lol me neither

haha that's it?

why is it called ankara crescent. where did it come from?

can you link me to an example? from your description i feel like we do that all the time

Look at the last person to post thread. In the very begining. I think it's taken off of Mornington Cresent but I could be wrong.

http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=483949#484056

There's a good thread about it there.

It's based on the "Mornington Crescent" game, which I think was on some British late night talk show. I have no idea who originally played it, nor do I really care, but the only rule of the game is to make it to Mornington Crescent (a station on the London Underground) before the other player. Of course, the first player could just say "I move to Mornington Crescent", but that wouldn't be very fucking fun, now would it? I have no idea how "Mornington" became "Ankara," possibly due to the fact that Turkey is a Muslim country, but the point of the game is still the same: be the first to make it to Ankara. However, you want to make it there by the most circuitous means possible and also by adhering to the many rule conventions in existence. N. Stovald's tome on the game is a good resource on this. You can probably find it at a good used bookstore, or perhaps your college library may be able to track down a copy, maybe a first edition if you're lucky.

That is so very outdated though 2nd. Langley has an updated version with a better explanation of the rules and movements n such.

Langley's rules aren't considered canon and should only be consulted in games that do not adhere to the Khartoum Convention of 1948.

Which hasn't been adhered since the Convention of '72. So Langley is practically canon.. just not in the tradition sense of the game.

Stovald is the classic reference, but I prefer MacPherson's '78 treatise to Langley as an introduction for beginners.

If the rules weren't used at the Moncton World Championships this year, they aren't considered canon.

@Thucy, see, now people are just saying weird shit again.

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Or giving you guys an example of how to play the game... ;)

@ 2nd But Langley was played at at the World Champs.. just as Stovald was. More then one version was being played. Was quite interesting to watch the differences.

Maybe you saw it if you went there in person. Watching on ESPN Deportes, I didn't see the other version. In any case, it was good to see Jimmy McNulty win this year. His patented "Finnish Fleet Sneak" is unstoppable.

Unless you know to expect it... sadly no one really thinks he'll pull it at World Champs.

Even if it's expected, it's still unstoppable. It's the Figure Four Leg Lock of Ankara Crescent. It made Bruno Ratzinberger cry at the Austrian Nationals last year.

I was following what they were saying... then they started saying weird shit about rules... and that just makes me want to restate Thucy's original question... What the fuck is Ankara Crescent?

There's always a way to stop something. Just got to be creative. And damn missed him crying.

i think im getting the gist of this lol

Like I said before, there is only one rule to Ankara Crescent: be the first player to make it to Ankara. It really can't be any more simple. Most games start off with a move by the Moscow SC fleet, but that fleet doesn't always necessarily get there first. You can use various strategies and tactics to block moves, like in regular Diplomacy, but like celticfox said, there's always a way to stop something. Just don't let the other players get to Ankara before you.

And be mindful of making all the correct stops. Starting back 2-3 countries because you forgot sucks hard time.

i don't think Stovald mentioned that tip in the rule book. but good call. However, if you can make it in three phases to Marseilles then you're good

i probably completely failed at this :(
but heres an example of the game thucydides:
http://forum.rifftrax.com/index.php?topic=19082.0

Marseilles? What are you talking about ILN? You can't move there because of the Monaco Embargo.

i thought the monaco embargo was ended at the treaty of sicily, well then, i'l have to go through the danube.

and now my brain hurts more...

But then you can be blocked by a move to Berlin.

Nice move ILN! Now you're getting it! butterhead, borrow ILN's copy of Stovald and do a little reading, you'll get it in no time.

Eh back to Stovald... think outside of the box a little...