New "1600" Diplomacy game?

On request from Rider, this is a proposal to organize a game of the 1600 variant of Diplomacy (a variant I don't apreciate much, all must be said). The rules are the same as in standard Diplomacy but the map is different:



We need 8 players and a GM. Anyone interested please PM Hugoestr, as he is going to GM after all.

Personal comments:

• I think the map is not very accurate historically, see this one in contrast: http://www.euratlas.com/big/1600big.jpg
• I also think that the Scandinavian powers are overweighted. They should be 2 or 3 SCs powers, Prussia should be a 2 SC power too.
  
• It can be interesting anyhow.

Check: http://web.telia.com/~u13214882/1600.htm, this site, by the creator of the variant, has everything on it.

Or almost. It doesn't include a link to the RP files, which you can download at GraueSubstanz or just clicking here (direct download).

If you don't have Realpolitik, you can download it here: http://realpolitik.sourceforge.net/

Notice that the people of GS have slightly modified the map, compared with that in Tommy Larsson's site. The one I posted is that used in GS, which has RP files, a very valuable commodity.


Edited by Cyrus Shahmiri

Thats interesting.  But one is enough for me, thanks!

I would like to enlist on the game

Originally posted by Jalisco Lancer I would like to enlist on the game

Excellent, that's three in (as far as I know). PM Hugoestr (the GM) with an email adress.

If you have any doubts on gameplay you can ask here, you can also browse the previous topics on Diplomacy and you can read the standard Diplomacy rules 1992 (PDF).

Also, please download Realpolitik, especially if you are new to the game. It will help you understand the rules better, and you will be able to play out some scenarios and see what happens.

Once you have Realpolitik, unzipped the 1600 file into the Variant Files folder. When you start the application again, 1600 will be there.

Hopefully I will get all of this information together in as help files.

So far we have two confirmed players and one observer. Promote the game! The faster we gather eight people, the sooner we will start playing.

The regions of Eastern-Western Hungary, Besarbia, Transylvania belonged to the Ottoman Empire. Crimea was a dependent Khanate, so also Ottoman authority there. Batum and southern Georgia was also Ottoman terratorry with western and southern Azerbaijan until Tabriz.

Also the regions called North Africa belonged to Ottoman Empire until Moroccan Sultanate. South of Libya and Egypt until modern northern Sudan was under Ottoman control...

I'm kind of new here, I'm just wonering how you play this game, it looks like a cool game. 

I will be an aid to a new person if needed.  I do not feel like taking over another country.  Germany is enough, thanks!

Originally posted by Mbote I'm kind of new here, I'm just wonering how you play this game, it looks like a cool game.

PM me your email and I can add to the list to either play or observe. The rules for how to play are easy, although there are a few subtle points which we will be happy to guide you through them