12 years ago, on a SF convention in Zagreb, Croatia.

I was researching the run up to WWII for my History course on wikipedia. Followed a link to the diplomacy game's page and then found the link to phpdip on the bottom of the page.

Joined the Diplomacy club at my High School

The Diplomacy games for members of the Bay12games and Dwarf Fortress Forums.

For those curious of what I'm talking about: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php

I was rummaging in a closet in the basement. Amid old coats and musty boots I came across a shelf full of really old cardboard boxes.

After dusting them off, I read the label of dried tape on one that said "war games"

I opened it and beheld a treasure of old games, one of which was diplomacy.

Had to look the rules up on wikipedia though, they weren't with the game.

So now I like to look inside old trunks in case there are more hidden treasures to find!

for me it was the same as pandarsenic

but unlike him, I was fast enough to snatch a place in the first bay12game

I and the forum-dwarves ares till having some games every now and then

Same as Archonix, was researching for school and ran across it on wikipedia.

senior year of high school during my Euro History class
and i found this site through a friend

Well, Akroma, to be fair, I had been off of Bay12games and DF for nearly a year, I think.

Then Devath sucked me back in. XD

Let me know where you are located and I will see if I can match you up with a local group of Face to Face (*FtF) players or events near by.
as for Zagreb there use to be a listserver called Balkan Dip composed of Serbs and Greeks mostly. Though I now have contacts in Constantinople, Rumania and Bulgaria if any one is interested write to me
at
EdiBirsan at Astound dot NET

Haha "Rumania", old habits die hard.

I've probably said this about 8 times now in different threads but I played a F2F game in high school during a history class and needing more I turned to the internet where I found this site in Oct 2006.

The grade 5-6 teacher(we were in grade 7) drew a big game map on bristol board and had copies of the official game map. He made the armies and fleets out of popsicle sticks that he coloured with magic markers. There was no internet. I never saw a game board until high school.

I don't know. The concept attracted my attention, though. Backstab! Hell yeah!

But I do know that I'm addicted to the game after playing it since ... July?

I had seen a movie in which there were an odd number of people all trying to come out alive by making alliances with one another and the betrayals were what decided the outcome. Then while looking for a good boardgame to play I found Diplomacy and read the Wikipedia article and thanks to that film I knew from day one I was going to like Diplomacy.

What movie? It sounds intriquing.

Its not called Constantinople anymore Edi :)

Haha, I can't believe I caught Rumania but not Constantinople... probably because I still think it should be called Constantinople. =D

You probably wouldn't if you were Turkish.

Luelinks. A forum that doesn't exist had games on here, I watched one and then hopped right in.

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

now that stupid song can be in everyone's head and not just mine :-P

*Delayed response*
Edi:
I don't think I'm nearly good enough to compete in a ftf game set up by you, but I'm around Washington D.C. (not yet, anyway). So far I'd be more interested in persuading a handful of high-schoolers to have the patience for a game.

On the other hand, I've found that I really like the 24/hr + turn format, which allows me to walk away and participate in other activities. Like sleep, for instance.

Philcore:
Damnit. I haven't heard that song in ages, and now it's stuck in my head.

They might be giants. Great band.

We used to have "activities" on every third Friday in High School. There were heaps of options ranging from scuba diving to music appreciation. One semester I picked strategy games. The games on offer included Risk, Axis and Allies and Diplomacy. I played Diplomacy and loved it. Unfortunately after school I could never find anyone interested in playing. Years later I bought a copy of the game, but it was the same story no-one want to play. So it sat the game remained unopened for over eight years until I found this the facebook version of this site. Now the board is permanently set-up next to my computer, but I have yet to play a single face-to-face game with it.
Before getting back into Diplomacy I was into RTS games like Age of Empires, Rise of Nations and Company of Heroes - not any more though. Diplomacy is my game now.

Dammit, philcore. XD

Sent from: philcore (147 ) Sent: Mon 08 PM
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
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I think it's one of those songs that's clearly crap but one likes it anyway. A bit like the Cillit Bang remix.