| PLEASE SOME GM START A YOUNGSTOWN GAME - lilybeau (Jan 25, 2010, 9:20 pm) |
| Lets at least see whether anyone but me would sign up...1897 doesn't seem too popular... [Reply] |
| Unknown - bielf11 (Jan 20, 2010, 2:30 pm) |
| In addition to the programs Mike mentioned you could use GIMP. Contrary to most of the other programs this is free, opensource and platform independent. While it does offer very sophisticated tools. [Reply] |
| Unknown - FuzzyLogic (Jan 20, 2010, 12:50 pm) |
Hi,
This site...
http://realpolitik.sourceforge.net/Variant_Creation.html
..will tell you everything you need to know technically, on building a Realpolitik Variant.
For designing[Reply] |
| Variant Creation - midnightgreen (Jan 20, 2010, 9:27 am) |
Hello Everyone,
I'm new to the site but have been playing diplomacy for a few years. I'm particularly interested in creating my own variants. I've got a few that I've got a map laid out for, but[Reply] |
| Unknown (Variants) FuzzyLogic Jan 20, 12:50 pm |
Hi,
This site...
http://realpolitik.sourceforge.net/Variant_Creation.html
..will tell you everything you need to know technically, on building a Realpolitik Variant.
For designing |
| Unknown (Variants) bielf11 Jan 20, 02:30 pm |
| In addition to the programs Mike mentioned you could use GIMP. Contrary to most of the other programs this is free, opensource and platform independent. While it does offer very sophisticated tools. |
| Haven map change - FuzzyLogic (Jan 11, 2010, 1:28 pm) |
www.dipwiki.com?title=Haven
You've all played my Haven map... I've been considering some changes for the 3rd playtest, and was looking for input on the[Reply] |
| Haven map change (Variants) Krazick Dec 31, 07:34 am |
Mike,
Prowling around the forum, and I found your note from January 2010 (almost a year back) about possible changes to the Haven Map. And you make a point that Dargaard Keep is in the middle of 5 |
| Haven map change (Variants) laxrulz777 Jan 06, 03:22 pm |
| I'm playing in the newest Haven game (go Barbarians!). The Icereach to Devil's Canyon link strikes me as a really basic stalemate line. One unit holds it easily. It ends up having a weird dynamic wher |
| Haven map change (Variants) laxrulz777 Jan 06, 03:22 pm |
| I'm playing in the newest Haven game (go Barbarians!). The Icereach to Devil's Canyon link strikes me as a really basic stalemate line. One unit holds it easily. It ends up having a weird dynamic wher |
| Haven map change (Variants) laxrulz777 Jan 07, 10:41 am |
What I see as the two changes needed (note, this is slightly from a Barbarian point of view but I think I'm being appropriately "neutral"
I would make two slight tweaks to the map
1) The Barbar |
| Haven map change (Variants) orathaic Jan 15, 09:50 pm |
I saw a request to inform Michael sims if Haven had spread beyond dip corp, so i might present: http://www.vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=51
I'm pretty sure there's a bit of a division betwe |
| Unknown - david_e_cohen (Jan 03, 2010, 2:07 pm) |
Hello Charles. In response to your various comments and questions:
Busy goes in cycles, I guess, and is dependent upon the dedication and involvement of those who run things in each group. Yes, p[Reply] |
| Unknown - charlesf (Jan 03, 2010, 5:33 am) |
Hi David, the DVW yahoo group is dying as the Diplomacy community has generally shifted away from yahoo groups. I think this site in any case makes for a better home for such discussions.
Regarding[Reply] |
| Known World 901 - david_e_cohen (Dec 26, 2009, 10:06 am) |
| The playtest of version 2.0 (DC 229) just concluded in a French solo. I attach 3.0 of the variant, redesigned with aid from, among other sources, the observation and comments on the playtest. Const [Reply] |
| Unknown (Variants) charlesf Jan 03, 05:33 am |
Hi David, the DVW yahoo group is dying as the Diplomacy community has generally shifted away from yahoo groups. I think this site in any case makes for a better home for such discussions.
Regarding |
| Unknown (Variants) david_e_cohen Jan 03, 02:07 pm |
Hello Charles. In response to your various comments and questions:
Busy goes in cycles, I guess, and is dependent upon the dedication and involvement of those who run things in each group. Yes, p |
| Unknown - AceRimmer (Dec 22, 2009, 1:05 pm) |
Well, it's taken me a little time to get around to it, but I've finally drafted a few soccer-ball globes that could serve as the basis for a variant.
The thing that I'd *really* like some input on[Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - lilybeau (Dec 08, 2009, 7:48 pm) |
If a GM gets it going [and they permit me as a newbie to join a second game], I'll sign up.
One question, probably stupid, but here goes --
In Standard version, I set up the board and the old wo[Reply] |
| Dip on a Soccer Ball - charlesf (Dec 07, 2009, 4:55 pm) |
Hm, we Germans got seeded on a rather tough part of that ball. Ghana, Serbia and Australia all adjacent, so to speak.
