05-21-2014, 01:58 AM
Alamaze has a cohort of players who favor Anonymous games, and we are generally starting about 1 Classic (full diplomacy, 15 player game) for about every 1 Anonymous (12 player, no diplomacy game where no one knows who is playing what position).
The Anonymous games avoid the near requirement for diplomacy, but then also forgo the chance for players to learn skill from their fellow competitors by communicating (via email), and also preclude players reporting on game progress on the forum.
We also have a 5 player, 5 kingdom game we call Primeval, both in anonymous and diplomacy formats, and Warlords games - where each of 4 players controls 3 kingdoms apiece.
The Anonymous games avoid the near requirement for diplomacy, but then also forgo the chance for players to learn skill from their fellow competitors by communicating (via email), and also preclude players reporting on game progress on the forum.
We also have a 5 player, 5 kingdom game we call Primeval, both in anonymous and diplomacy formats, and Warlords games - where each of 4 players controls 3 kingdoms apiece.