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Classic 2 player diplomacy

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 7:04 am
by Kizurazgubi
Hi! I'm interested in playing classic england-france-russia against germany-austria-turkey, with italy in 1916... Where can i do so?

Re: Classic 2 player diplomacy

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 10:36 am
by Claesar
vDiplomacy doesn't seem to offer this variant, as far as I can see. So I'm not sure it's available online.

Re: Classic 2 player diplomacy

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:35 pm
by captainmeme
Kizurazgubi wrote:
Thu May 23, 2019 7:04 am
Hi! I'm interested in playing classic england-france-russia against germany-austria-turkey, with italy in 1916... Where can i do so?
PlayDiplomacy has this, it's the default if you set the player count to 2 (although I think they changed it so that Italy never joins a side, because otherwise most games were won by a coin toss).

Re: Classic 2 player diplomacy

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 6:49 pm
by Peregrine Falcon
captainmeme wrote:
Thu May 23, 2019 1:35 pm
PlayDiplomacy has this, it's the default if you set the player count to 2 (although I think they changed it so that Italy never joins a side, because otherwise most games were won by a coin toss).
So what you're saying is that vDip should get on adding this?

Re: Classic 2 player diplomacy

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:22 pm
by captainmeme
Maybe. I personally think the only thing this variant has going for it is that it's in the rulebook - aside from that, variants like FvA, GvI, Cold War and Duo beat it in every way. It's short, extremely luck based, and has an extra level of complexity (in the way having multiple countries under your command works) that adds nothing to the game.

As with any variant, if anyone wants to do the work to add it they're welcome to, but I'd be happy letting playdip keep that one :D