jm13@quads.uchicago.edu (Kermit T. Frog) (06/06/91)
From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Jun 5 17:05:10 1991 Received: by midway.uchicago.edu Wed, 5 Jun 91 17:05:01 CDT Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 17:05:01 CDT From: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" <MAILER-DAEMON> Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown Message-Id: <9106052205.AA28505@midway.uchicago.edu> To: <jm13> Status: R ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 <ejb@think>... Host unknown ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: from quads.uchicago.edu (quads.uchicago.edu) by midway.uchicago.edu Wed, 5 Jun 91 17:05:01 CDT Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 17:05:01 CDT From: "Kermit T. Frog" <jm13> Message-Id: <9106052205.AA28488@midway.uchicago.edu> Received: by quads.uchicago.edu (4.1/UCCO-1.0A) id AA21529; Wed, 5 Jun 91 17:04:58 CDT To: ejb@think Subject: Re: Macintosh version of Diplomacy available? Newsgroups: rec.games.board,comp.sys.mac.games Organization: University of Chicago In article <1991Jun5.144927.20204@Think.COM> you write: > >Hi... Does anyone know if there is a Macintosh (color Mac II would be >great!) version of Computer Diplomacy? I have the (ancient) IBM-PC version >by Avalon-Hill, but I've junked my PC in favor of a IIsi, and don't want to >have to go back to resolving turns by hand... > >Thanks for any pointers! --Erik > >-- > Erik Bailey | 7 Oak Knoll | Thinking Machines Corp. I also enjoyed playing Diplomacy on my friend's PC. If you get any helpful info about a Mac version, could you let me know? Thanks in advance, Jonathan (jm13@quads.uchicago.edu) -- Paid for by the Committee to elect the Boston Bruins as the 1992 Stanley Cup Champions.
rpena@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Pena) (06/07/91)
Hi, A few months ago I heard about a game called Hidden Agenda that seems to follow along those lines. I heard that is pretty good. Also another one is Balance of Power, which is about the same thing. I personally have never played with either one them but have heard good thing about both of them. I hope this has helped. Laterz Rob P.S If anyone knows anything more about these games please put it up.
johna@intacc.uucp (John Allen) (06/11/91)
In article <50121@ut-emx.uucp> rpena@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Pena) writes: >A few months ago I heard about a game called Hidden Agenda that seems to >follow along those lines. I heard that is pretty good. Also another one >is Balance of Power, which is about the same thing. I personally have >never played with either one them but have heard good thing about both of them. > If anyone knows anything more about these games please put it up. I have both hidden agenda and Balance of Power. Hidden Agenda is a lot fo fun but very simple and it runs out of steam pretty fast, It is a good game for people who like simple fast games and who don't know that much about the Central American situation. Essentially in the game you run a third world central american country along the lines of tNicaraugua. Basically the turns entail detailing with various interest groups like the workers or the U.S. government and trying to balance your cabinet among the dirffernt factions. Like I said it's fun it just needs more complexity and that's where Balance of Power comes in. this is for the hard-core strategic dimplomatic kind of guy, The game cam get very complicated. You are either the russian or U.S, leader trying to influence the course world event using dimplomatic, economic and military means. This game even has findladization and a multi-polar level meaning that the 100 or so countries do what they want independently of each other. It's not just the super powersd going at each other. The emphasis however is on the two majour powers sending insurgency troops, economic aid etc. to various middle and third world powers. I really enjoy this gam,e when I play it but I burn out on it quickly but come back to it every few months. there are no graphics and it's thinking and strategy. Alsdo the computers responses are sometimes baffling but like all Chris Crawford games this one always gets better the more you play it. The nuances are infitesmial. I for example always seem to be wiping up until right near the verty end and then bang it's over. One more thing there is a very good escalation scenario built into the game. Everytime you confront the opther Superpower makkes it easier to go nucleaur which means the end of the game.There are never any clear answers. The more i write this the more I realize how much I like it. Hope this helped. Sorry for the spelling. We don't have a pratical editor yet or one that I can use.
ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward) (06/12/91)
I have a few problems with BOP; for example: 1) The Russian can ALWAYS take Iran with a military invasion on the 1st turn. Real simple; and the US can't do anything about it. Yeah, right. 2) The computer has this annoying tendency to nuke you over nothing. I mean, really, like the Ruskies would really nuke us for sending 1000 troops to Kenya! 3) The computer doesn't mind if you take Nicaragua as the US...but if you try to give aid to Argentina... -- Ted Woodward (ted@cs.utexas.edu) "Mad scientists HATE shopping for shoes!" -- Peaches