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I've only played diplomacy once, and I steamrolled everyone as Russia, but that was more due to luck than skill - strategyposts like Triskelli's are really, really interesting to me. And since it's people I know playing, I'm invested in the outcome so I'd actually keep tabs on it 
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I am going to roleplay itt as a hungarian-jewish refugee.
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Jan 17, 2015 03:57
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Dr. Oszkár Bárány It has been three days since my family arrived in Prága; I am so thankful we were able to make it here without being caught. The Russian invasion of the Empire was swift, and when Budapest fell, we knew the Jews would be the first to suffer. I first heard the news that the cossacks were at the gates while I was busy with a patient. I was barely able to finish filling his cavity before I closed the office early and ran home to my wife and children. We packed our bags that very afternoon and boarded the last train to Bécs. We made it as far as Győr before hearing that the Russians were in Ausztria as well, and we would have to disembark. How could the Russians do this? Such naked aggression hasn't been seen since the days of Napoleon, and from the East since the Mongols. If it's true that all of Europe has descended into war, I dread the pain that awaits us all. From there we had to go by foot, hitching rides with carriages and spending nights in strangers' stables whenever we could. Luckily my wife Éva had a cousin in Pozsony, which thankfully had at the time been free from Russian attack. We stayed with her family for a few nights, happy to have warm beds and food again, but we knew we could not stay for long. The newspaper announced that Bécs had fallen, and it was only a matter of time before the army swung around to consolidate their gains. With Éva's cousin and her family in tow, we all took a train to Brno, then a final train to Prága. A day after we arrived the government announced that, due to the invasion, all available coal has been recommissioned for the war effort, and civilian train travel is done for. We are so tired from our journey; I pray we are safe here, because, where else can we go? And do we even have the strength? I write this sitting at a desk in a shelter set up by the Spanish Synagogue for refugees fleeing in from the south. There are about two dozen of us, mostly Austrians, but some Hungarians like us. The only one I know though is Ignác Róheim, a barber from across the Duna... but he's alone. I fear asking what has happened to the rest of his family. Mine at least all have beds and bread, though it's not sure for how much longer, as supplies are beginning to run low, and already the rabbi calls for rationing. As winter has set in, we all huddle by the fireplace, hoping for a miracle.
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Jan 17, 2015 04:36
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Yes and so I can post my fanfiction without bothering the players.
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Jan 17, 2015 21:40
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If Hal hasn't submitted anything I'm fine taking the reins (for his one turn left).
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Jan 19, 2015 03:39
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Dr. Oszkár Bárány When I heard that an entire army in Serbia was disbanded, I was devastated. When I found out that was intended by the national government, I wept. The war was already lost; we would never be able to return to our homes again.
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Jan 19, 2015 04:57
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oldskool posted:France, perpetual king of the oceans (until somebody builds an undersea supply center and gives reason to color them something other than light blue) I remember once seeing a Diplomacy variant that had the sea waters rise each turn, and whoever had control of the final extant supply center won the game.
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Jan 20, 2015 19:49
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Triskelli posted:The name of the variant is Deluge Thanks! I googled it and found this: http://www.maproom.co.uk/maps/deluge/deluge.html I haven't cross-referenced the map with your link to see if it's accurate but it looks certainly like a very interesting setup regardless.
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Jan 20, 2015 22:28
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Dr. Oszkár Bárány As the autumn leaves change to red, they match the blood spilled earlier this year in Bohemia. The Russians, as I suspected, continued their rampage northward, attempting to annex the whole of the Empire. They made it as far as Plzeň before meeting the German Liberation Army. From the news reports, it seemed like an awful affair - the two armies dug in trenches and fought for weeks, firing mortars and bullets hoping the other would bleed to death. Eventually the Russians withdrew to Ausztria, where they met the Italians, who continued to push those Eastern devils back to Slovakia and old Galícia. Many of the German wounded from the Battle were sent to hospitals here in Prága, but a few of the Jewish wounded are here in the Synagogue. Their moaning keeps us up at night, but I'm not sure if their silence would be better. The German Liberation Army has also deployed a detachment to the city, to "preserve order" as the front lines advance. All travel in and out has been outlawed. The Germans say they ill send us all food and supplies, soon, but what good is soon when we are already running low on bread and water? When my children go hungry every night? When we are so helpless? Even now I can see the glimmer of fires in the soldiers' camp at Vyehrad, and sometimes I can even hear their laughter echoing down the hill. I hope they have a good winter, for this might be the last one any of us sees.
