# Anyone up for a Diplomacy game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664 "2008-09-15T04:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/21 "2008-09-16T06:36:13Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I don’t see you listed under the “Joined Users” Ah-ha - there we go… Case-sensitive passwords eh? What will they think of next…? Are we all using our SDMB usernames there as well? Grim ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/22 "2008-09-16T06:50:00Z")
Looks like it. Just need one more player and we can start. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/23 "2008-09-16T16:00:44Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > When the Game Room first started, I proposed a Diplomacy game with all communication done in the open in the thread. I still might like to try that some time. > What normally happens is a thread full of commentary, trash-talking, and NFL head coach-style announcements that mean little. But it’s fun. The best Dip games with open press are those with _anonymous_ open press, something impossible here of course. People would post as their country’s leader, but also with other alternate identities, and things would get deliciously twisted in short order. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/24 "2008-09-17T22:31:40Z")
Everyone seems to have successfully joined. Waiting on the following to confirm: hawkeyeop Omi no Kami grimpixie Should be able to confirm by accessing your pending games. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/25 "2008-09-17T23:06:13Z")
Who wants to be my ally? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/26 "2008-09-17T23:12:05Z")
Does this website have options for other type of press than PBE? When we used to do Dip games on the Dope I was always up for them but as they dragged into the 4th month and email communications dwindled to nothing I often got really bored and often neglected my duties. I wonder if a faster paced game or a game with open press would be brisker and more entralling. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/27 "2008-09-17T23:45:09Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > The best Dip games with open press are those with _anonymous_ open press, something impossible here of course. People would post as their country’s leader, but also with other alternate identities, and things would get deliciously twisted in short order. I have this crazy idea about offering my services as a mouthpiece for black (anonymous) press, where players send me information to publish, and I post it verbatim and unattributed. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/28 "2008-09-18T00:07:13Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I have this crazy idea about offering my services as a mouthpiece for black (anonymous) press, where players send me information to publish, and I post it verbatim and unattributed. Thoughts? [Guiness Guy] BRILLIANT! [/Guiness Guy] ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/29 "2008-09-18T00:51:06Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I have this crazy idea about offering my services as a mouthpiece for black (anonymous) press, where players send me information to publish, and I post it verbatim and unattributed. Thoughts? I like it, but it seems really labor intensive and opens concerns for timeliness. At that point you might as well GM the game and ditch the website altogether. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/30 "2008-09-18T04:13:30Z")
Drat! I missed it. Probably just as well given how badly I got worked over last time I played Diplomacy against Dopers. 😉 Anyway - ::pulling up a chair:: - Anyone want some popcorn? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/31 "2008-09-18T06:23:06Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Everyone seems to have successfully joined. Waiting on the following to confirm: > > hawkeyeop > Omi no Kami > grimpixie > > Should be able to confirm by accessing your pending games. Confirmed… ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/32 "2008-09-18T06:33:23Z")
And here’s the starting lineup: ENGLAND (Mosier) FRANCE (garygnu) ITALY (OtakuLoki) GERMANY (hawkeyeop) AUSTRIA (treis) TURKEY (Omi no Kami) RUSSIA (grimpixie) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/33 "2008-09-18T06:52:02Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > And here’s the starting lineup: > > ENGLAND (Mosier) > FRANCE (garygnu) > ITALY (OtakuLoki) > GERMANY (hawkeyeop) > AUSTRIA (treis) > TURKEY (Omi no Kami) > RUSSIA (grimpixie) WOOO! I’m pumped! Take it easy on me please! Everything I know about this game I learned from a seven paragraph summary. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/34 "2008-09-18T07:21:52Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Take it easy on me please! Everything I know about this game I learned from a seven paragraph summary. Let’s be friends - I’ll tell you everything you need to know… you can trust me implicitly 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/35 "2008-09-18T08:18:49Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Let’s be friends - I’ll tell you everything you need to know… you can trust me implicitly 😃 After you submit orders, do you have to click a confirmation button or anything? Right now it says “0 orders left to give” under the orders tab. Does that mean my units are all gonna try to do what I told them to once the turn triggers, or do I have to do anything else? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/36 "2008-09-18T08:31:15Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > After you submit orders, do you have to click a confirmation button or anything? Right now it says “0 orders left to give” under the orders tab. Does that mean my units are all gonna try to do what I told them to once the turn triggers, or do I have to do anything else? The way I see it, you should be good to go. Of course, these first turns will go faster than later turns. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/37 "2008-09-18T15:54:04Z")
I call dibs on the English Channel! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/38 "2008-09-18T16:11:01Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I call dibs on the English Channel! If you can take it from me, you’re welcome to it! ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/39 "2008-09-18T17:43:32Z")
Anyone else constantly worried about accidently sending a message to the wrong party? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/40 "2008-09-19T01:28:07Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I like it, but it seems really labor intensive and opens concerns for timeliness. At that point you might as well GM the game and ditch the website altogether. Legitimate concerns. But all the same: I offer my services for black press for this game. Please PM me your press, and I will publish it when I get to it – timeliness is not guaranteed. All press will have the post title Black Press #_n_. I’ll try to keep a record of who sent me which press, and publish that list when the game is over. (Yes I am crazy. Why did you ask?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664.md?page=3)