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Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu rec.games.diplomacy:820 news.answers:5118 Newsgroups: rec.games.diplomacy,news.answers Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!usc!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!starkey From: starkey@netcom.com (Sean Starkey) Subject: rec.games.diplomacy FAQ Message-ID: <1993Jan11.012929.10038@netcom.com> Followup-To: poster Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions and their answers concerning the game Diplomacy. Readers of rec.games.diplomacy should read this file before posting. Keywords: rec.games.diplomacy FAQ Reply-To: starkey@netcom.com (Sean Starkey) Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:29:29 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT Lines: 1026 Last-modified: 8 Jan 1993 Archive-name: games/diplomacy-faq rec.games.diplomacy Frequently Asked Questions This article will be posted every two weeks. The latest version of this file can be retrieved by anonymous ftp at netcom.com in /pub/starkey/rec.games.diplomacy.FAQ Note that there are many missing answers! If you have the answers to any of the questions, make sure to contact me! If you feel that I'm not covering an important part of Diplomacy, let me know and I'll set up some more questions/answers. Send all changes, suggestions, comments, questions, answers, etc. to starkey@netcom.com with "FAQ" in the subject. 1. What is Diplomacy? 1.1. What is Diplomacy? 1.2. What is Avalon Hill? 1.3. Where can I get the Diplomacy rules? 1.4. Information/Newsletters about Diplomacy 1.5. Books on Diplomacy 1.6. Favorite Diplomacy acronyms 2. Variants 2.1. Standard 2.2. Gunboat 2.3. Youngstown 2.4. Chaos 2.5. Machiavelli 2.6. 1898 2.7. Loeb9 2.8. Britain 2.9. 1914 2.10. Warp 2.11. Pure 2.12. Blind 2.13. Others 3. Internet access/Email games 3.1. What is EP? 3.2. EP play by Email games 3.3. What is an EP number? 3.4. Hall of Fame 3.5. What is the Diplomacy Adjudicator ("Judge")? 3.6. What Judges are available? 3.7. Judge FAQ for beginners 3.8. FTP sites 3.9. Mailing lists 4. Zines by snail mail 5. Computer versions of Diplomacy 5.1. IBM version 5.2. Macintosh version 5.3. Amiga version 5.4. Commodore-64 version 5.5. UNIX/X windows version 6. Legal issues 6.1. Is it legal to get the rules by Email? 6.2. Why is it legal to get the map in postscript? 7. Programming Projects 7.1. Diplomacy Adjudicator (Judge) 7.2. Mapit 7.3. Diplomacy Programming Project (DPP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is Diplomacy? ------------ 1.1. What is Diplomacy? We'll start off with a little history. Diplomacy was first published in 1958 by Alan Calhamer in a limited edition of 500 sets. It was substantial revised and reprinted in 1969 by GRI. Avalon Hill, the current distributor, started to publish the game in the mid 1970's. (Taken from the front cover of the Diplomacy rules.) "Diplomacy" is a game of skill and cunning negotiations. Chance plays no part. In "Diplomacy", each player guides the destinies of one European power through the intricacies of international politics. By negotiating alliances with other players and careful planning, each player seeks control of Europe. "Diplomacy" tests your ability not only to plan a campaign, but also to outwit your fellow players in diplomatic negotiations. "Diplomacy" is a realistic game of strategy without dice, and nothing left to luck alone. "Diplomacy" pits man against man in an exciting battle of wits. Up to seven can play. Of course, Diplomacy has gone a lot farther since the original game was published. ------------ 1.2. What is Avalon Hill? The Avalon Hill Game Company is the distributor of Diplomacy and many other excellent board games. Contact Avalon Hill at: 4517 Harford Road Baltimore, MD 21214 USA or better yet, call toll free at: 1-800-999-3222 or (301) 254-5300 I think you can get a nifty catalog for $1. ------------ 1.3. Where can I get the Diplomacy rules? Diplomacy can be bought in your local hobby/games store or from Avalon Hill. Prices from Avalon Hill are (USD): Diplomacy Game $25.00 Mapboard $10.00 Rules $ 5.00 Basic Rules $ 2.00 Game Pieces $ 5.00 7 maps $ 3.00 Avalon Hill's address and phone number are above. ------------ 1.4. Information/Newsletters about Diplomacy The General ----------- Avalon Hill publishes the newsletter "The General". I don't know how good it is. Can somebody give a brief summary/review of "The General"? ------------ 1.5. Books on Diplomacy The Gamer's Guide to Diplomacy by Rod Walker -------------------------------------------- Available in some game store and directly from Avalon Hill The Gamer's Guide to Diplomacy is, in the words of an old friend, "the next best thing to actually playing." While I might not go that far, I would say that any neophyte to Diplomacy with a little time and money to spare should pick up a copy. Physically