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Here at Standard Treasury, for awhile we had exactly six people. We played a bunch of Diplomacy games on http://www.playdiplomacy.com/ http://www.playdiplomacy.

by zt 12y ago

Here at Standard Treasury, for awhile we had exactly six people. We played a bunch of Diplomacy games on http://www.playdiplomacy.com/ http://www.playdiplomacy.com/ (terrible site). It was really fun, but terribly time consuming. We eventually stopped because six games over six months with the same six people is a little much.

EvanKelly 12y ago
...but you need 7 people.
- bhickey 12y ago
  You can play with Italy in Civil Disorder. It's a rotten variant.
  - d4rti 12y ago
    In the only game I have played I was France with no Italy. Far too advantageous for France.
  - EvanKelly 12y ago
    I would hate that, gives too much strength to the southern powers. Italy was my favorite country to play as. You absolutely need a strong ally, but if you don't get one, you can be a thorn in everyone's side. I only really enjoy playing face to face. I just started a one move per week game at the office. Should get interesting.
Pxtl 12y ago
Considering the age and popularity of the game, I'm surprised we haven't seen a solid boxed-set that includes alternate maps for different playercounts. I would expect the mechanics to work fine with any group large-enough for flowing alliances (5+) so it should be possible to design boards that work well with anywhere from 5-12 players. The WW1-era setting of the game is interesting but really isn't essential. But if course, this is exactly the kind of hardcore game that attracts hidebound players who scream bloody murder at things like alternate maps.
- beat 12y ago
  There are actually a number of alternative maps available online. I played several games on the Ancient Mediterranean map, which works well.
  - euccastro 12y ago
    Indeed! http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants.html http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants.html
ido 12y ago
Do you know of a better site for playing diplomacy?
- safetymonkey 12y ago
  I hope you won't mind if I promote my site, http://backstabbr.com http://backstabbr.com. We felt like none of the other Diplomacy sites on the Internet had a modern interface (and they weren't compatible with mobile phones) so we set out to fix that. We also have a Sandbox that you can use to play around with potential moves. If you give it a shot, I'd be eager to hear your feedback. Thanks!
  - aconbere 12y ago
    I'm going to need to actually see how the controls work during play, but signup and creation are far better than any of the other web judges I've played under. Good job!
    - ido 12y ago
      There is a sandbox you can try.
      - safetymonkey 12y ago
        The Sandbox is definitely where I'd recommend you start. It'll give you an immediate feel for how everything other than press works. (And the press is pretty straightforward.)
  - ido 12y ago
    Would be nice to have some tweens/effects for movement & resolve phases.
    - safetymonkey 12y ago
      I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. Could you elaborate?

by zt 12y ago

EvanKelly 12y ago

...but you need 7 people.

bhickey 12y ago
You can play with Italy in Civil Disorder. It's a rotten variant.
- d4rti 12y ago
  In the only game I have played I was France with no Italy. Far too advantageous for France.
- EvanKelly 12y ago
  I would hate that, gives too much strength to the southern powers. Italy was my favorite country to play as. You absolutely need a strong ally, but if you don't get one, you can be a thorn in everyone's side. I only really enjoy playing face to face. I just started a one move per week game at the office. Should get interesting.

Pxtl 12y ago

Considering the age and popularity of the game, I'm surprised we haven't seen a solid boxed-set that includes alternate maps for different playercounts. I would expect the mechanics to work fine with any group large-enough for flowing alliances (5+) so it should be possible to design boards that work well with anywhere from 5-12 players. The WW1-era setting of the game is interesting but really isn't essential. But if course, this is exactly the kind of hardcore game that attracts hidebound players who scream bloody murder at things like alternate maps.

beat 12y ago
There are actually a number of alternative maps available online. I played several games on the Ancient Mediterranean map, which works well.
- euccastro 12y ago
  Indeed! http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants.html http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants.html

ido 12y ago

Do you know of a better site for playing diplomacy?

safetymonkey 12y ago
I hope you won't mind if I promote my site, http://backstabbr.com http://backstabbr.com. We felt like none of the other Diplomacy sites on the Internet had a modern interface (and they weren't compatible with mobile phones) so we set out to fix that. We also have a Sandbox that you can use to play around with potential moves. If you give it a shot, I'd be eager to hear your feedback. Thanks!
- aconbere 12y ago
  I'm going to need to actually see how the controls work during play, but signup and creation are far better than any of the other web judges I've played under. Good job!
  - ido 12y ago
    There is a sandbox you can try.
    - safetymonkey 12y ago
      The Sandbox is definitely where I'd recommend you start. It'll give you an immediate feel for how everything other than press works. (And the press is pretty straightforward.)
- ido 12y ago
  Would be nice to have some tweens/effects for movement & resolve phases.
  - safetymonkey 12y ago
    I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. Could you elaborate?