before a move deadline, and sometimes face-to-face meetings with people if they live locally. One guy coordinates all of the moves by mail, and sends out little packages with maps that compile everyone’s most recent move. It’s a very elegant, simple system for playing lots of hard-core political military negotiations. Our current game will probably take two years to play out. There are magazines and books devoted to reporting the results and strategies of postal Diplomacy games. I’d start with these.
