Whoops, ok guys, we're a couple of days late, everyone post if you're interested in playing, and if so, whom. And gordo, what about that Diplomacy forum? Somewhere locked?
I'm in. The choices are the powers: England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Russia. But technically they are supposed to be assigned randomly.
So, what kind of time commitment does this game require?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Well, if we were to sit down and play it face-to-face on a table-top, it would take probably 10-12 hours. I think if we allot so many days per turn, it won't be too bad; maybe one turn per week?
Because all the moves are simultaneous, we can say we all submit them to the judge on a certain day, and give him a day or so to apply them. It really only takes a few minutes to do that, but people have commitments.
If you need an impartial "judge" to manage the emailed moves, I could probably do that. Figure out an easy format that I can just copy paste the info onto your public discussion forum, or whatever or something.
I still haven't looked to see what kind of game this is, but if there are still slots open, I'll play.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Actually, I guess I could say I wouldn't have time to really get into it. And more importantly, I don't think I have the attention span to stay into the game for 6-12 weeks.
If the time requirements are only a few minutes a week, I'm not sure I understand why anyone wouldn't have time to play.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell