pentagram diplomacy

[Zooko]

I really don't know how to generalize to other numbers of players than five.

Also, I don't know what to do if the enemy nations can't reach each other.

You could get your five players lined up, start the game, reveal the location of your starting capitol province, and then assign enemies so that all enemies can reach each other without going through friends.

What maps do you recommend, Gandalf?

[Cainehill]

...A...B

C.........D

...E...F


You keep it to where each only needs two specific nations, the ones that are one apart. A -> D,E B -> C,F

This would work wonderfully with a Theater of War game, I should think, and only requiring 2 capitals to win would keep the game from going on and on.

(Edit : periods added since it wants to collapse spaces.)