# 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:** 9
**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:** [November 21, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/161 "2008-11-21T15:57:26Z")
[Here are the results](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/SDMB-Diplomacy-Fall1906br.jpg) (JPEG on my Photobucket account). Honestly, I don’t think there was much you could do other than bounce me out of Liverpool and Russia out of Warsaw and Munich at best. This way, Russia can’t build in Warsaw and you can remove your army in Vienna to keep a unit on your front lines for a next year. Not too bad, considering. You can post you moves here and we can figure out how it would have been. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/162 "2008-11-21T16:54:06Z")
Hmmmm - any thoughts on what will happen to Turkey’s fleet if the new Turkey doesn’t submit orders. Will it auto-retreat or auto-disband? Grim (hoping the latter) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/163 "2008-11-21T17:11:21Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Hmmmm - any thoughts on what will happen to Turkey’s fleet if the new Turkey doesn’t submit orders. Will it auto-retreat or auto-disband? > > Grim > (hoping the latter) I’m 99.9% sure that units from a country in Civil Disorder are disbanded when forced to retreat. Also, during winter adjustments, units farthest away from home centers are disbanded first. So both the fleet and the army that used to be in Ankara will be disbanded before winter. Sevastopol is safe. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/164 "2008-11-21T17:24:16Z")
Upon checking the rules: If a player fails to submit a retreat order, that unit is disbanded. Not _quite_ dependant on C.D. rules, but close. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/165 "2008-11-23T17:03:05Z")
And so it proves… Must suck to be Germany right now - which two units will he remove? Grim ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/166 "2008-11-28T10:12:32Z")
Calling Paris, calling Paris, come in Paris… (I need to know whether you agree or not) ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/167 "2008-11-28T14:14:19Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Calling Paris, calling Paris, come in Paris… > > (I need to know whether you agree or not) He disagrees 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/168 "2008-11-28T15:15:41Z")
Well, he’s got 45 min to change his mind… Grim P.S. Get your orders in this turn? 😉 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/169 "2008-11-28T15:37:43Z")
Would someone please put a direct link to the game on each page? I’m trying to follow this game, and I keep losing which post has the link. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/170 "2008-11-28T16:11:40Z")
[Link to game](http://www.playdiplomacy.com/game_play.php?game_id=4016) Now Austria’s orders go AWOL - will the fun never end? Grim ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/171 "2008-11-28T16:30:24Z")
It is 72 hour days that screw me up. I always think it means I have plenty of time, and then I forget about the game until it is too late. I think if we do this again we should go for 24 hours action phases. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/172 "2008-11-28T16:52:54Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > It is 72 hour days that screw me up. I always think it means I have plenty of time, and then I forget about the game until it is too late. I think if we do this again we should go for 24 hours action phases. 24 hours is too short for someone like me on the other side of the world from the rest of you - if we’re to have a discussion about tactics, then we need a couple of messages back and forth, and if you’re sending yours at 2am (my time) then by the time I read and reply, you’re at work and don’t respond till late evening (my time), there’s not much back and forth… Maybe 48 hours for moves, 24 for builds and retreats. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/173 "2008-11-28T17:41:19Z")
I thought I had already entered my orders in =/ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/174 "2008-11-28T18:06:39Z")
And then there’s the American holiday weekend to consider as well. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/175 "2008-11-29T07:02:45Z")
Yes, the American holiday is more like two consecutive days of non-contact. I thought I had more time, but I lucked out by putting in partial moves with Austria going totally off. In the end “carefully considering” the proposals of an ally ended up as unfortunate procrastination. All in all, the South African comes out ahead, but I’m not complaining. Respectfully, **garygnu** , Minister of France ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/176 "2008-11-29T15:03:12Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > All in all, the South African comes out ahead, but I’m not complaining. You gained two SCs - not sure how that makes _me_ come out ahead? Grim I’m not complaining either… ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/177 "2008-12-06T01:01:19Z")
Oh, dear. I’ve made a poor decision in my retreat. Damn. **garygnu** Minister of France ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/178 "2008-12-06T08:33:10Z")
I’ve seen worse 😉 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/179 "2008-12-06T13:46:00Z")
How much of a chance is there that a draw is in the offing? Typically when Russia gets up to around 12 centers she becomes a monster, but she has only 2 fleets (builds pending, but St. Pete is in German hands), with the one in the south bottled up in the Black Sea. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664/180 "2008-12-10T17:25:25Z")
Dagnabit - France was supposed to have Norway covered… :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-diplomacy-game/463664.md?page=10)