speaking, the guide is about the size of a thin magazine. It includes appx 35 pages of information ranging from historical (the who's who of the ruling class in 1901) to neat little tricks to help you play better to detailed suggestions for openings and alliances for each of the powers. There is also a sample game and some information about the hobby itself: the postal system, tournaments etc. For my money, the most interesting part of the guide is the analysis of the various powers. The author goes through, power by power, and suggests how that power should best negotiate with each other power. He then lists severl possible opening for that power and explains the strengths and weaknesses of each opening, and how these openings relate to the powers various neighbors (i.e. is it a pro-German or anti-German opening.) The conclusion of the analysis of each power includes (IMHO) a less that thorough analysis of the midgame and endgame play for the power in question. The author's advice viz negotiations and and openings in strongly slanted by his (unstated but apparent) strong belief in alliance play (i.e. the belief that one should choose another power and stick with that power at least through the middle of the game. Oh, yes. I would be remiss in my responsibilities if I did not mention that the Guide contains some very funny cartoons which, IMHO, make the Guide all the more valuable. The Game of Diplomacy by Richard Sharp -------------------------------------- The following description have been extracted from the DIPLOMACY AZ. GAME OF DIPLOMACY, The (1) <MB:Jun80> The first hardback book (150 pp) ever to appear on the game, written by Richard Sharp and published by Arthur Barker Ltd, London, 1978. (7.50). It provides a highly comprehensive view of the hobby, and although it has some weaknesses, is extremely well-written and highly entertaining. GAME OF DIPLOMACY, The (2) <MN:Jan92> One of only two books on Diplomacy to be commercially published, it quickly went out of | print, it has been an item of desire ever since. Every Diplomacy fan | should have a copy, but it has dated and many would | argue that the book is not very well balanced; presenting a | distorted picture of the game. | You can obtain a photocopy of this book by writing either | Richard Sharp (Norton House, Whielden Street, Amersham, BUCKS. | HP7 0HU ENGLAND) or Fred C. Davis Jnr (3210 K Wheaton Way, | Ellicott City, MD 21043. USA). Within North America I believe the | price is $8 and from within the UK five pounds. If ordering from | elsewhere you are advised to ask one of the above for a quote. Novice Packages --------------- If you are interested in reading more about diplomacy tactics and strategy you should buy a copy of one of the "Novice Packages" produced by diplomacy fans. In North America two packages are available: "Masters of Deceit" and "Supernova". In the UK "The Novice Package". ------------ 1.6. Favorite Diplomacy acronyms NMR No Move Received NVR No Vote Received CD Civil Disorder EP Electronic Protocol DMZ DeMilitarized Zone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Variants Reprinted from the DIPLOMACY AZ VARIANT (1) <MB:Jun80> A game based loosely or tightly on Diplomacy, which varies the rules, the board, or both. One can participate not only as a player but by generating new variants, or new versions of old variants, and this is a major creative outlet. At least 600 have been created, but only one (Battleline's "Machiavelli") has been marketed commercially. It is, however, often difficult to find enough players to get up a game of one of the less well known variants. Most variant GMs are reluctant to run variants that they themselves have not created. The early stalwarts of the variant hobby were Don Miller and Rod Walker, with major contributions from Bob Sacks, Lew Pulsipher, and Fred Davis. See Tolkien, Hyperspace, Spoof, Madman, Hidden Movement, Country, Bomb and Global variants, and also the names of specific variants. | VARIANT (2) <MB:Mar82> First published was Middle-Earth Dip II in | Graustark in 1965. Machiavelli is now produced by Avalon Hill. | VARIANT (3) <RE:89-90> Any game of Diplomacy using rules other than those issued by the publisher, but which is based on them in some way, may be considered a "variant" (thus arguably postal Diplomacy is itself a "variant"). However, the term "variant" is usually applied only to one of the vast numbers of games designed by enthusiasts in which a new mapboard is used to replace the standard one, or in which the rules are changed, amended or extended. Variants exist which transfer the game from a European milieu to the world of Tolkien's Middle Earth, to a worldwide setting or to medieval Italy. Others add new units like submarines and air forces, increase the number of players or provide for hidden movement, like Kreigspiel chess. So many variants have appeared over the years that a number