New Diplomacy Game Variants Updates for Treaty Ports (China 1900) and Europa (Europe 1901)

New Diplomacy Game Variants Updates for Treaty Ports (China 1900) and Europa (Europe 1901)

Diplomacy-game fans can enjoy Treaty Ports' great fluidity, little stalemate possibility, and the intricate imperial webs that will tax your diplomatic skills to their limits. Diplomacy hobbyists can appreciate islands named "Alliance" and "Manus." History fans can enjoy Treaty Ports' 19th-Century imperial details (the individual treaty ports, the Kaiser's imperial fleet and Tsingtao colony, etc.), the 20th-Century World War II details such as island-hopping provinces (Wake, Tarawa, Truk, Peleliu, Saipan, Iwo Jima, etc.), and the 21st-Century territorial disputes (Spratly Islands, Pinnacle Islands, Tsushima Islands, Kuril Islands, etc.). Beer lovers can appreciate provinces named Tsingtao, Kirin, and Sapporo.

The current Treaty Ports version (v2) eliminates the SC in Hollandia and adds SCs in Okinawa of Ryukyu Islands, Alliance Island of Kuril Islands, and Karafuto (the last being a new province). Although nominally part of Japan and Russia in 1900, the Ryukyus and Sakhalin/Karafuto are more of China's crumbling empire (so fit the variant theme) and the Kuriles saw Russo-Japanese disputes, American whalers, and an Anglo-French military expedition during the Crimean War. V2 also merges Rabaul with Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, merges Ulan-Ude with Chita, and makes Cebu a hub connecting both sides of the Philippines. These and other changes greatly increase American-Russian-Japanese interactions in the north, increase German-Japanese and other interactions in the center, and even can increase German-British-French interactions in the north (using MCR/MCP against Karafuto or Alliance Island, just like the real Anglo-French did in the 19th Century).

The Europa variant now allows Tunis-Spain/sc and North Africa/ec-Syria.

I am considering combining Europa and Treaty Ports into an 11-player variant.

Visit the Diplomacy game variants site for maps, details, and Realpolitik downloads.


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