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thenewgreen  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grantland writer goes to a Diplomacy tournament (the board game)

This game sounds amazing. Has anyone here played? I'll admit, I didn't even finish the article, I'm off to do more research on this. -It sounds right up my alley.





mk  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes. I have it. We should play some time. I've been meaning to get an email game of Diplomacy together. There was a time when it was probably played by mail as much as in person.

Maybe we can get a Hubski game running.

user-inactivated  ·  3948 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I have it.

I could've guessed. I am planning to play face to face sometime in the next month to learn the game. After that, we definitely need to play via hubski.

thenewgreen  ·  3948 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Maybe we can get a Hubski game running.
-As much as I should be kicking myself for attempting to add anything additional to my life..... I'd be down with that.

Do I need to pick up a game too or do we just need the one board?

asmartblond  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought Risk was a challenge. This blows it out of the water. In Risk, friendships end. In Diplomacy, lives end.

thenewgreen  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So you have played the game before? If so, I'm curious if you had 7 or more people playing? In the article it says it requires 7 people but I looked up the wikipedia page and it mentions that it can be played by 2-7 players.

Also, were you able to have a definitive victor at the end of the game or was it a draw? I'm definitely interested in the game. Thanks in advance.

veen  ·  3948 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've played the game with 3 others numerous times now. It's a fairly slow game, but the game can be really fun if you have people who understand the rules and can play the other players out against each other. There's a web version of Diplomacy, here, where you can start a game and you get an email every time you need to take a turn.