of "Variant Banks" have been established within the postal hobby to collect them into archives. Most prominent among these are the United Kingdom Variant Bank (U.K.V.B) and the North American Variant Bank (N.A.V.B). ------------ 2.1. Standard ------------ 2.2. Gunboat Not a variant in itself -- can be matched with the standard game or any of the other following variants. It just means all the other players remain anonymous to you. ------------ 2.3. Youngstown The Youngstown variant of diplomacy follows the same rules as standard diplomacy with an expanded map. Three new powers are added: China, India and Japan. Note on the judge that the Indian player must use the letter "N" rather than "I" when signing on since "I" is reserved for Italy. Victory Conditions There are a total of 72 supply centers on the board. A majority of pieces therefore would be 37 centers for victory by a single country. A draw may also be declared by consent of all players or no exchange of supply centers for three Fall seasons. For a postscript map, mail your local judge "get map.youngstown". For more info about Youngstown, mail your local judge "get info.youngstown". ------------ 2.4. Chaos The chaos variant is played by 34 players, each owning a single supply center on the standard Diplomacy map. The game starts in Winter of 1900 at the adjustment phase. Each player starts out choosing which type of unit they wish to build and progressing from there. When building units, a unit may be built at any owned supply center. Victory conditions are 18 supply centers. For more info about Chaos, mail your local judge "get info.chaos". ------------ 2.5. Machiavelli Really an indepedent game from Diplomacy. 7 players in a map of Italy. Uses money, bribes, famines . . . For more info about Machiavelli, mail your local judge "get info.machiavelli". For the rules, mail your local judge "get rules.machiavelli". For the map, mail your local judge "get map.machiavelli". ------------ 2.6. 1898 In the 1898 variant the game starts in winter of 1898 with each power having one unit. Each country must capture its other home centers before it can build in them. The victory conditions remain 18 centers. For more info about 1898, mail your local judge "get info.1898". ------------ 2.7. Loeb9 A nine player variant, with a slightly modified map. Norway and Spain are added. The victory conditions remain 19 centers. For more info about Loeb9, mail your local judge "get info.loeb9". For a map, mail your local judge "get map.loeb9". ------------ 2.8. Britain In the Great Britain variant each English province is a supply center and England starts with six armies. Thus, England is the "strongest" country, but can't do anything until another player agrees to convoy one of his armies (or he is forced to debuild one of his units and then builds a fleet after retaking the supply center). The victory conditions are 19 centers. ------------ 2.9. 1914 The 1914 variant of Diplomacy is based on an article in The General. (The General is published by the manufacturer of Diplomacy to give you an idea of how good this variant must be!) This game is much more realistic than regular Diplomacy, you even can get bombers starting in Winter 1917. ------------ 2.10. Warp A warp game is usually any game with very fast deadlines. Usually 24 hour or 48 hour warp games are played. ------------ 2.11. Pure This is a simple traditional variant of diplomacy. There are the usual seven countries. There are seven spaces on the board - one corresponding to each country - its home supply center. These spaces are all connected by land one with another. Initially, each player begins with one army in his home supply center. The objective of the game is to accumulate four supply centers. ------------ 2.12. Blind ------------ 2.13. Others Mark Nelson <amt5man@ECUSUN.LEEDS.AC.UK> is the god of variants, and is the best person to ask questions. There are variant banks around the world. If you live in North American and you want to find out more about diplomacy variants then you should write to: Lee Kendter Jnr, 376A Willowbrook Drive, Jeffersonville, PA 19403, USA Lee is North American Variant Bank Custodian and can answer your questions + supply copy of rules/maps for cost. You can also order a copy of the NAVB catalogue from him. This lists some 1200 or so dip variants. Mark can answer questions on many of these if you want to ask before buying them (his own variant collection is about 600 strong). Many dip variants are not particularly interesting or playable... Mark requests that if you do ask him questions about a variant's rules, you include the rules so he know exactly what you are talking about! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Internet/Email games ------------ 3.1. What is EP? This is an electronic magazine devoted to Diplomacy. The main editor is Eric Klien, (Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com). This 'zine is divided into 2 chapters, each covers certain games. Eric personally publishes chapter 1, which is distributed through rec.games.