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Post by Desophaeus on May 31, 2017 18:30:17 GMT
Since the veterans for the standard Diplomacy game tend to have a strong awareness of each position for the 7 great powers (such as France/Russia both are monsters with high solo ratios, Austria-Hungary/Italy both are very weak and tends to fail badly against good opponents, England/Turkey are the wicked witches sitting in the opposite corners, easily surviving but hard to win a solo), but Zeus IV may seems to be a mystery at first. I wish to provide an interesting article on Z IV and its power distribution. The first half of the article is focused on designing a variant, but the second half gives an overall review of what the rankings for Z IV looks like: variantbank.org/articles/designing_maps.htmAlso a networking analysis of Z IV showing the corresponding neighborhood of each power. www.variantbank.org/articles/networking.htmHave fun examining the map and the articles' data.  |
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Post by The Spanish Inquisition on May 31, 2017 21:32:55 GMT
Japan looks fascinating
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Post by Imperial RomeBall on May 31, 2017 21:55:31 GMT
Lol you can have it then. Do you think I should choose a country? Currently waiting to see who gets what, but might be a bad move, that. |
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Post by Desophaeus on May 31, 2017 22:22:50 GMT
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Post by The Spanish Inquisition on May 31, 2017 22:34:07 GMT
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Post by Desophaeus on May 31, 2017 22:39:27 GMT
Lol you can have it then. Do you think I should choose a country? Currently waiting to see who gets what, but might be a bad move, that. Up to you, you might end up having to choose from remaining countries that you don't want. Roger, you're set as Japan on the 1st page list. |
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Post by Antonio Santa Anna on May 31, 2017 22:59:22 GMT
If there needs to be a sub, I'll fill that role.
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Post by Desophaeus on Jun 1, 2017 1:10:21 GMT
If there needs to be a sub, I'll fill that role. Tend to have some need at some point. In fact, in the first two movement phases... I plan to eject a NMR because the first year is so important to the balance of power. A recent example did demostrate that. What had happened in the EFC conspiracy tourney was diluted by three NMRs in Spring 1901. I'm pretty sad about it. Besides Dip06 starts in 1939 with a completely blank map (winter 1939), so in the very first turn before the full year of 1940, a NMR would have left a country without a single unit to defend his home centers! So by the time Winter 1940 finally comes around, that guy is probably down to 1 SC left (I did check the map, there's no way any power would be completely knocked out even if it didn't have any units to fight with). |
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Post by Laurent de Gouvion on Jun 1, 2017 1:34:48 GMT
Am interested in taking China.
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Post by best75 on Jun 1, 2017 2:32:02 GMT
I want to take Italy
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Jun 1, 2017 2:42:00 GMT
Bid:
1. USSR
2. UK
3. USA
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. China
7. Italy
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Post by Desophaeus on Jun 1, 2017 2:56:50 GMT
Bid: 1. USSR 2. UK 3. USA 4. Germany 5. Japan 6. China 7. Italy First come, first serve. So basically, you want the Soviets. Nobody else has claimed USSR before you. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Jun 1, 2017 2:59:02 GMT
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Post by Yi Sun Sin on Jun 1, 2017 3:14:11 GMT
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Post by Desophaeus on Jun 1, 2017 3:22:50 GMT
You must really like Austria so much... in this scenario, Germanyball already became Naziball and anschluss Austriaball, so by playing as Germany, you have Austria too.  |
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