Diplomacy Games

Long time between drinks

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Lots of stuff been happening in the guys' lives, so they catch up to discuss the game.

Intro
  • The guys give some context for the delay in podcast episodes (0 mins 10 secs)
  • Kaner gives Amby his belated Christmas gift (1 mins 50 secs)
  • They discuss their face to face game in January, their first game since Covid. They discuss having another game in mid-April (5 mins 20 secs)
  • The guys move onto discussing ChatGPT and using it for a Diplomacy game. Kaner discusses the jail breaked version (10 mins 30 secs)
  • They realise they'd forgette to introduce the bar and their drinks (13 mins 45 secs)
  • Amby talks some more about ChatGPT and what it knows about our podcast (16 mins)
  • Amby asks Kaner about circular movements in Diplomacy. Kaner uses as an example a Classic Britain game. They go onto discuss the dynamics of how England got off Great Britain (25 mins 30 secs)
  • They discuss the two new variants at vDip: Cold War Redux (a 4 player version) and Nine-Dash Line. They discuss creating a password protected game for our listeners and give away the password when you listen (35 mins)
  • Kaner discusses a northern California variant map, a New York City variant and David E Cohen's South of the Sahara variant (48 mins)
  • In discussing the Russian civil war, Amby discusses the Czechoslovak legion creating havoc in central Russia (54 mins)
  • The guys move to a new bar Black Hops session ale and Lato Wild West red blend. Kaner talks chilli vodka (56 mins)
  • Kaner discusses his Mistletoe Grinding Shoepolish Mudcake game (1 hr 1 min)
  • Kaner's games he stole from Amby and bottom feeders (1 hr 6 mins 30 secs)
  • Why they can't play Bot games at the moment against each other (1 hr 14 mins)
  • Amby talks a little about his games (1 hr 16 mins 40 secs)
  • Amby goes back to the January face to face Brisbane game and how he did not lie to players (channeling his inner Cicero) (1 hr 18 mins 50 secs)
  • The guys wrap the show up (1 hr 20 mins)

    • Venue: Criterion Hotel and Before + After, Brisbane

    Drinks of choice:

    Kaner: Great Northern lager and Black Hops session ale

    Amby: Balter XPA, Pepperjack Shiraz from the Barossa Valley and Lato Wild West red blend

     

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

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