* on Usenet, and through DIPL-L. Eric also keeps a waiting list for players, and substitutes, for all sorts of obscure variants! The games from the judges are published in Chapter 2, by Josh Smith (irilyth@fenris.claremont.edu). It is published about once a fortnight, and is also distributed through Usenet, and DIPL-L. All EP games are assigned numbers and are published in the corresponding Chapter upon completion. Nick Fitzpatrick (nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca) is the Judge EP number master and assigns all qualifying judge games an EP number. More about EP numbers is below. ------------ 3.2. EP play by Email games If you want to play in a Electronic Protocol game, Email Eric Klien describing what kind of game you want to play. Make sure that you send him: 1) Your name 2) Home phone number 3) Work phone number 4) Fax phone number 5) Home address 6) Country preference 7) List of Email addresses Eric's Email address is Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com. He is always looking for standbys! If you want to jump in a quick game, send him a letter. Eric frequently posts EP stats describing current games opening, waiting lists, etc. ------------ 3.3. What is an EP number? Josh Smith (irilyth@fenris.claremont.edu) publishes Chapter 2 of EP, distributed through rec.games.diplomacy, DIPL-L (bit.listserv.dipl-l), DIPLOMACY-L (the one in oz) and a private mailing list. It is devoted to electronically adjudicated Diplomacy games. These games are supposed to be played by the ep.house.rules (send the command get ep.house.rules to your favourite judge, well at least the EFF and Washington ones). Essentially, they deviate from the norm, by the following rules 1) Games must be moderated 2) Games must be noNMR (which is the default) 3) Games must be different site. (Exceptions granted for foreign language games.) Most moderated games, on all four judges, which follow these rules, are part of EP. Why be part of EP? This facilitates archiving, as well as allowing for a procedure to formally appeal GM decisions (a process that, while in existence, has never been necessary). It also makes getting replacement players easier, as some of us, only, or normally play, in EP games. ------------ 3.4. Hall of Fame The EP Hall of Fame is a compilation of all (hopefully all) EP games, players receive points based on the outcome of the game. The Hall of Fame includes a list of all players and the games they have played. The Hall of Fame is kept by Nicholas Fitzpatrick (nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca). Points are based on the formula Points = (N-W)/W where N = # of players (7 in standard, 10 in youngstown) and W is # of winners (1) or people who shared in the draw. Ie, in a standard game, 6.0 points for a win, 2.5 for a two-way draw, 1.0 for three-way draw. (Yes in a chaos game, 33.0 points for a win!) The top 100 players are ranked at the end of the list. Survivors get 0 points. All judge games, and non-judge EP games are welcome for this list. If you have games that are missing, or incorrect on this list, please contact Nick. A current copy can be retrieved from the EFF judge (judge@morrolan.eff.org) with the "get hall-of-fame" command. ------------ 3.5. What is the Diplomacy Adjudicator ("Judge")? The Diplomacy adjudicators are computer programs that moderate, and assist in the moderation of Diplomacy games. All moderated games on the judges are eligible for inclusion in Electronic Protocol. The judge presently supports the following variants; Standard, Youngstown, Loeb9, Chaos, 1898, Crowded, Machiavelli, Britain, Pure and Fleet-Rome. Press and no-press gunboat versions of all these games are available. To get information on how to play in a game, send "help" (no quotes) in the body of a mail message to one of the judges below. If you use the judge, please thank its author, Ken Lowe. Send a postcard or a T-shirt (size: large medium to small large) to: Ken Lowe University of Washington JE-30 4545 15th Ave NE; Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98195 ------------ 3.6. What judges are available? Washington, USA (UW judge) -------------------------- The primary judge is judge@u.washington.edu, it is kept by Ken Lowe (jdr@u.washington.edu). In November 1992, Ken announced that he will not support the starting of any more games. All current games will be played until completed. Thanks Ken for all the time and effort you've put into the judge!!! Massachusettes, USA (EFF judge) ------------------------------- In November 1992, after Ken's announcement the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) opened up a new judge to take away some of the traffic from Washington's judge. The address is judge@morrolan.eff.org