Ambition & Empire - The Diplomacy Game (General Thread)

[Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger]

Hello there!

I am Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger (generally known as Picard), and I will be your GM on this adventure. I'm here to make sure this is a pleasant and enjoyable experience for everyone.

I'm gonna assume we all know how to play regular Diplomacy, for the sake of my Carpal Tunnel. I hope that's okay.

So, without further ado...


 

Ambition and Empire (A&E) is set in 1763, the age of Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, Catherine the Great, and other great leaders. It was also the time of wars becoming bigger and ghastlier - the just-concluded Seven Years' War being the prime example of this.

There are ten powers to play here - oy vey! They are:

Britain & Hanover - calgary
Denmark-Norway - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
France - kaiserreich
The Habsburg Empire (Austria) - Tolbethessar
The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) - @salahuddinayubi
Prussia - Frederick the Great
Poland-Lithuania & Saxony - syndicalist
Russia - Santa Anna
Spain - Carlos III
Sweden - Victor Katz

I will open the sign-ups later. Have patience.

The rules are best explained in this handy document, prepared (I think) by friend of the site nopunin10did . If anything about it is unclear, I can try to explain.


This is the starting map. 

Rules questions and what-have-yous go here.

[Frederick the Great]

Well this is nice! I already know what nation I'll pick.

[Tolbethessar]

For the benefit of anyone who might need more information about how to write orders, I have wrote a good guide in the past. It's still helpful to all.

Click here for the guide.

[nopunin10did]

One recommendation for you:

Using pure first-come-first-serve for power selection on this map is likely to be problematic for a number of reasons. I love A&E and would even be willing to play it with you all, but it is *very* asymmetric.

There are lots of ways to do power-picking: preference lists, blind auctions, Paris Method, random chance, etc. I just think that you may have a hard time getting someone to play the roughest spots on the board.

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Or, if you do get volunteers, they might be of the variety of players who aren't prepared for the extra diplomatic work those positions create.

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Merger of posts done by Tolbethessar

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[Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger]

Feb 12, 2020 20:47:46 GMT nopunin10did said:

One recommendation for you:

Using pure first-come-first-serve for power selection on this map is likely to be problematic for a number of reasons. I love A&E and would even be willing to play it with you all, but it is *very* asymmetric.

There are lots of ways to do power-picking: preference lists, blind auctions, Paris Method, random chance, etc. I just think that you may have a hard time getting someone to play the roughest spots on the board.

I chose the public auction in the end.
In any case, we'd love to have you play with us!

[Tolbethessar]

Good point about that weakness of first-come, first-serve, but... nopunin10did, Just let you know that for this game, we aren't doing first-come, first-serve. The signups are done by random lot order (and each player has his rankings of preferences). It's quite a bit more equable than the customary method. It's over in here.

EDIT: Never mind my explanation, Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger beat me to it.

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Do you mind if I merge your two posts into one, since they're related anyhow, if that's ok with you?

[nopunin10did]

Merge away.

[nopunin10did]

How do you all handle communication? Purely through the forum, or do you chat in Discord and such?

[Frederick the Great]

Feb 13, 2020 14:47:48 GMT nopunin10did said:

How do you all handle communication? Purely through the forum, or do you chat in Discord and such?

Through the forum but in PM

[Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger]

Just a reminder that general banter and chatter can go here. Go to town!

[Frederick the Great]

RISE PRUSSIA! RISE!!!

[Carlos III]

Feb 14, 2020 5:09:51 GMT Frederick the Great said:

RISE PRUSSIA! RISE!!!

*Preußens Gloria intensifies*

[Tolbethessar]

*wonders if there will be a German Fratricide war*
Oh I hope not...

[Frederick the Great]

Feb 14, 2020 5:29:03 GMT Tolbethessar said:

*wonders if there will be a German Fratricide war*
Oh I hope not...

We all remember the last time it happened

[Carlos III]

So do we have DP points right now?

Tagging the GM Dr. Hendrei Gromsinger