Thanks Enriador - one for your kaner!

you, not your... doh!

One too many shots, I suppose.

Enriador - it's purely as aesthetic preference on my part, I'm sure there are just as many players out there who prefer the high contrast colour scheme.

The podcast is so awesome. What are the chances of getting a WWIV (big map) game with serious players that would be committed to discussing (Skype?) the decisions and situations throughout? Is it just how it seems to me or would that be ridiculously awesome? I'd certainly take part.

I could even imagine discussions throughout the game. The public statements (not required but could be so fun) could be part of the diplomacy. What would everyone's thoughts on this be?

Bump. Interested to see where this goes.

Episode 45 is now up and running folks. Lots of stuff packed into this one. We discuss a number of vDip changes and variants. Hope you enjoy! Usual spots: DiplomacyGames.com, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify etc

I'm so disappointed no-one has commented on my awesome singing of the Love Boat theme... bummed.

Still catching up on episodes, Amby, but thanks for the heads-up! You know I won’t want to miss that.

Kaner and Amby, two comments about the latest episode:

1. You both say you are fans of my variants and Dawn of the Enlightenment intrigues you. There are two slots open in the playtest. Put your money where your mouths are and fill out the damn roster! LOL

2. Conquest of the Americas is not being discussed as an addition to Playdip, which is a good thing, since it needs some work. I believe the variant you are thinking of is War in the Americas.

Never mind on #1. It looks like we have a full roster. I will confirm in the recruitment thread at a later date.

Awesome, great to hear!

@Amby - We need to get together for another recording. Any questions / talking points folks want us to chat about on the next podcast?

Regardless, next time we need a place with better wine. The RE's cheap plonk was pretty average.

A couple of online tournaments (webDip's Gunboat, Nexus tournament) have just ended or are on their final game. It would be nice to hear your thoughts on the final boards and strategies employed!

Good question, got any links we can chase up?

Bump

@kaner, as asked:

Nexus Tournament (check #season-two-final): https://discord.gg/WWcEq9y
Gunboat Tournament (check @xorxes's post): https://webdiplomacy.net/contrib/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=461&start=560

As Kaner is a bit busy with real life stuff at the moment, a much shorter than normal episode is now out, with an interview with Ajax from the Diplomacy Nexus. What's that? Well as Enriador pointed it, its a cross-Dip platform tournament site. Worth a listen for the vDippers wanting to take down webDippers, playDippers and the like.

Oui! Oui! Oui! In the latest podcast episode we interview Emmanuel du Pontavice about WDC 2019 in Marseilles. Plus we talk vDip's Europa Renovatio, 1898 and PlayDip's War in the Americas.

You can now also support the show when shopping on Amazon by using our link (https://diplomacygames.com/amazon) - it doesn't cost you a cent more, but gives us a small kickback. Which should help with the recording gear :-)

As always listen at https://diplomacygames.com, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify.

Hi folks, a new episode is out today. This time Kaner & I interview Baron von Powell, master variant developer. Here at vDip you'd know his work with 1900 but there is so much more depth and stories beyond that! This is a back-to-back episode so... I may be getting a bit sloshed, but don't give anything away in my gunboat/anonymous games. But still have a bit of fun giving the down-low.

Have a listen at https://diplomacygames.com or search for Diplomacy Games on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify.

Can't wait to listen! You guys brought me to this site. So happy I found you/it. Great work!

Thanks Bella! That was one of the reasons we created the podcast, to raise awareness broadly about Diplomacy and to a lesser extent about vDip itself. Glad you enjoy it :-)

Amby have you guys ever come to Canada?

I've been trying to have more live games happen in Toronto!

It's such a challenge to get people together for Diplomacy though.

Hi Frozen Dog

Not sure about Kaner, but I've only been in Canada once (Vancouver in November last year), that said Mrs Amby wants to get to Alberta in the 2 or 3 years. Still a bit of a haul to Toronto!

Drop by https://diplomacygames.com/groups to register your effort to get a face to face scene happening in Toronto. We can add you to our map. Make sure you do some cross posting in the various Dip social platforms to try to find players. In episode 45 I talked about what I'd done to try to get a f2f community going locally. We had our first game almost 2 weeks ago and I think we have succeeded now in recruiting more players to get a regular board or two going every couple of months.

Good luck my friend!

Hi everyone, we're keeping with the fortnightly release schedule with Episode 49 of the Diplomacy Games podcast. This time Kaner & I interview jmo - mod at webDip and key contributor here at vDip too. Plus we talk about the prospects of Minecraft Diplomacy.

Have a listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify etc by searching for Diplomacy Games, or visit https://www.DiplomacyGames.com

Episode 50 of Diplomacy Games is out folks! We interview podcaster Zack Twamley from When Diplomacy Fails about parallels between history & the game Diplomacy. Plus Google translate Dip & our 1st Brisbane face to face game! DiplomacyGames.com, iTunes, Stitcher, etc

I learned quite a bit from this episode, good work guys. Also happy to see the Australian Dip scene in action.

Episode 51 has dropped early! To help get the word out about DipCon 2019 we interviewed Nathan Barnes (formerly of the other podcast, DiplomacyCast which wrapped up in 2017). Plus Kaner & I talk diplomatic uniforms, current games and we discuss - strongly - our views on what is a panhandle in an American state. DiplomacyGames.com, iTunes, Stitcher, etc