Hehe... care to explain to me too?

PM me and I will give you a clue.

I think it has something to do with the rulebook.

It has nothing at all to do with the Diplomacy rulebook.

For an explanation of the Ankara Crescent rules, a good starting text is N. F. Stovold's "Ankara Crescent: Rules and Origins". I think this is out of print, but a good second-hand bookshop might hace a copy.

jamie, i believe that was the rulebook centurian was referring to. he obviously wouldn't be referring to the diplomacy rulebook in regards to ankara crescent. what kind of fool do you take him for?

Would it be safe to say that it's just nonsense? Because that text doesn't exist according to the sites I've been to. And reading through the games here... I may as well be invading Antarctica.

it may be, or it may be that the sites you are visiting are nonsense. where did you go exactly? there is a lot of nonsense about ankara crescent out there, on those same pages with 9/11 conspiracies and "get slim in 2 weeks" programs.

Fleet THA convoys A Pim to StJ
A Pim to St J Via convoy
A Slo supports A Pim to St J

@YadHoGro....

This thread is not a game of Ankara Crescent, but a discussion about it.

Besides in Ankara Crescent you only get one move per turn, not three.

Sorry, got carried away there....

Thinking about it, Pim did not exist in 1901, so my move was invalid anyway!

I can't find anything about this on the internet... it's obviously not an official variant, but...what???

Ankara Crescent was a old english parlour game in the oral tradition that some people belive diplomacy is based on. Whilst its heritage dates back to Henry VII some rules were first written down in 1892 and since then they have never been in print. The copyright holders of these original set of rules and all other sets of rules are still in a protracted legal arguement and as such they have never been published on the net. Good second hand bookshops tend to have a few copies as many people can't make head nor tail of the rules and seek to offload their copies quite quickly. Unfortunately so many slightly different sets of rules have been printed it is difficult for gamers to agree on a offical set.

So what is it and how do you play?

If you can't find one of the rulebooks in a used book store, it is really best to just watch for awhile and then take a stab at a few moves. The fundamentals are pretty simple and you'll pick up all the tricky stuff along the way.

My thinking so far has been that you just move 9 zones. But I'm seeing people moving into "New York" and such. I am REALLY doubting that there's an actual way to get there.

what is the ankara crescent?

I'm thinking it's one huge joke. I may just have made myself look stupid, but that's my conclusion.

Me too, but I would assume someone will tell me if I look pathetic enough for long enough.
/whine
/whimper

But Rommeltastic, I already gave you a HUGE clue.

Let me get this straight then: The rules are so vague that you don't need any justification to do ANYTHING?

I sure hope so. :)

I agree with Hereward.