One of those weeks where I’ve been busy doing things which aren’t interesting to read about. Very useful things, but quite mundane. Fortunately, this evening was spent playing Diplomacy with some of the usual suspects.<\/p>\n
After a slight mix up with the tokens, and a redistribution, I ended up being Russia. Fortunately, I hadn’t got the short straw as Dave had drawn Italy. Quite early on, the alliances were made, with Russia allying with Turkey and Austria-Hungary, France and Germany became inseparable and England allied with Italy (!) It became evident that the Franco-German alliance was the one to contend with, as England and Italy fumbled and eventually collapsed without too much effort by 1904. I seemed to spend most of the game watching the world go by as Russia was too remote from any of the action to really be active. However, a little provoking produced a slight tactical blunder through a premature attack on Warsaw by the Germans allowed a swift march into Germany and the fall of Munich. As with most games of Diplomacy, we never came to an end, although it was looking interesting. A fun evening none the less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of those weeks where I’ve been busy doing things which aren’t interesting to read about. Very useful things, but quite mundane. Fortunately, this evening was spent playing Diplomacy with some of the usual suspects. After a slight mix up with the tokens, and a redistribution, I ended up being Russia. Fortunately, I hadn’t got… <\/p>\n