and the operator is David Kovar (kovar@morrolan.eff.org) David requests that only moderated games be started on the EFF judge. Any unmoderated games will be removed. Australia (U of Western Australia) ---------------------------------- In August 1992 a new judge was announced at the University of Western Australia. This is another full fledged installation of Ken Lowe's program. The address is judge@gu.uwa.edu.au and the operator is David Bennett (ddt@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au) ** Warning, the Australian judge has been encountering difficulties lately. ** Durban, South Africa -------------------- A full fledged judge is running in Durban, South Africa. The address is judge@shrike.und.ac.za The operator is Russel Vincent (vincent@cc.und.ac.za) Manitoba, Canada (U of Manitoba) -------------------------------- In January 1993 a new judge was announced at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. The address is umgrimst@ccu.umanitoba.ca The operator is Arne Grimstrup (agoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca) Any other judges I've missed??? ------------ 3.7. Judge FAQ for beginners Here is a quick Judge overview for beginners. One should get the help file and support files to understand the Judge completely. A. Observing a game If you want to just watch what goes on in a certain game to get the jist of things, this is a good idea. Pick a game, let's say it's called guerre. Then you send the judge the following: observe guerre [your password] Obviously for a different game, you substitute a different name and the password is of your choice. (Do not type the brackets.) You will then receive all messages that were publicly broadcasted in that game, as well as the processed moves. B. Game Listings, Signing On, and Basic Orders After you've registered, you can obtain a listing of all the games in progress by sending the judge: list You will then get a reply which lists all these games being run on that judge. Say you want to check out a game because it has openings, or you want to see how the game has progressed. Using the same example: list guerre This lists the specific game you specify. In the listing, you probably want to note the number of hours per move (look in the move row, it's usually 72.00 or 48.00 -- i.e. 3 or 2 days/move.) There is also information about the game variant and press rules. (See later.) If the game is already in progress, and you want to take over an abandoned power, lets say France in game guerre, then you send: signon fguerre [password] f is the first initial of France, guerre is the game. Replace these with the countries and games you wish to specify. For new games, you send: signon ?thegame [password] nameofvariant set preference FEGRAIT The question mark is intentional, if the game is not of standard variant, it must be specified. (e.g. Youngstown, Crowded Gunboat, ..) set preference tells the judge which country you would prefer to play in order from most desired to the least. From then on, it's quite simple. The judge will tell you what units need to be moved, and when the deadline is. C. NMR and Press If a game is listed as NMR, then that means when the deadline and grace have expired, the turn will be processed regardless of the status of any power's orders. Any power that had failed to submit orders due to being abandoned/CD or otherwise, will have their orders marked [no order processed] and the game continues. This can be quite unfair at times as players can hit gold mines if a neighbour goes CD. Thus, most games are noNMR. This also means that when a power goes abandoned/CD, the game comes to a full stop until a replacement is found. (Feel free to take over some abandoned power and help your fellow Dippies go on with their game. :) If you send the judge: get press You will get a file explaining all the press commands and how to use them. Let me guess -- it's just too friggin long and nothing makes sense so what's the use? Here's a simple summary of common ?? info tidbits: Most games are white press, no fake broadcast. This means, you can send press to anyone and they will be informed of which power it's coming from. Specifically, the message they receive will go something like this... Message from lokendr@ecf.toronto.edu as France to Germany in game guerre: [the message] It tells you who its from (power played, and e-mail address), which powers are receiving it and the game. At the end of If the game has grey press, the-mail address and the power originating the message is not shown. If the game is no partial, that means any message you send must be broadcast message (no private mail). To send press, you give ONE of the following commands in an empty letter to the judge, or at the end of orders. Everything after this command line will be sent as press... *** Do not put any orders after this press command (unless you really WANT someone else to