Team game test on UKDP

"Mario" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:47:44 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.judge.dp.discussion
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Some time ago someone approached me, asking if I could set up a Modern game for him and his friends. Turned out they were only 5, the idea being that everyone would control two powers. That got me thinking: Can a game like that be set up on the DPjudge and what would be the implications?

The result is a fresh look at the CONTROL directive, and a new rule: TEAM_VICTORY. This rule makes it possible to reach victory by combining the score for all powers under your control. No need thus to let one of your powers swallow up all the centers of your other power, just so you could win the game.

I created a game called teamplay on the UKDP to try this out. For this first game the teams consist of neighboring powers, traditional enemies. No-press and just 5 players. Should be a pretty fast game. 

Volunteers, here's the game page: http://uk.diplom.org/?game=teamplay

A join mail should be sent to [email protected]

Mario.



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