Page 1 of 1

C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:17 pm
by Flame
Stabbeurfou.org informs:
New book about game Diplomacy is avalible on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Corresponden ... 015XAJFM0/

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:30 pm
by dancing queen
Not new - I picked this up in 2015 when it came out. It ... isn't a real page turner.

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:53 pm
by Octavious
Soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent though :).

I dare say that if you're the sort of person who enjoys reading instruction manuals it will have some value. I dare say that a fair few members of this site are that sort of person...

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:03 pm
by Flame
So it's not such a book as Sharp's issue is? I like Sharp's book and his style.

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:39 pm
by VillageIdiot
Oh hey I just played the author over at PlayDip. His philosophies were working well for him until he got booted from the site for metagaming halfway through our game.

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:18 pm
by ghug
I thought Playdip respected metagaming.

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:08 pm
by Flame
So what about the book? Is it worth buying/reading?
Is it better than R.Sharp's book? Or equal?

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:48 am
by VillageIdiot
I read a passage of it somewhere, seemed credible enough. Plenty of free e-zines and forum posts out there with just as quality of insight though.

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:07 am
by jmo1121109
Post some of those insight heavy articles in our Diplomacy advice "resources" thread then :-D

Re: C. Kostick. The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:43 am
by VillageIdiot
Will do. I’ll start getting some diplomacy thoughts and discussions going at some point as well, just haven’t had time yet.