Re: Diplomacy generation gap

In the late sixties, when I was in school, we played an extended game of
Diplomacy over a computer system which was connected to the defense
department. It was part of an honors history class whith emphasis on world
politics. Ah those sixties...
Anyway, now at 50, I am out of work for a year for a series of surgeries,
and am finally getting back into the game, another thirty five year
interegnum.
"David E. Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm sure that FTF-PBEM gap is fairly common, but yours may well be
> longer than most.  Before I discovered PBEM, I hadn't played for more
> than 15 years.
>
> "Andy Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Chris Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Jim-Bob wrote:
> > > >But I always thought that the Judges were full of much
> > > younger people, perhaps I was wrong,
> > >
> > > That's my impression as well... when reviewing the player
> > > information in my games, it seems that I, at 47, am nearly
> > > always the oldest fogie in the bunch.
> >
> > I didn't even discover PBEM until I was 47. (Before that, I'd played a
few
> > FTF games at the age of 17-18, then none at all for very nearly 30
years!)
> >
> > Andy