[pbmserv-dev] Diplomacy?

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

Er... sorry... Diplomatique? anyone?

I've found this ASCII map   http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc25564/asciimap.txt

.............|..............................|........................|        :
..........___|_________..<F>.....NWG........|.....<R>..BAR...........|        :
..........|     |     |_____________________|________________________|        :
..........| Cly |  *  |........| <F>                        |   nc            :
..........|_____| Edi |........|  *   ______________________|                 :
.NAO......|     |_____|........| Nwy  |       |             |                 :
..........|  *  |     |........|      |   *   |     Fin     |                 :
..________| Lpl | Yor |........|______|  Swe  |___(R)_______|      *          :
..|.......|_____|     |........|......|       |.............|     StP         :
..|.......|     |_____|..NTH...|.SKA..|  <G>  |.<R>.GoB.....|sc               :
..|...IRI.|     |    *|........|______|_______|_____________|_____________    :
..|.......| Wal | Lon |..<F>........|     |..............|     |              :
..|...____|_____|_____|......_______|  *  |.....<E>......|     |              :
..|...|...............|......|......| Den |.....BAL......|     |              :
..|...|.......ENG.....|......|.HEL..| <F> |..............| Lvn |              :
__|___|_______________|______|______|_____|______________|     |              :
........|    *|     |    *|    *  |   *     |  *  |      |     |              :
........| Bre | Pic | Bel |   Hol |  Kie    | Ber | Pru  |_____|   *          :
........|  ___|_____|_____|_______|  (F)    | <E> |      |     |  Mos         :
........|  |    *|     |   (F)    |_________|_____|______|  *  |              :
........|__| Par |     |   Ruh    |           |          | War |              :
........|  |_____| Bur |__________|   *       |   Sil    | (R) |              :
........|     |            |         Mun      |   (R)    |     |              :
..MAO...| Gas |____________|______            |__________|_____|_______       :
........|     |   *       |******|   (F)      |       |     |         |       :
........|     |  Mar      |*GCHQ*|____________|  (R)  |     |         |       :
....____|_____|___________|******|            |  Boh  | Gal |         |       :
....|n          |.....|          |____        |_______|     |         |       :
....|c____      |.....| (F)  Pie     | Tyr    |   *   |     |         |       :
....|    *|  *  |.....|______________| (F)    |  Vie  |     |   Ukr   |       :
....| Por | Spa |.GoL.|     |        |________|  (R)  |     |         |       :
....|_____|     |.....|     |        |   *    |       |     |         |       :
....|           |.....|     |   *    |  Tri   |_______|     |         |       :
....|______sc___|.<F>.|     |  Ven   |          |  *  |     |         |       :
....|...........|.....|     |        |          | Bud |     |         |       :
....|...........|_____| Tus |  (T)   |   (T)    |     |     |         |       :
....|......WMS..|.....|     |     ___|__________|_____|_____|         |       :
....|...........|.....|_____|     |.....|     |     |       |_________|_______:
....|...........|.....|     |     |.ADR.| Alb |  *  |   *   |    *            :
....|...........|.TYS.|     |_____|.<T>.|     | Ser |  Rum  |   Sev           :
....|...........|.....|     |     |_____| (T) |     |       |_________________:
....|...........|.....|  *  |     |.....|_____| (T) |       |...........|     :
....|...........|.<F>.| Rom |     |.....|     |_____|_______|....BLA....|     :
....|...........|.....|_____| Apu |.....|  *  |    *      ec|___________|     :
....|...........|.....| <I>*|     |.....| Gre |    Bul      |    *|    *|     :
....|...........|.....| Nap | (I) |.....| <T> |______sc_____| Con | Ank | Arm :
....|...........|.....|_____|_____|.....|_____|.............|_____|_____|     :
....|...........|.....|.................|........AEG..<T>...|     *     |     :
____|___________|_____|.....<T>.........|___________________|     Smy   |     :
            |      *  |.....ION.........|...................|___________|_____:
       NAf  |  <I>Tun |.................|............EMS....|                 :
            |         |.................|...................|   Syr           :
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Key:            (E) English Army        <T> Turkish Fleet                     :


Ideas for improvement...?

I envision a very Risque-ish system.   The notation will be a little more
rigid.  You'll have 1 army/fleet...and do the diplomacy style
movement/support/retreat stuff.

Although... I've never actually *played* Diplomacy  (I've had it for years
but...)



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