[net.games.pbm] YADGBF

jrrt@mtuxo.UUCP (r.mitchell) (08/15/85)

Yet Another DIPLOMACY Game Being Formed!

I'm starting up an E-mail DIPLOMACY game, and I'm looking for
players.  Please send me mail if you're interested in playing or
serving as an alternate, along with a rank-ordered list of Powers.
Anyone interested in playing should be willing to obey the following Words 
from On High:

Rule 1: Rules are straight out of the book.  I'm willing to listen to
suggestions that I'm interpreting the book wrong, but I will not
entertain any house rules.

Rule 2: Moves will be every two weeks, unless the group unanimously
agrees to pick up the pace.  I will allow 4 days every Winter, after
Fall results are posted, to allow for Restreats, Disbands, and Builds.

Rule 3: I will publish moves and a position map for every season.  I'll
also be keeping a Master List of who owns what Supply Center, and
will remind you what you own if you forget, but I will not tell you
who owns an SC if you don't own it.

Rule 4: Espionage is fine, but I will NOT be accepting multiple players
on the same machine (I'm going to try to get players from 7
different states/provinces!).  Also, Thou Shalt Not Mess with the
GM.  DON'T spy on me, DON'T identify yourself to me as being any
Power other than your true identity, and DON'T identify yourself to
another player as being me.  I've no problem with, say, France identifying
herself as Germany, when talking to Russia.

Rule 5: I intend to post results to the net one day after mailing
results to you folks, unless I hear complaints about this policy.  I
haven't yet decided if I'll be adding commentary to those postings;
feel free to give me your opinion.

Rule 7: Under threat of loss of your first-born male child, you *MUST*
make every effort to communicate with *each* other player, at least
once per season.  This is meant to check mail paths, as well as
reduce the paranoid feelings you get when no mail comes in for a
month...

Rule 8: Under threat of loss of your first-born female child, you *OUGHT*
to copy me, the GM, on all communications, and you are strongly urged
to use only E-mail for dealing with other players.  I will be proviing
my home and work phone numbers to players and alternates, though,
for ease in dealing with me.

Rule 9: Under threat of loss of all the rest of your children, if
you must drop out of the game, you *WILL* provide a replacement. 
Alternates, if available, are the preferred choice, but you're welcome
to find someone else.  If no replacements are available, standard
Civil Disorder rules will be applied.

Rob Mitchell
{allegra,ihnp44}!mtuxo!jrrt