(...) Diplomacy Royale (a rules variant which fleshes out dynastic politics - fascinating stuff, if you ask me. Best combined with a medieval or early modern map variant)

Hi Charles and all. I have just registered to DC and of course the first exploration was on my favorite topic - variants (check to the left - joined: today; posts: the first).

And it happens this whole month I have been wondering where is the best place to start a game of Diplomacy Royale, which I want to GM. Read again - i want to GM. I am experienced at it. I took over for Tommy Larsson the GMing of game "Heir", when he left the hobby, and later in 2001 I GMed the first and only known game with the optional Papacy rules.

I plan to GM a new Diplomacy Royale game with Papacy Rules, which of course include Clergy Rules.

The suggested maps are the two Crusades 1200 maps made by Tommy, of which version 1.2 is known, and version 1.4 only exists in my computer. These may be played respectively by 18 (or 9 major-minor double power) players and 14 players (or 7 major-minor double power).

These suggested maps, and, more importantly, the only COMPLETE set of Diplomacy Royale rules can be found here: http://aefgirt.atspace.com/

I say this is the only complete rules because, when Tommy decided to become a professional bridge player, then I became the final depositary of the amended rules, detailing which are the additional rules, and with an Errata on one FAQ.

CCR