Re: Imperial Diplomacy - The Lunatic GM says sure

I GMed a gunboat game of it - ended up a 4-way draw! Best of luck Trout,
it's a nightmare! I'm far too soft to play it at the moment - need to ease
my way back in with a game of standard!

Regards,
Shane

> I'm in .... prefs to follow later.
>
>   Don't bother writing an RP file.  I already did it before, got entirely
> done with everything, and got an error at the end of all the work.
> Apparently, RP can only handle a map with up to 256 (the perfect square
> of 16, by the way, for all you programming nerds) spaces.  If anyone
> knows a work around or a patch, let me know.  I contemplated writing two
> maps for it, Trout, but gave up due to clumsiness and shear ugliness.
>
>   You are officially the man for running this variant!!!!!!!!
>
>   -Eric
> Former Trout <[email protected]> wrote:
>           Okay. I'm a sadomasochist. I'm in.
>
> Guess I'm going to need 12 more players for a game of Imperial Diplomacy.
> Come join me in this sheer terror of a variant!
>
> Map is here: http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/imperial-small.gif
>
> Variant Description is at:
> http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants/imperial.html
>
> I'm even going to see what I can do about writing some RP files for
> adjudication.. If anyone knows whether someone's already done this, please
> let me know. =)
>
> So yeah, pick up the challenge with me and join in. If you're so inclined,
> please email me your country preferences at [email protected] and not
> the list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Trout
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: eric grinnell <[email protected]>
> To: Former Trout <[email protected]>; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 1:13:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAT23-Ngame] Stories from the Cat-23 Blue Parrot Lounge
>
> 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
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