Diplomacy Games2 Kesä 2023

Even longer between drinks

Kaner & Amby catch up to discuss the upcoming new official board game rules, their game with podcast listeners and much more.

Intro

The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s venue (0 mins 5 secs)

New board game rules & face to face

They talk about the proposed board updates and rule changes from Renegade, the new publisher (7 mins)
Amby discusses the beer taps before they move onto the last 2 rule changes (25 mins 40 secs)
They discuss whether any of the upcoming tournaments from August on, including WDC, will be playing against the rules (33 mins)
The guys talk about their plans for WDC in Bangkok (43 mins 40 secs)
Amby discusses timing for their next face to face game in Brisbane (45 mins 10 secs)

Around the grounds

Kaner and Amby in the last episode talked about playing the Nine Dash variant with podcast listeners. This has now happened and can be found at vDip. The guys give a shout out to all listeners/players in the game (47 mins 20 secs)
They talk about the interesting aspects of this variant’s board before they talk about how the game is going for them and other players (49 mins 30 secs)
Amby talks about the Aberration V anonymous game he’s in and then discusses his World War IV game (1 hr 3 mins 30 secs)
The guys start wrapping up (1 hr 8 mins 40 secs)

Venue: Miss Demeanor, Brisbane

Drinks of choice:

Kaner: Black Hops pale ale Amby: Tscharke’s Shiraz, Shiraz, Shiraz from the Barossa Valley

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

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