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Jan 21, 2015 18:08
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Pinterest Mom posted:No. The game ends if one player controls 18 supply centres, or if all living players agree to draw. All players share the draw equally. Rules are dumb, I say France/Germany/UK can declare victory whenever they want. Down with the ruling class!
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Jan 21, 2015 18:19
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Pinterest Mom posted:oh my god how do calendars work Fun fact when switching between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, they had to completely skip over like two weeks or something to bring them in line again. People went to sleep on like March 4th and woke up on like March 16th.
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Jan 22, 2015 01:33
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Oh no Oszkár 
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Jan 24, 2015 21:04
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through the famous Siena Canal, of course
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Jan 26, 2015 05:27
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Dr. Oszkár Bárány In the Summer, the Russians broke through the German lines and occupied Prága. They stole our food and violently quelled a protest in the old quarter. The Germans rallied and forced the Russians into a retreat, but not before they destroyed the Charles Bridge and set fire to our crops. Now it is winter again, and we have no food. The rabbi has slaughtered the goats and what few chickens we could find, but it is not enough for one family, let alone seven. The whole city aches and moans in pain. I am not a religious man. Still, last night, I prayed to G-d to grant us deliverance. I begged him for manna, or a sign, or something, anything to tell me we will survive this trial in our desert of war. But there is nothing. We sit in a snow, alone and afraid.
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Jan 29, 2015 01:53
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Invade Switzerland
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Jan 29, 2015 02:23
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If Russia stays in Bohemia for more than a season I have a ~plot development~ cooked up for poor Oszkár so he won't just be complaining about the food all the time.
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Jan 29, 2015 21:33
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rude I was just going to write something but I guess now I'll wait TOMORROW
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Feb 8, 2015 04:24
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bowmore posted:Russia surrenders. Dr. Oszkár Bárány Dear Diary, Today, I became the Czar of Russia.
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Feb 11, 2015 01:46
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If you all draw now Oszkar gets to go home  e: I never got around to writing it but I had an idea where the Russians, upon taking Bohemia yet again, blamed the Jews in Prague as pro-German saboteurs. Things spiral out of control for poor Oszkar after that, but alas I never got around to it. EccoRaven fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 21, 2015 02:21
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"you won't play the game OUR way?? HOW DARE YOU"
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Dr. Oszkár Bárány Dear Journal, Today I received an uncensored letter from my wife; Éva and the kids have safely returned to Budapest, and though our home was ransacked and my office destroyed by shelling, the provisional Hungarian authority assures them that refugees like my family will receive good treatment. At last, for them at least, their nightmare is over. The Germans assure me that, once the armistice is signed, they will let me return to Pest as well. But technically there is still a war, and it seems as if the British, having "liberated" Russia and Turkey, are ready to snap the trap on the whole of Europe. If that happens, the war will continue, and so many more lives will perish... it pains my heart. Still, the Gefreiter assures me that the war is already over, that the Brits will have calmer heads, and we're all just fearing the worst because of the shadow of a decade of war. I want to trust him, but... I am just not sure. Nothing makes sense anymore, and I know he has lied to be before. I suppose though all I can do is wait, and hope.
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Pinterest Mom posted:nobody really ever acted in their own self-interest, which is not really supposed to happen. I think the fact that most of you were unfamiliar with the game and strategy led to that When an economist first invented the prisoner's dilemma, he gave it as a joke to his secretaries. He found they would refuse to betray almost entirely. He concluded women were just irrational. Chastising players for "not playing in their self-interest!! that's not supposed to happen!!" is really dumb.
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