Re: Stories from the Cat-23 Blue Parrot Lounge
eric grinnell <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:13:58 -0700 (PDT)
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--kbJQU0HS62pAQd3fwJOg3UkQ9gH7Z3vujvZClNX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Trout's statement as to my commitment is correct. Expect my post in the next couple of days about "Riverboat Diplomacy." It is essentially a map based variant with a few twists. My expectation is that those of you who love strategy will fall in love with this variant. "Gunboat Diplomacy" would be a more fitting title for it... But, alas, it's taken already As for the rest of Trout's email, I nominate him (or anybody else) to GM a game of IMPERIAL diplomacy. It's a map-based world variant with 13 players. Further, I challenge all of you to play. I'd do the GMing, bt I make myself GM only one game at a time. If Trout (Or, agani, anybody else) will accept the challenge, I will be his first volunteer. I've played this variant three times by PBEM, and it's a real blast with a committed group of players. http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants/imperial.html PS: I guess you better consider me "new blood," although as long as I've been playing this hobby, I'm in truth about as well-seasoned as beef jerky. --Eric Former Trout <[email protected]> wrote: Alright. So far, here's a quick snapshot of the response that my off-the-cuff posting seemed to generate yesterday: GM's interested in starting a game: Andy (The White Wolf) - Willing to start an old warhorses game Mike Cuffaro - Willing to start a new-blood game Former Trout - Willing to start some sort of game - variant or otherwise Eric Grinnell - Looking for players to play in a playtest of a seriously cool naval / rivers variant Phil Ward - Can start a game in mid-July Old Guard members looking to join a game: Ted Morley Raymond Erb Packrat (Scott) Andy (The White Wolf) Very Well-Seasoned Cat-23 Veterans looking to join a game: Max Victory Rich Marie The Young Blood: Former Trout (i.e. me) Sir Rob, the Chicken of Bristol =) Observing but so far non-committal: David Cohen Ray Setzer Let me know if I missed anyone. I'm liking this response so far though. Cheers, Trout Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! 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My expectation is that those of you who love strategy will fall in love with this variant. "Gunboat Diplomacy" would be a more fitting title for it... But, alas, it's taken already<br> <br> As for the rest of Trout's email, I nominate him (or anybody else) to GM a game of IMPERIAL diplomacy. It's a map-based world variant with 13 players. Further, I challenge all of you to play. I'd do the GMing, bt I make myself GM only one game at a time. If Trout (Or, agani, anybody else) will accept the challenge, I will be his first volunteer. I've played this variant three times by PBEM, and it's a real blast with a committed group of players.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants/imperial.html">http://www.diplom.<wbr>org/Online/<wbr>variants/<wbr>imperial.<wbr>html</a><br> <br> PS: I guess you better consider me "new blood," although as long as I've been playing this hobby, I'm in truth about as well-seasoned as beef jerky.<br> <br> --Eric<br> <br> <br> <br> Former Trout <<a href="mailto:former.trout%40yahoo.ca">former.trout@<wbr>yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br> Alright. So far, here's a quick snapshot of the response that my off-the-cuff posting seemed to generate yesterday:<br> <br> GM's interested in starting a game:<br> Andy (The White Wolf) - Willing to start an old warhorses game<br> Mike Cuffaro - Willing to start a new-blood game<br> Former Trout - Willing to start some sort of game - variant or otherwise<br> Eric Grinnell - Looking for players to play in a playtest of a seriously cool naval / rivers variant<br> Phil Ward - Can start a game in mid-July<br> <br> Old Guard members looking to join a game:<br> Ted Morley<br> Raymond Erb<br> Packrat (Scott)<br> Andy (The White Wolf)<br> <br> Very Well-Seasoned Cat-23 Veterans looking to join a game:<br> Max Victory<br> Rich Marie<br> <br> The Young Blood:<br> Former Trout (i.e. me)<br> Sir Rob, the Chicken of Bristol =)<br> <br> Observing but so far non-committal:<br> David Cohen<br> Ray Setzer<br> <br> Let me know if I missed anyone. I'm liking this response so far though. <br> <br> Cheers,<br> <br> Trout<br> <br> Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! 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