see them.) Commands: press [the following message goes to all players] press to a [the message goes to Austria only] press to eg [the message goes to England and Germany and both players know it's being sent to _both_ of them] press grey to f [in games where it's allowed, adding grey after the the word press, makes it anonymous] broadcast [same as "press"] D. Orders Send the judge: get syntax For how to move units. It's much the same as the way you usually do it (if you don't have the real game rules, you're expected to buy the game.) So it should be pretty simple. The judge is pretty helpful when you screw up with the syntax and province abbreviations so it's quite a bit more lenient than real Diplomacy. Unless you're merely listing games, to put in orders (movement and/or press commands), you need to signon first. Similar to when you first signed on: signon aguerre [password] Replacing the power's initial, game name and password. Note that once you are playing a power in the game, you don't need to specify the variant anymore. Read the confirmation that the judge sends back to you. If there were problems with your orders, it will tell you and if you don't fix them, then you will still be considered late. E. Variants The judge assumes you know how to play the Standard version of Diplomacy. For variants 2 and onwards described below, you can obtain a short description of the variant by sending the judge: get info.VARIANTNAME Variant names as listed below. Maps may be required: the standard map, and variant maps are available (postscript) by anonymous FTP to milton.u.washington.edu in /public/misc (I believe) and from other FTP judge sites. Or you can get it directly from the judge -- check the help file for details. (send the judge the word help .) 1. Standard The standard 7-player map of Europe. 2. Gunboat Not a variant in itself -- can be matched with the standard game or any of the other following variants. It just means all the other players remain anonymous to you. (Here's the trick, when you list the game from your e-mail address, your name will appear on the listing but the others won't -- in case you forgot which power you were playing.) 3. Youngstown Game with 10 powers played on an extended map which includes Asia. I is for Italy, N is for India. 4. Loeb9 Game played on an extended map with Spain and Norway. Hence, it is a 9-player variant. 5. Chaos 34 player variant played on the standard map. Everybody begins with once centre; different lettering scheme for power identifi- cation (i.e. not FEARTIG only). Get info.chaos for details. 6. Britain Standard map, except all 6 regions of England are supply centres, but England starts with 6 armies. 7. 1898 Standard map, each player of seven starts with only one unit, and must claim its other home centres before building on them. 8. Crowded Standard map with extra supply centre in Ruhr. 4 extra players occupy the normally empty supply centres. 9. Pure 7 players, 7 regions on the board all interconnected. 10. Fleet_Rome Standard game except Italy starts with a fleet rather than army in, you guessed it, Rome. 11. Machiavelli Has its own rules. Assassination, famine, the works. Based on the board game by Avalon Hill. get rules.machiavelli for more specific details. Thanks Kendrick Lo for the FAQ! ------------ 3.8. FTP sites Certain material is available by anonymous FTP from various Diplomacy archives around the world. Washington, USA --------------- There are a few files kept in the machine milton.u.washington.edu in the public/misc sub-directory. Here is a list of them. -rw-r--r-- 260039 Nov 18 12:43 dip.tar.Z Source code for judge -rw-r--r-- 128294 Apr 16 1991 dipmap.ps Postscript map -rw-r--r-- 134502 Apr 16 1991 loeb9.ps Loeb9 postscript map -rw-r--r-- 23454 Sep 6 1991 machiavelli.ps Machiavelli ps map -rw-rw-rw- 125576 Nov 17 09:13 ngloeb9.ps Loeb 9 ps map. No grey -rw-rw-rw- 119364 Nov 17 09:14 ngmap.ps Standard ps map. No grey -rw-r--r-- 124883 Nov 20 1991 youngstown.ps Berlin, Germany --------------- There is an ftp site in Berlin. The machine is FTP.FU-berlin.DE (130.133.4.50) This machine is a little slow, so it is a good idea to know exactly what you want! Here is an index of what was available in Sept 1992 (courtesy of Heiko Schlichting): /pub/misc/diplomacy/: drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Mai 14 01:29 classic/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Mai 14 01:30 dipl-l/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 23:06 general/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 10 06:50 hall-of-fame/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 23:08 loeb9/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 23:08 machiavelli/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 23:16 other-variants/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 22:53 source/ drwxr-sr-x 2 ftp 512 Jun 13 23:18 youngstown/ /pub/misc/diplomacy/classic: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2172 Apr 24 1991 map.ascii.