Re: Imperial Diplomacy - The Lunatic GM says sure

Is there such a thing as an *im*perfect square???

16 squared is 256 - what am I missing here?

----- Original Message ----
From: eric grinnell <[email protected]>
To: Former Trout <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 11:37:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-Ngame] Imperial Diplomacy - The Lunatic GM says sure









  


    
            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 <former.trout@ yahoo.ca> 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 former.trout@ yahoo.ca and not the list.



Cheers,



Trout



----- Original Message ----

From: eric grinnell <eric.grinnell@ yahoo.com>

To: Former Trout <former.trout@ yahoo.ca>; Cat23-NGame@ yahoogroups. com; Cat23-GM@yahoogroup s.com

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 <former.trout@ yahoo.ca> 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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