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Article #15760Re: Diplomacy Variant
From: The Purple Lemon
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1991 22:52
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1991 22:52
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In article <1991Oct18.133530.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> c9106225@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (Matt McLeod) writes: > > <STUFF DELETED> > >Alliances: > >If an alliance has been publicly declared and reciprocated in orders >(at any time of year) then the allies CANNOT BRIBE ONE ANOTHER. > >Alliances may also be 'undeclared'. > I don't know about the rest of the stuff but this bit about not being able to do nasty things to your allies is totally against the spirit of the game. What sort of game of diplomacy requires alliances to be undeclared before you stab your ally in the back? You might as well say "Excuse me, but next turn I'm going to attack you" -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | The views expressed above have nothing whatsoever to do with the following: | | The IRA, the PLO, the ex-CPSU, the PFJ, the PPFJ (splitters!), SMEGMA, the | | Flat Earth Society, and the Grow Olives Nice And Dark Society. |
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10028a,8f45987377ad41f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10028a,public X-Google-Thread: f5f75,8f45987377ad41f8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f75,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-10-21 06:18:43 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!ipso!fawlty!rory From: rory@fawlty.towers.oz.au (The Purple Lemon) Newsgroups: aus.games,rec.games.board Subject: Re: Diplomacy Variant Message-ID: <1991Oct20.225229.5998@fawlty.towers.oz.au> Date: 20 Oct 91 22:52:29 GMT References: <1991Oct18.133530.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> Reply-To: rory@fawlty.towers.oz.au (The Purple Lemon) Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney Lines: 22