Re: Starting positions
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:03 pm
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Interesting. Thank you for the link. I just briefly scanned it, but, it seems that every country had a chance to win, even England. Although the initial conditions might be unbalancing the power between the states, later on, it seems, more important are negotiation skills of players.Mercy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:04 amFor those interested: The Classic - With a custom start variant from vDiplomacy: https://vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=4
If the students have not played Diplomacy before, then I think it's better to simply go with the standard setup. The game will not be predictable for them either way. And if they try to find any help online on strategy etc., it'll all be written for the standard setup. Customizing can be fun - and the fact that the board becomes (more) unbalanced is no disaster - but save it for when you've all grown tired of the standard setup.
Again I strongly disagree.
judging from the statistics of this variant and those of classic, it seems as though only germany and turkey see improved success rates. it should be noted that this is a small sample size.Mencjusz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:38 pmInteresting. Thank you for the link. I just briefly scanned it, but, it seems that every country had a chance to win, even England. Although the initial conditions might be unbalancing the power between the states, later on, it seems, more important are negotiation skills of players.Mercy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:04 amFor those interested: The Classic - With a custom start variant from vDiplomacy: https://vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=4