Went with my partner to see it over the weekend (Timothee Chalamet is an easy selling point for a lot of people). Agree with TheFlyingBoat's critiques, except for the part about it being bad for someone who hasn't read the books. My partner, despite not having read Dune, enjoyed it quite a bit and m...

Any interest in another one of these games?

So we've come to an end! Thanks for the interesting game all! I will start with my EOG: https://pastebin.com/jsLTHKHC You can see the results of the game here: https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=346737 I have posted the link to my AAR there. Specifically, I think there was a way that another...

Now that all four of these games are finished, are people interested in starting more games in the same style?

Hmmm as I write all these out....yep, I'm converted to "build two armies but don't stab in the spring of 1908" argument. I'm salivating at the chance to attack Germany and get across the stalemate line while also taking out the other solo threat. And now you can see why I was so afraid of exactly t...

Can you we do another game like this? This one really helped me in ways of communication, stalemate and going for the draw. I would be up to join another! But maybe we should let the other two of the original 4 games wrap up first, so that anyone from those games who wants in can join too. Yeah I a...

Here are the outside looking in notes/EOG that I promised way back in this thread, for game #1. Too busy rn to clean them up proper. Hopefully it will be interesting to the players. https://pastebin.com/dDSUNVER Awesome comments, thanks for watching this game and commenting! I agree with a lot of w...

Here is my formatted AAR for Game 1 which was just copied-and-pasted from the Notes section for this game, which I used to type up my thoughts each turn: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vrFAl8hVdABgzEpmsuRRmvGl8vwIxT69V24RBXSD2Bg/edit?usp=sharing TL;DR: I fought a very tricky battle with England...

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Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:29 pm

Wondering whether I'll get any satisfaction from writing an endgame tirade on Game 1.

It certainly deserves a tirade doesn't it :)

I'm not complaining though...

I will definitely be linking to your wonderful article on stalemate lines in my AAR.

To respond to some of the stuff in game 4 that I was seeing: • I think the Pie-Tyr move from France was interesting. I like your analysis that this was likely a mistake, since I may have made this mistake sometime in a future game if not for seeing this example. However, I think you did not use that...

My linked source *does* explain where they collected their data, you just didn't follow it. Burton, in the very first lines, mentions his FRIGATE program to read through his dataset *and* that it is further introduced in his first article. If you follow through his first article - http://uk.diplom....

Ha, that's the denialism I was talking about. It didn't take long. :-D Oh I don’t disagree with you that the geography of the board makes it more difficult for Italy to win or that this is backed up by data. I just think your arguments for why this is the case are quite pedantic and require some ve...

Italy is the weakest country in the game . . . by simple geography I've seen people try to make this argument before. Let's break down the fallacies here: You assume players are not conscious of the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each country when they start a game. For example, France may ha...

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Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:10 pm

I've literally never ordered anything but Kie-Den. I'll die on this hill.

The dark side of the exclusively-plays-gunboat mindset strikes again.

Imo, it would make sense to remake the whole map in terms of the peoples living in Europe during this period of time. I found this article which has some helpful maps: http://www.abroadintheyard.com/maps-of-europes-ancient-tribes-kingdoms-and-y-dna/ The novelty would not only be in the different geo...

Just joined both! I will be using the notes feature to write some of my thoughts down each turn in a few sentences and I would encourage the other players to do the same.

I'd be very interested in joining, and would much prefer DSS over SoS for scoring system.

Players giving up in the middle of matches is, in my opinion, the #1 problem with online Diplomacy. Even 1 player giving up can spoil the fun of the match, and every player fighting to the bitter end can be fun for everyone (up to and including a player who aspires to solo). ...The apologia for thi...

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Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:27 pm

Ari, I've written at length about your question elsewhere, but I'll return to it here when I have time.

Discord me a link? I'd be interested to read your thoughts on the matter.

I think it's a design flaw and we should do away with it entirely by playing a less rubbish scoring system. I'd be interested in hearing your suggestions for alternate scoring systems that eliminate draw-whittling without changing the other incentives that DSS does a good job creating—encouraging s...