U. Abstract and Hypothetical Scenarios

ua. Alternate World

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
ua01Global Diplomacy ILew Pulsipher7 
ua02TimestepsLew Pulsipher  

uc. Map constructed before Game

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
uc01Ptolemaic DiplomacyPeter Berlin7 
uc02Twilight Zone DiplomacyRulesPeter Berlin7 

ud. Map constructed during Game

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
ud01Quantum SpaceT. McCloud  
ud02Fiat LuxGreg Costikyan  
ud03The Sundered WorldsSteve Doubleday  
ud04Quantum Space:3001Glenn Overby  

ue. Map discovered During Game

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
ue011492RulesEdwin Godfrey4 

ug. Geometrical (perfectly balanced) Board

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
ug01Barebones, Jeffersonian DiplomacyHoward Mahler8 
ug02Logical Diplomacy IAllan Ovens6 
ug03Logical Diplomacy IILew Pulsipher5 
ug04Lunatic Diplomacy IThomas Galloway  
ug05Pink DiplomacyDavid Pink7 
ug06Space Station UltraLee Kendter, Sr.5 
ug07Lunatic Diplomacy IIThomas Galloway  
ug08Purest DiplomacyRoland Prevot7 
ug09Space WarD. Alderson4 
ug10Lunatic Diplomacy IIIThomas Galloway6 
ug11Slaughter DiplomacyFred Davis7 
ug12Five Italies (Kathy Byrne Variant)RulesMike Lee5 
ug13Existential DiplomacyMarc Hurwitz3 
ug14Total Balance IISteve Agar and Andrew Poole8 
ug15Masters of the VortexRichard Egan, Andy Bate and Thomas Galloway8 
ug16Chromatic DiplomacyRulesJames Millington, Robert Schone and Lynsey Smith5Also called Romans (with different province names)
ug17Migraine DiplomacyRulesStephen Koehler8 

uh. Hybrid Games

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
uh01DiplochessRulesEdi Birsan and Fred Davis2 
uh02Dip-Tac-ToeRulesFred Davis4 
uh03Diplomatic ChessMark Larzelere3 
uh04HickeryvilleGraham McAllion7 
uh05Scacchomacy (Fish’s Delight)Dave Kadlecek7 

um. Board is a Maze

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
um01Algernon DiplomacyRulesThomas Galloway  

un. No board at all

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
un01LizardK. St. Andre  

ur. Hypothetical Board with random and chaotic changes

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
ur01Geo-Shift DiplomacyPeter Aronsen and Lew Pulsipher  

us. Stock / Currency controls / influences

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
us01HyperbourseTom Swider  
us02Capitalist DiplomacyRulesDave Tant  
us03SuperbourseRichard Sharp  
us04Stock DiplomacyCraig Nye and Steve Doubleday7 
us05Dow Jones DiplomacyAndy Mansfield7 
us06SpeculationDouglas Huskins  
us07Capitalist-DippyLukas Kautzsch  
us08Capitalist-Dippy IIPer Westling  
us09Gain DiplomacyMike Benyon  
us10Capitalist Diplomacy (circa 1897)RulesKerry Slavin7 

uu. Hypothetical Geographic Area

ARDAVariantRulesDesignerPlayersNotes
uu01Ancient Empires IJohn Boyer5 
uu02Antigone IslesDoug Hayward7 
uu03Cat DiplomacyErnie Melchior3 
uu04Colonial VariantGlenn Reed and Peter Berggren7 
uu05Empire IW. Johnson10 
uu06Mythomacy IIDon Miller6 
uu07Slobbovia IIRobert Blau  
uu08AmoebaKen St. Andre and Jimmy Walker  
uu09Sea DiplomacyW. Johnson8 
uu10Empire IIJohnson and St. Andre (requires uu05)9 
uu11CarthageHartley Patterson  
uu12Heptaspherical DiplomacyJohn Dodds and Angus Walker7 
uu14Mobtown IIRulesStephen Agar and Nick Morris6 
uu16SAGA-RSteve Agar and Andrew Poole8 
uu17Archipelago IJoe Chambers and Jon Miller6 
uu18Archipelago IIMartin Draper6 
uu20Atlantis Time’s DiplomacyDavide Cleopadre5 
uu21BattleisleRulesRené Krokowski and Frank Bacher6 
uu22Reversed DiplomacyRulesRicardo Moraes5 
 


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