mac: how to get RP to recognize other variants? (Variants) former.trout Apr 16, 12:37 am |
Frank - save the various variants in a folder, like you do on a PC. (i.e. each variant should have a separate folder within one global RP Variants folder.)
Use Finder, open up the Applications and |
| Reply notification (Variants) bielf11 Apr 16, 01:29 am |
Thanks Trout. Hadn't realized Variants configuration for the Mac would be that different from the PC version.Your comments did the trick and RP now includes the Variants I needed.
Frank |
| RP on Macs Variants (Variants) former.trout Apr 16, 02:23 pm |
| Yeah - after I wrote the explanation I looked back and it seemed a little complicated - but once you're used to the process its really very simple. You just have to direct the RP program to use the v |
| Diplomacy World Variant Design Contest - diplomacyworld (Feb 13, 2010, 1:54 pm) |
| Just wanted to remind everyone that the deadline for the DW Variant Design Contets is March 15th. We've got a few fully-completed entries so far, but I am hoping to get at leats two more. Take a loo [Reply] |
| 1648 needs a player for a killer lineup! - FuzzyLogic (Jan 26, 2010, 9:50 pm) |
Hey folks,
Charles has an open spot in his 1648 game – this is a power game, with Hoffman, Nigs, Jorge, Mikael, Dirk, and Aidan all in the same game it’s no wonder the newbies are screa[Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - FuzzyLogic (Jan 25, 2010, 9:46 pm) |
| First we have to find a GM then... anyone want to run a Youngstown? I know there is a nice new map of it, see dc154. Totally cleaned up the ugly look of the original Youngstown and made it quite nic [Reply] |
