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  1. Halt
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    England or Turkey would've won.
    Post by: Halt, Jan 2, 2019 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
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    Germany is playing the waiting game. Likely heading his bets between England and France. Hard to score this, but I'd tentatively go with a B here. This isn't a horrible choice to make right now. England went as expected. Eyeing Sweden and will take over Mao. Loss of Kiel expected, Belgium is a toss-up, but can be compensated with Holland. England will break even next turn but gain valuable positioning while likely denying France any fleet builds. A France, moved about as expected. The...
    Post by: Halt, Dec 3, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  3. Halt
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    I feel like that would be a conflict of interest as I still do want to continue my commentary for this game.
    Post by: Halt, Nov 30, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
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    England - I applaud your diplomacy, but disapprove of your tactics. It's a great feat getting Germany to trust you, but you've squandered that away by moving into Kiel (attacking Germany!) and Brest (attacking France!) on top of your war with Russia. You're strong, but you're not I CAN TAKE THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD strong. You should have attacked one and allied with the other if this was your strategy. Germany would have been a viable ally as his weakness means you'd always be on top....
    Post by: Halt, Nov 24, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
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    ANALYSIS: England continues to do superbly. Only spot of criticism I have is that he did not support his move into the North Sea and that he did not bounce Russia in Sweden. To the first point, Germany's NMR (No Moves Recorded) was fortuitous, but one does not generally plan around such things happening. A simple move by Germany's Denmark fleet into North Sea would have prevented England from taking that position, whereas the fleet in the English Channel is not so important right now, but...
    Post by: Halt, Nov 16, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  6. Halt
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    Nothing unexpected from the builds, but it does have interesting implications all around. France going 2 armies is a heavy indication he's aligned with England vs. Germany. The fact that Germany built a second fleet hints that he believed France would side with him, otherwise the third army would have been better. I think France should have built fleet brest army Paris instead, but that's not a strictly better build set. The second fleet gives France some much needed say over his own...
    Post by: Halt, Nov 12, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  7. Halt
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    ANALYSIS: 1901 FALL Western Europe went about as expected. England secured his two builds, Germany returned his armies from the Russian front, and France secured Iberia. The most curious move this turn would be France's move to Picardy. It indicates to me that France may be hedging his bets. The fact that he did not cover Brest from English Channel suggests he either outguessed England, or trusts England. Also his orders to capture Iberia puts his fleet in portugal, instead of a more...
    Post by: Halt, Nov 10, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  8. Halt
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    That would be much better. There's a lot of diplomacy that can be conducted during the build phase as builds can be indicative of what a player wants to do. I've seen people get killed because they built the wrong things thinking their "ally" would be making x instead of y.
    Post by: Halt, Nov 9, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
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    CHESS AND DIPLOMACY - GAMES OF SPACE, TIME, AND FORCE I was going to link the original article on this (I believe it was entitled Lessons From Cassiopeia), however, a cursory Google search did not yield any answers and so I shall try to reconstruct as much as I remember about it. Focusing on the tactical aspects of the game, Chess and Diplomacy despite being different games with different rules do adhere to the same principles. Three of the most common aspects are Space, Time, and Force....
    Post by: Halt, Nov 8, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  10. Halt
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    *Me blinks.* *Puts on glasses* *Blinks* What the actual fuck. So, this is easily one of the strangest 1901 positions I've seen in the 6 years I've been playing Diplomacy. Well, I'll be posting my Analysis first. Articles on the following topics will be posted in the following days in no particular order: 1) FLEXIBILITY - WHY OPTIONS ARE ALWAYS BETTER 2) CHESS AND DIPLOMACY - GAMES OF SPACE, TIME, AND FORCE 3) BOARD DYNAMICS - HOW TACTICS SHAPE STRATEGY TO SHAPE DIPLOMACY 4) THE TRIBUTARY...
    Post by: Halt, Nov 4, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  11. Halt
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    Coddling? In Diplomacy? *Stares bewildered*
    Post by: Halt, Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  12. Halt
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    What's your ruling on NMRs (no moves received) ?
    Post by: Halt, Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  13. Halt
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    Richard Sharp.
    Post by: Halt, Oct 31, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  14. Halt
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    INTRODUCTION Diplomacy is not a game for the feint of heart. It combines the tactics of chess, the strategy of risk, the game theory of the prisoner's dilemma, the public chat of a MOBA, the rhetoric of a debate team, the campaigning of a Presidential election with a dash of psychoanalysis and statistics for seasoning. In a nutshell, its Multilayer, Free For All, Chess with Trash Talking. Diplomacy, at its heart, is not a war game. Its a trust game. Who can I Ally with? Who is going to do...
    Post by: Halt, Oct 30, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  15. Halt
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    I've gotten the go ahead from Arthellion about this - opening it up to the players in case someone has objections. It is your game after all and your playing experience is paramount. "Would you guys be open if I wrote a running commentary on the moves of the players as the game progresses? This would be similar to the School of War Games they run on WebDiplomacy (if you know what that is). Basically, it analyzes the moves of players on the board after these have been processed...
    Post by: Halt, Oct 30, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
  16. Halt
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    Or Webdiplomacy. Or vdiplomacy
    Post by: Halt, Oct 30, 2018 in forum: Flash and Spam Games
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