I’ve been struggling a bit with my current campaign, not because I don’t like the direction it’s going, but because it feels like I’ve lost (almost completely) the interest of one of the longest-running players. It’s frustrating, because my primary goal in DM-ing is to ensure that all the players (myself included) have a [...]
So my first game of Diplomacy looks to be going very badly for me after only one full turn. As Russia, I had a plethora of potential enemies and allies. I courted both the Austrians and the Turks for an alliance, made some overtures to the Italians, chatted up the French and English, [...]
So some friends and I have decided to try out the game Diplomacy. I’d never heard of the game before (or if I had, it never registered as a permanent memory), so I’ve been going over a lot of the theory and stragegy associated with it.
Being a chess enthusiast, and striving to master Go, [...]