On some other rules subjects, we should think about house rules. I like the Redscape house rules.
One of the most important areas of house rules is about draws. Redscape's draw condition is a "draw including all survivors" (DIAS). A DIAS is unranked; so a country with 3 centers doesn't finish worse than a country with 10 centers. This condition is important to avoid wrangling over a few centers in a game that will be a draw anyway. I propose that we play by this draw condition unless another player who's already played some games proposes something different.
I thought DIAS was the de facto standard.
Note: The title refers to the upcoming turn.
OK, here's the promised second game of diplomacy. The game name is 'Rationalist Diplomacy Game 2.'
Kevin was Prime Minister of Great Britain
AlexMennen is President of France
tenshiko is Kaiser of Germany
Alexandros was King of Italy until his retirement
WrongBot is Emperor of Austria
Thausler is Czar
of RussiaHugh Ristik is Sultan
of TurkeyRandaly is the GM, and can be reached at nojustnoperson@gmail.com
Peace For Our Time!
The leaders of the three surviving nations, France, Russia, and Turkey, agreed to a peace treaty in late August, bringing an end to this destructive conflict. Crowds across Europe broke out into spontaneous celebration, as national leaders began to account for the vast costs- human and monetary- of the wars.
Past maps can be viewed here; the game history can be viewed here.