That being said, some high SC density round that Group H sector: Portugal, Ivor[Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - FuzzyLogic (Dec 07, 2009, 8:48 am) |
You can see a chart of all Youngstown games played, here...
http://www.diplomaticcorp.com/country_stats.php?map=Youngstown
I believe there is even a nicer Youngstown map out there than[Reply] |
| Unknown - david_e_cohen (Nov 29, 2009, 5:29 pm) |
| I don't think there is a functional link around to that variant. [Reply] |
| Unknown - ericlgame (Nov 27, 2009, 10:54 pm) |
| could you please post a link to the map of the soccer ball variant cause i cant seem to find it anywhere. thanks. [Reply] |
| Unknown - david_e_cohen (Nov 27, 2009, 8:02 am) |
| Someone actually did a map for this several years ago (it was discussed in the Diplomacy Variant Workshop yahoogroup). It was the modern world, much simplified, but the geometry when reduced was inde [Reply] |
| any progress here? - Kenshi777 (Nov 23, 2009, 11:39 am) |
| I'd be interested in seeing how this variant develops. Please also join (and include0 DVWorkshop(at)yahoogroups.com on your posts, as you'll find more than a few folks there that have experience designi [Reply] |
| Dip on a Soccer Ball - AceRimmer (Nov 21, 2009, 9:47 pm) |
| With World Cup qualification having just wrapped up, I've had it in the back of my mind to host a game (or a few) using a soccer ball for the map. Obviously it's not a serious variant but rather a wh [Reply] |
| Unknown (Variants) david_e_cohen Nov 27, 08:02 am |
| Someone actually did a map for this several years ago (it was discussed in the Diplomacy Variant Workshop yahoogroup). It was the modern world, much simplified, but the geometry when reduced was inde |
| Unknown (Variants) ericlgame Nov 27, 10:54 pm |
| could you please post a link to the map of the soccer ball variant cause i cant seem to find it anywhere. thanks. |
| Unknown (Variants) david_e_cohen Nov 29, 05:29 pm |
| I don't think there is a functional link around to that variant. |
| Dip on a Soccer Ball (Variants) charlesf Dec 07, 04:55 pm |
Hm, we Germans got seeded on a rather tough part of that ball. Ghana, Serbia and Australia all adjacent, so to speak.
That being said, some high SC density round that Group H sector: Portugal, Ivor |
| Unknown (Variants) AceRimmer Dec 22, 01:05 pm |
Well, it's taken me a little time to get around to it, but I've finally drafted a few soccer-ball globes that could serve as the basis for a variant.
The thing that I'd *really* like some input on |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - AceRimmer (Nov 21, 2009, 9:33 pm) |
You'll be happy to know that the answers to both your questions can be accessed via the links on the DiplomaticCorp home page.
1) Does Youngstown ever get played here? Yes. Twice to date (DC057 &[Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? - lilybeau (Nov 21, 2009, 6:29 pm) |
| I started [and pretty much ended] playing Diplomacy in 8th grade in Manhattan...I went to one of those to-the-left of Montessori type elementary schools where you basically did what you wanted. A bun [Reply] |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) AceRimmer Nov 21, 09:33 pm |
You'll be happy to know that the answers to both your questions can be accessed via the links on the DiplomaticCorp home page.
1) Does Youngstown ever get played here? Yes. Twice to date (DC057 & |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) FuzzyLogic Dec 07, 08:48 am |
You can see a chart of all Youngstown games played, here...
http://www.diplomaticcorp.com/country_stats.php?map=Youngstown
I believe there is even a nicer Youngstown map out there than |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) lilybeau Dec 08, 07:48 pm |
If a GM gets it going [and they permit me as a newbie to join a second game], I'll sign up.
One question, probably stupid, but here goes --
In Standard version, I set up the board and the old wo |
| PLEASE SOME GM START A YOUNGSTOWN GAME (Variants) lilybeau Jan 25, 09:20 pm |
| Lets at least see whether anyone but me would sign up...1897 doesn't seem too popular... |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) FuzzyLogic Jan 25, 09:46 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 |
| YOUNGSTOWN ANYONE? (Variants) sgttodd Apr 29, 02:31 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 |
| 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 |
| Unknown - FRIGATE (Oct 09, 2009, 5:42 pm) |
| Also, I am part Mi'kmaq (1/16th or something) [Reply] |
| au contraire... - Kenshi777 (Oct 09, 2009, 3:13 pm) |
| There is a long history of powerful Native American nations all across eastern canada and the NE United States. Many of these formed lasting alliances with the European colonists (if *they* must be i [Reply] |
| Unknown - FRIGATE (Oct 05, 2009, 11:25 pm) |
I've seen some great lakes maps, but again with the history thing.
I'm actually hoping that the lack of history will work in my advantage. There are some world maps that split Canada in two, have a[Reply] |
| Unknown - AceRimmer (Oct 05, 2009, 10:16 am) |
Frigate,
I have, in fact, secretly harbored a desire to create an Atlantic Canadian variant (I honeymooned in Nova Scotia... magnificent!), but I've always figured that I haven't the time or the va[Reply] |
| Unknown - FuzzyLogic (Oct 05, 2009, 8:51 am) |
| Along this line I think the Great Lakes area of the US would make a nice map. The waterways are diverse, plenty of peninsulas and isthmuses, plus sufficient land around the edges. Surely there would [Reply] |
| Unknown - david_e_cohen (Oct 04, 2009, 11:24 am) |
| Yes, the area does provide some interesting geography, mirroring Europe to some extent, though on a somewhat different scale. Depending on where you cut things off, eastern Asia certainly has potenti [Reply] |