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2501 Mai 22 1991 map.info.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 34076 Mai 22 1991 map.ps.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2291 Apr 7 1991 rules.classic.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/dipl-l: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 6789 Apr 24 1991 convoys.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 8557 Apr 24 1991 dipcon.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2513 Apr 24 1991 email-dip.intr.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 1919 Apr 24 1991 example.game.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 12176 Apr 24 1991 france.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 5662 Apr 24 1991 germany.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2741 Apr 24 1991 greek.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2034 Apr 24 1991 mediterranean.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 3100 Apr 24 1991 musical.dip.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2140 Apr 24 1991 stab-stab.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 4850 Apr 24 1991 stalemates.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 639 Apr 24 1991 top.ten.lies.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2951 Apr 24 1991 winning.dip.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 22767 Apr 24 1991 zine_list.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/general: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2176 Jun 13 23:06 changes.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 4211 Jun 13 23:06 deadline.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 1301 Jun 13 23:06 form.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 5504 Jun 13 23:06 index.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 4471 Jun 13 23:06 info.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 4364 Jun 13 23:06 master.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 3242 Jun 13 23:06 press.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2291 Jun 13 23:06 rules-changes.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 16010 Jun 13 23:06 rules.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 2750 Jun 13 23:06 syntax.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/hall-of-fame: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 10744 Aug 09 02:36 hall-of-fame-1.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 19809 Jun 10 06:52 hall-of-fame-2.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 25857 Aug 09 02:15 hall-of-fame-3.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 29563 Sep 03 22:29 hall-of-fame-4.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/loeb9: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 1510 Jun 13 22:59 info.loeb9.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 35505 Mai 22 1991 loeb9.ps.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/machiavelli: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 1366 Jun 13 22:59 info.machiavelli.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 11253 Jun 13 22:51 machiavelli.ps.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 14174 Jun 13 22:59 rules.machiavelli.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/other-variants: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 481 Jun 13 22:59 info.1898.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 459 Jun 13 22:59 info.britain.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 934 Jun 13 22:59 info.chaos.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 550 Jun 13 22:59 info.crowded.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 724 Jun 13 22:59 info.gunboat.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 450 Jun 13 22:59 info.pure.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/source: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 245789 Jun 13 22:51 diplomacy-adjudicator.tar.Z /pub/misc/diplomacy/youngstown: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 3145 Jun 13 23:19 info.youngstown.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 5842 Jun 13 23:19 map.young.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 596 Jun 13 23:19 report.young.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 52113 Jun 13 23:19 youngstown-DINA4-1PAGE.ps.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 52050 Jun 13 23:19 youngstown-DINA4.ps.