I play Diplomacy because I enjoy the game. I don't always enjoy playing against the people I'm in a game with, and I sometimes get wound up by the people I come across within Dip communities. But the game is great - the King of Games indeed. It is a game which comes with a certain amount of stress. It's a game , though, and in the end it should be something from which you can walk away. I don't mean quitting an on-going game - that's abhorrent unless it's the most difficult of circumstances. I mean it's something where you can close the message window, close the game, close the forum, and get on with every day life. But it is also true that a game can get frustrating when players exhibit attributes that don't fit in with your personal ideas about how to play the game. So I want to end this series with some advice about how to deal with this situation. What it boils down to is that players can, within the rules, do whatever they like. ...
A blog about the boardgame Diplomacy.