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- Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Game notes / “Global press but coded messaging encouraged”
- Replies: 1
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Game notes / “Global press but coded messaging encouraged”
Related topics: 1. The proposed game “ Global press but coded messaging encouraged ” needs a few more players. Filling those open spots may be possible by Monday morning, i.e. the deadline. 2. I have been considering options for providing pre-game notes to not only the game referenced above but also...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Need last few players for Global press game
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2517
Need last few players for Global press game
Can you convincingly lie to a fellow leader with a straight face, in front of the crowd of other European leaders? Perhaps you wish to obfuscate or encrypt your messages. Or say nothing at all. “Global press - Tabletop negotiations” https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=704705 There remain a few...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:21 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Committed Players Wanted
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2484
Re: Committed Players Wanted
I am currently committed to a couple of ongoing games, but feel free to message me if somebody in the future needs a temporary sitter/backup. Good luck all. - dkarcher
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Cryptic messages and intrigue
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8850
Re: Cryptic messages and intrigue
A follow-up on this topic: 1. The game referenced atop this thread has completed. 2. Early in the game encoding of messages did indeed play some role in diplomacy, but after alliances later shifted, encoding was abandoned. Since we each used, at most, only primitive encoding methods, I should have a...
- Sun May 14, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Cryptic messages and intrigue
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8850
Re: Cryptic messages and intrigue
And I suspect that factor will be significant in the game (if played). Code systems too hard to easily implement or comprehend will fail, because a player will simply be too frustrated to use them.
- Sun May 14, 2023 5:24 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Cryptic messages and intrigue
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8850
Re: Cryptic messages and intrigue
Indeed, I believe that kind of idea, i.e. using Public key cryptography, would/could work except maybe for the dilemma of making the system work fast enough within the parameters of messages exchanged only via the WebDiplomacy interface. In theory the setup is certainly feasible, but in practice, hm...
- Sun May 14, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Cryptic messages and intrigue
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8850
Cryptic messages and intrigue
The new game “Global press but coded messaging encouraged” is looking for a 7th player, in order to get things started.
Can you too convey secret messages to a target player in a public forum?
Can you too convey secret messages to a target player in a public forum?
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Setup of scenarios?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3229
Re: Setup of scenarios?
I will definitely check that out but would prefer a solution here at webdiplomacy.net, if one exists. Thank you!
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Setup of scenarios?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3229
Setup of scenarios?
Is there perhaps any mechanism at webdiplomacy.net similar to the sandbox function that would allow not only setup of a position but also then permit various players to play out the scenario as a new, real game? To recap, I envision something like the following: 1. A mechanism that permits a user to...