[Vynd]

I think that out-of-game communication, via e-mail or whatever, is pretty much essential if you want to have effective diplomacy. Using the in-game system it takes a minimum of two turns to make any sort of agreement, and three turns for the person who initiated the idea to find out that the other player accepted (or declined). It takes even longer to negotiate and carry out a trade. The game just doesn't Last long enough for that to be practical.

Here's a question I have along the same line as bleach. When it comes to trades, do people generally swap things simultaneously or do is it Player A gives something to Player B, who upon receipt gives something back to Player A? And have folks experienced much trouble with people lying in their "trades" and not actually giving what they promised?