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Variant rules game for players who like co-operation

#1 Post by Dioptre » Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:12 am

Folks,
The idea for this game comes from the fact that some of us get more enjoyment from the co-operation in Diplomacy than from the backstabbing.

Six of the powers will be assigned an ally. France/England, Russia/Turkey, Austria/Italy. These alliances are unbreakable. You win together, or lose together. An alliance wins by eliminating both other alliances. Germany wins by surviving until a draw is agreed.

It is an unranked private game, for reasons that should be obvious.

The game is Allies-3, password is Trust. Feel free to suggest tweaks to the rules in this thread.
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#2 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:07 pm

Pity the guy that gets Germany.
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#3 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:10 pm

I think this is a cool idea.

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#4 Post by Claesar » Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:12 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:07 pm
Pity the guy that gets Germany.
They either Western Triple or die. That indeed doesn't sound great haha

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#5 Post by Minister of Silly Walks » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:03 pm

This reminded me of one of Calhamer's articles:

http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resour ... _board.htm

Part 4, specifically. The conclusion as I saw it is that you either need a lot more alliances from the beginning and reassign them once anyone gets eliminated, or there won't be any resemblance of balance.

I think this can certainly be tried, though.

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#6 Post by Minister of Silly Walks » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:19 pm

And on a similar note: Ancient Med is such a variant: you always have two neighbors, one to fight and one to befriend. Once you finish the fight with the first one, you have this choice again, and possibly then again.
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#7 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:25 pm

Minister, how are you posting here, but not entering your orders in our game?
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#8 Post by Minister of Silly Walks » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:36 pm

In short: I have somewhere around twenty games, and I didn't notice the deadline was coming for that specific one. I was writing a message to Austria in that very game when it hit.
12-hours turns out to be a really short time. :-)
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#9 Post by gimix » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:53 pm

Minister of Silly Walks wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:36 pm
In short: I have somewhere around twenty games
I hope they are gunboat games. Playing twenty full press games is not a hobby, it's a full time job :-D
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#10 Post by Minister of Silly Walks » Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:26 pm

gimix wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:53 pm
Minister of Silly Walks wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:36 pm
In short: I have somewhere around twenty games
I hope they are gunboat games. Playing twenty full press games is not a hobby, it's a full time job :-D
Seventeen full press, one Wilson and the "forum press game", I don't really like gunboats. :lol:
I plan to cut down, but I happen to have a lot of free time so I happen to waste even more of it than usual instead of doing anything useful.
Takes some time to figure out all the overnight messages in the mornings, but it's all right other than that.
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#11 Post by gimix » Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:53 pm

I won't be able to join but it seems really interesting.
If it works well next time one may try with Modern Dip or American Empire - 10 powers, 5 alliances, so you don't have a singleton
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#12 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:02 pm

It reminds me of the board game variant for three players.
I would like to play this even as I consider retirement.

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#13 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:15 pm

Correction, I am not reliable enough.
Retirement it is!

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#14 Post by Squigs44 » Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:49 pm

I'm not sure that this game will be all that balanced with those specific alliances. I'm not sure if any alliance is going to be balanced well in this format though. I guess I will join and hope I roll one of the countries favored by this balance.
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#15 Post by cdngooner » Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:04 pm

Bumping this up, hoping to get 4 more players for this cool-sounding game.

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#16 Post by Bonatogether » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:22 am

I would join, but I don't have great rr. Sounds like fun, so I'm definitely spectating.

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#17 Post by yavuzovic » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:48 am

gimix wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:53 pm
Minister of Silly Walks wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:36 pm
In short: I have somewhere around twenty games
I hope they are gunboat games. Playing twenty full press games is not a hobby, it's a full time job :-D
No! I don't want Minister to be banned. Why do you hope that?

And I would also play, hoping not to get Germany.

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#18 Post by cdngooner » Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:39 am

This game is up to 5 players now.

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#19 Post by Mercy » Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:27 am

I think this variant from vDiplomacy suits this idea really well. It would support five two-player teams.

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#20 Post by Minister of Silly Walks » Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:52 pm

I already have an ongoing Western Triple vs. Juggernaut vs. Lepanto game, but I can join in near the deadline if you will still need more players.

By the way, why such choice of alliances? I think it would make sense to go with the standard rules for four or three players if you want unbreakable alliances (I/R, A/F, T/G, E by itself or B/G/A, I/R, F/T), and that appears to be more balanced.

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