# SDMB Newbie Diplomacy game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873 "2003-01-20T22:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/481 "2003-03-18T02:51:57Z")
Yes, it would be highly amusing if France suddenly surrendered to Germany, now that she has her icy clutches around his neck. An unusual courtship to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/482 "2003-03-18T10:37:18Z")
sorry guys - delay was my fault. **Jayla** it is pronounced with a hard g - a very hard g in fact ( **G** it) and yes - my name has a hard G too. its Ga - ree - oos. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/483 "2003-03-18T17:43:08Z")
Hmm, methinks it is England with the icy clutches around Germany’s neck, not me. An even more unusual courtship. I was just the distraction. ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesuch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/484 "2003-03-18T20:44:56Z")
Actually the current neck-clutch is more of the hot, sweaty, suffocating variety. The iciness stems from the Sheffield steel inserted between my 10th and 11th vertebrae. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/485 "2003-03-18T21:11:01Z")
How could you stab a German with such wonderful prose? It’s the classic ploy, la femme France as the seductress, while the English coolly and efficiently destroys the prey. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/486 "2003-03-18T23:50:02Z")
I’d call it a ménage à trois really. The retreats are finally out and I’m calling for adjustments pronto. We’re looking at a Friday 10AM CST deadline for the Spring 1905 turn, so be ready and don’t be late. Hopefully we’ll get those builds in soon enough to make it possible. As always, if anyone has any problems with this let me know sooner than later. I’ve got to say that this game looks interesting and I have quite a few thoughts I’m itching to share. As GM I’m forced to keep them to myself, so I hope some of you guys manage to chime in with commentary. The webpage has been updated. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/487 "2003-03-19T09:00:34Z")
Oh man. Moscow is a wreck. Don’t you people know what toilets are? And all of the livestock is now _exceedingly_ skittish. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/488 "2003-03-19T09:14:27Z")
Hey - at least i made the trains run on time. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/489 "2003-03-19T10:38:56Z")
Yes, well, you didn’t have to take them with you when you left. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/490 "2003-03-19T13:24:39Z")
only the ones that worked. and hey - it couldn have been a lot worse - didn’t Napoleon burn the place? ungrateful wretch. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/491 "2003-03-19T13:52:33Z")
I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned the bodies of your rear-guard that we left impaled throughout the Transylvannian countryside. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/492 "2003-03-19T14:42:56Z")
I’m too busy packing my bags and preparing for my pretty much inevitable flight to switzerland. now where did i put my swiss bank account number… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/493 "2003-03-19T14:53:16Z")
Don’t worry, the Germans will likely have everything there all neat and organized and perhaps even have some _Kuchen_ in the oven before your flight even departs. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/494 "2003-03-19T15:45:47Z")
don’t think that even a French Veto could save me now 😉 yeah, whilst you lot are suffering the stresses of government and foreign affairs, we’ll be enjoying the Zurich night-life. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/495 "2003-03-19T15:53:20Z")
I’ve been to Zurich several times. The nightlife is not all that. And the rents are exorbitant. But if you can get a nice teak hulled skiff on the lake it’s very pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/496 "2003-03-19T16:16:18Z")
shouldn’t be a problem - i’ve had a nice little sultan’s slush fund set up for a while now. and there are always plenty of nubile young women ready to fall for an exile like me. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/497 "2003-03-20T21:39:16Z")
Well guys, I’m still missing a Build from our jet setting Italian friend, so the game and the deadlines are on hold. Not sure when he said he’d be back, if he mentioned it to any of you please let me know. If I haven’t heard anything by Sunday or so I’m going to start considering an NMR. Hopefully everything will get squared away by then. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/498 "2003-03-24T00:58:00Z")
Bump What’s going on with this? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/499 "2003-03-24T02:27:20Z")
I asked but didn’t get a response on how long **Soup** would be on his trip. It’s school related, so my guess is a week over spring break, but that’s just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/500 "2003-03-24T03:02:04Z")
Just got back. Sending in builds right about now… …The Funk Soul Brother! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873.md?page=26)