ohh,you are rigth,gunboat can be more dificult for a newbie but we all were newbies
so why not,it is just a question of logics and is not like in a regular gunboat where is you against all the map,here you have an asigned partner who you can trust and trusts you,so it is more clear to everyone what you need to do,if thinking about it,maybe this gunboat version is better for newbies to learn gunboat because you have a friend in the game and you know exactly who are your enemies,about the
comunication between players:it is not so complicated,there are two ways of comunication,first there are the orders ,only four :move,hold,support move,suport hold,it is used very easy you just let the players understand what you wanted by using simple logic,i want you to stay,i want you to move and so on,and you must read their orders made in the previous phase to get the idea of what they want from you.the second part is more complicated:in diplomacy not all you do is what you say,so your moves will say more than your orders,almost every movement means something to the other players,just as their moves tell you of their real intentions,if you want to learn more you can just google it and find many information on this topic.
this alied games i made are experimental and friendly.
Will You Be My Friend?
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