The ARDA System for Classifying Diplomacy Variants

E. Australasia, Asia and Middle East

ea. All Asia

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ea01	Asian Diplomacy		S. LaTourette and K. Robison	7
ea02	Asian Diplomacy II		Phil Reynolds	7
ea03	Eurasian Diplomacy		Randy Davis	7
ea04	Colonial Diplomacy (Commercial Game)		P Hawes	7
ea05	Asian Diplomacy III	Rules	David Lawler and Peter Baer	7
ea06	Asian Diplomacy IV	Rules	Pitt Crandlemire	7
ea07	Canton Diplomacy	Rules	Paul Webb	7

ec. China

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ec01	Chinese Diplomacy		Tom McCloud	6
ec02	Open Door (Colonialism III)		Rod Walker	7
ec03	Five Dynasties Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	9
ec04	Mandate of Heaven	Rules	David E Cohen	7

ee. East Asia

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ee01	Far East I		Vern Schaller	5
ee02	Far East I-R	Rules	Vern Schaller and Fred Davis	5
ee03	Banzai		Theirry Lucas and Pascal Dugros (Rules in French)	7
ee04	Banzai II		Unknown Author (Rules in French)	7

ei. India

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ei01	India 1501		Stephen Agar	5
ei02	Reunification of India, 1945		Bill Somers	6
ei03	Buddha Diplomacy		Larry Peery	5
ei04	India II		Stephen Agar	5
ei05	High Level Diplomacy		Larry Peery	5
ei06	Maharajah’s Diplomacy	Rules	David E Cohen	7
ei07	Maharajah’s Diplomacy II	Rules	David E Cohen	7

ej. Japan

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ej01	Jimmu		Mike Mills	6
ej02	Kamakura		commercial game by West End Games, Inc.
ej03	Shogun (in French)	Rules	Theirry Lucas	7
ej04	Sengoku	Rules	Benjamin Hester	8

em. Middle East

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
em01	Allah Akba’ar		John Robertson	11
em02	Jihad II		Richard Vedder	7
em03	Partition of the Ottoman Empire		Greg Costikyan	7
em04	Jihad I		Richard Vedder	7
em05	The Lord of Hosts		Tim Collieu	6
em06	Sand I		Allan McGregor	7
em07	Sand II		Allan McGregor and Fred Davis	7
em08	Deus Vult!		William Preston	7
em09	Petroleum		Thierry Lucas	7
em10	Lebanon		Lachlan Olive	6
em11	Lebanon II		Lachlan Olive	5
em12	Six Days to Suez		Lachlan Olive	4
em13	Arab Diplomacy	Rules	Roland Isaksson	8
em14	Middle Eastern Diplomacy		Phil Reynolds	7
em15	Islam		Max Feron (Rules in French)	7
em16	Conflict in the Middle East		William Nesbitt	5

en. Australia and New Zealand

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
en01	Coup in Canberra		Andrew England	5
en02	Aotearoa	Rules	Derek William	8

es. Southeast Asia

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
es01	Indonesian Diplomacy I		Russell Fox	8
es02	Southeast Asia ‘56		J. Massar	7
es03	East Indies Diplomacy II		Bruce Sawyer and Fred Davis	7
es04	East Indies III		Bruce Sawyer and Fred Davis	7
es05	East Indies IV		Fred Davis	6
es06	Indonesian Diplomacy II		Russell Fox and Fred Davis	7
es07	Kampuchea		Lachlan Olive	7
es08	Kampuchea II		Lachlan Olive	5
es09	South East Asia III	Rules	Andrew Reddaway	7

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