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