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 51922 Jun 13 23:19 youngstown.ps.Z Marburg, Germany ---------------- The address is sg1507.chemie.uni-marburg.de (137.248.151.12). All material is in the pub/incoming/Ep-Chapter sub-directory. Presently most the old copies of Electronic-Protocol are there. (in either files called turnXXX or XXX, where XXX is the issue number). Issue 100 is missing! Most of these are UNIX compressed (a .Z extension). There is also a file called biblio.Z which contains the EP index from issue 1 to 10?. Also in the archive is a copy of the hall of fame (called hallfame) and a collection of old letters from DIPL-L called dipl9203.Z to dipl9210.Z ------------ 3.9. Mailing lists DIPL-L ------ DIPL-L is a listserv mailing list hosted at mitvma.mit.edu (mitvma.bitnet). It is moderated by Nicholas Fitzpatrick (nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca). This relatively low volume mailing list is designed to be a forum for discussion of the game of Diplomacy, the judges, and for distribution of Electronic Protocol. To add your name to the mailing list, send the command subscribe dipl-l John Smith where John Smith is your name to: listserv@mitvma.mit.edu (listserv@mitvma.bitnet). DIPL-L is gatewayed to Usenet as the newsgroup bit.listserv.dipl-l If you don't recieve it, complain to your sys-admin. A collection of old letters from DIPL-L is available from Marburg by FTP. (see below). The files are dipl9203.Z, through dipl9210.Z DIPLOMACY-L ----------- There is another Diplomacy list, hosted at gu.uwa.edu.au, for discussion of Diplomacy at the Australian judge. To subscribe send subscribe diplomacy-l John Smith where John Smith is your name to: listserv@gu.uwa.edu.au It is rather a quiet list! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Zines by snail mail Can anyone give me a review of the zines "Diplomacy World", "The Zien Register", and "The Zine Bank"? Any others? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Computer versions of Diplomacy This section describes Diplomacy computer games for personal computers. ------------ 5.1. IBM version Avalon Hill ----------- Avalon Hill distributes an IBM version of Diplomacy. I don't know how good it is. Judge ----- To get it send $30.00 US/Canadian to Les Casey, 33 Nestrow Dr., Nepean, Ontario, K2G 4M2, Canada. Judge is fantastic for GMing! ------------ 5.2. Macintosh version Are there any out there? ------------ 5.3. Amiga version Avalon Hill ----------- Avalon Hill distributes an Amiga version of Diplomacy. I don't know how good it is. Diplomacy (Public Domain) ------------------------- Diplomacy by Steve Douthat is public domain version on Fred Fish disk #582. Roderick Lee comments: It's version 2.0. Still a little buggy, and it occasionally messes up an adjudication. Also, Italy is no longer green, but that can be fixed with a paint program. ------------ 5.4. Commodore-64 version Avalon Hill ----------- Avalon Hill distributes an Commodore-64 version of Diplomacy. I don't know how good it is. ------------ 5.5. UNIX/X windows version Are there any out there? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Legal issues This section describes some of the legal aspects with playing and distributing the Diplomacy game. ------------ 6.1. Is it legal to get the rules by Email? The rules are copyrighted by The Avalon Hill Game Company. Distribution electronically of the rules is a violation of U.S. copyright laws. ------------ 6.2. Why is it legal to get the map in postscript? Ken Lowe has received permission to distribute a postscript version of the map from Avalon Hill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Programming Projects This section is devoted to those projects people work so long on and get so little credit. If you have a project you are working on and you want some help, we'll put your name below! ------------ 7.1. Diplomacy Adjudicator (Judge) David Kovar (kovar@morrolan.eff.org) has volunteered to keep track of the latest sources/updates of the Judge. The lastest sources can be retrieved from the EFF judge with a "get uudip.tar" command. ------------ 7.2. Mapit David Kovar (kovar@morrolan.eff.org) has volunteered to keep track of the latest source/updates of the Mapit program. Mapit understands nearly all of the judge's output and uses it to create postscript maps of the game, including unit icons and country designations. It will handle the standard games plus loeb9 and youngstown. The Mapit program is now operating on the EFF judge (any others?). Use the "map gamename" command to receive the postscript map in the mail. This feature is still in development, so be patient! ------------ 7.3. Diplomacy Programming Project (DPP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Contributors to this fine FAQ (in no particular order): Sean Starkey (starkey@netcom.com) Gary Arkoff (arkoff@lclark.edu) Nick Fitzpatrick (nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca) Eric Klien (Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com) Kendrick Lo (lokendr@ecf.toronto.edu) Daniel Loeb (loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr) Ken Lowe (jdr@u.washington.edu) Mark Nelson (amt5man@sun.leeds.ac.uk) Thanks for everyone's answers!