Sunday, December 02, 2007

Diplomacy

I am adjudicating a game of Diplomacy. This is the boardgame based on the timeless wisdom of political realism (this might be a more informative link). Here is a map showing the situation, with the next turn being spring 1904:
Two of the countries are being played by siblings. Can you guess which two?
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4 comments:

  1. Andrew Farrell3/12/07 10:02

    Yes. If you mean the siblings. Other than that, no.

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  2. ian3/12/07 21:29

    I forgot to mention that three of the players dropped out in the Fall 1901 and Spring 1902 and were replaced by others, one of whom was a sibling to an existing player. See if you can guess the three countries that had changes of government, as well as the two siblings.

    Andrew F, your guess?

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  3. Andrew Sherman6/12/07 04:04

    Changed Ger, Aus, It (as they are doiing worst). Siblings It and Tur (as Tur has a knife into It). Diplomacy is so much easier to understand than the Crusades.

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  4. ian13/12/07 23:08

    Andrew S, you got two of the replacements right, but none of the siblings. It was Germany, Austria, and Italy who were replaced (in that order, I think). Germany and Russia are the siblings.

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