Diplomacy Games

Face to Face with Reily Chapman

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With the guys about to head off to WDC in Bangkok, they play a face to face game & discuss their learnings to apply. Plus updates on their podcast listener game and new variants in development at vDip.

Intro
  • The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s initial venue (0 mins 10 secs)
  • They talk a little around their plans for Bangkok's WDC before a bit of an intro on their recent face to face game in Brisbane (3 mins)
    • Chat with Reily Chapman on their face to face game in Brisbane
    • The guys set up the context of their chat with Reily (previously on the show as Macca) about their recent face to face game in Brisbane (5 mins)
  • The discussion starts as Kaner and Amby get into the Guiness  (6 mins) 
  • Reily talks about his board topping game as Austria, and Amby’s poorly executed game as Italy (8 mins)
  • Kaner discusses his game as Russia (12 mins)
  • Amby’s psychological warfare against France (15 mins 20 secs)
  • They discuss gameplay (19 mins)
  • Kaner and Reily with different recollections of the same thing (22 mins 30 secs)
  • Amby’s stab (24 mins 30 secs)
  • Turkey starts threatening Turkey (27 mins)
  • Amby discusses his misorder and how it all unraveled (31 mins)
  • They discuss their top learnings from this game and the end game (38 mins)
  • They start wrapping things up with some final thoughts to help for WDC (52 mins)
  • Kaner & Amby return and give their thoughts on the discussion with Reily before moving onto a strategy talk (54 mins 30 secs)
    • Diplomacy talk
    • They talk about timings for next episodes following the guys going to Thailand (1 hr 2 mins)
  • The guys have moved from their starter bar (Prince Consort) to the Gatsby Lounge in Fortitude Valley and their new drinks (1 hr 4 mins)
    • Around the grounds
    • They kick off their current games discussions with their podcast listener game based on Nine Dash Line (1 hr 6 mins 30 mins) 
  • They discuss a proposed new variant at vDip set in New Zealand amongst Maori tribes by Porter Zach (1 hr 18 mins) 
  • They review some of the other new maps in development (1 hr 23 mins 30 secs)
  • They move onto a couple of Amby’s game including an American Conflict game and an Imperial Diplomacy game where he’s Britain (1 hr 30 mins)
  • Amby gets block sizes mixed up before they discuss getting some variant maps printed for games without 7 players (1 hr 41 mins)
  • The guys wrap up the show (1 hr 45 mins)

    • Venue: Prince Consort, Finn McCools & the Gatsby Lounge, Brisbane

    Drinks of choice:

    Kaner: Balter XPA, Guiness and 150 Lashes pale ale

    Amby: Torbruk Woodcutter's shiraz, Guiness and St Hallet’s Faith shiraz

    Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help pay off the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes!

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    Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

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