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Turn 11 is out!

Deadline is Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at 9pm EST.

Pasha

Turn 12 is out.

Deadline is Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 at 9pm EST.

Thanks.

Hope y'all are having fun!

We are, but if we tell you about it, we have to kill you.

LOL, yes, ireally have fun, but it is impossible to make here feedback!

Players can certainly direct comments about their hopes and dreams to the host by email. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I did notice the difficulty of not speaking to your neighbors. Diplomacy is so ingrained in Dominions, it is very odd to play a game without it! I keep wanting to write a message to someone or anyone, assuring folks of my peaceful intent.

It is hard to know when a neighbor is being agressive towards you or is just paranoid. Every troop on your border is a suspected part of an invasion army. Every move must be carefully considered. Wars will be frequent, I would expect.

Certainly this is a real change of pace from the usual Dominions fare.

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The Panther said:
I did notice the difficulty of not speaking to your neighbors. Diplomacy is so ingrained in Dominions, it is very odd to play a game without it! I keep wanting to write a message to someone or anyone, assuring folks of my peaceful intent.

It is hard to know when a neighbor is being agressive towards you or is just paranoid. Every troop on your border is a suspected part of an invasion army. Every move must be carefully considered. Wars will be frequent, I would expect.

Certainly this is a real change of pace from the usual Dominions fare.

Absolutely!

This is my 2nd "no diplo" game and it's very nerve-racking because you have no idea what to expect and there's nothing you can do to sway anybody's opinion/stance/etc when you run into situations that are cause for alarm. You can't just say "Hey, don't worry about my army in Province A because we're just moving to the indie over at B." or "Hey, I'm getting pounded on by Player X who is clearly the biggest threat on the board--could you give me a hand?!"

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BTW, if somebody sees my army on their border don't worry! They're just admiring your landscaping.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I miss the diplomacy side as well. A problem with "regular" MP dom2 is that almost everyone starts out by negotiating NAPs with every neighbor, expands a bit, then races for their endgame strategy.

I wish there was a halfway - but that would take a group change in playstyle.

It's a jungle out there...

Goblin.