The guys interview Nathan Barnes about DipCon 2019 in Seattle before shooting the breeze on diplomatic uniforms, face-to-face games, current online games and what exactly is the Florida Panhandle.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and flag today’s episode has an interview with Nathan Barnes who is coordinating the 50 year anniversary of DipCon at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss their drinks briefly (3 mins 20 secs)
Amby mentions this is the second time Nathan has been on the show, previously interviewed about their former podcast, DiplomacyCast (4 mins)
Interview with Nathan Barnes about DipCon 2019
The guys welcome Nathan back to the show (4 mins 30 secs)
Nathan talks about the upcoming DipCon which is being held 6-8 September 2019 (5 mins 30 secs)
Each round is going to have a different scoring system based on the different scoring systems used over the years at DipCon and one round will be a black tie themed event and recognizing the efforts of Diplomacy folks over time (7 mins 30 secs)
Kaner asks whether Nathan has a favourite scoring system (8 mins 40 secs)
Amby asks about whether the tournament is exclusively for Americans or if players from other countries can attend (12 mins)
Kaner asks about the black tie round (13 mins 30 secs)
Amby discusses the photo used on the Black Tie page. Nathan discusses the Diplomatic Uniform… and swords (15 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks about the timing closeness of DipCon compared to WDC this year (19 mins)
Kaner asks about accomodation near DipCon before they talk Vegemite (21 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks about how Washington Athletic Club was chosen as the venue. Nathan talks about the grandeur and setting of WAC (24 mins 20 secs)
They discuss the impact of alcohol on the gameplay (27 mins 20 secs)
They discuss plans for celebrating DipCon’s 50th year and the scoring process (29 mins)
Amby asks if people haven’t played at a tournament, what would they expect to get out of it (32 mins 20 secs)
Kaner asks what people attending should get out of it (36 mins 20 secs)
Amby gives Nathan an update on his progression into creating a face-to-face community (39 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks about “regulars” to tournaments (42 mins 55 secs)
They talk about witnessing who is talking to who and their physical responses (44 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks about the physical space being used for games and for negotiations to occur (46 mins)
Nathan encourages folks to sign up at https://www.dipcon2019.com/ (46 mins 50 secs)
Post interview chat
The guys come back from the interview and discuss their thoughts. Kaner confuses Amby before they talk snakes (49 mins 30 secs)
Amby plugs the Diplomacy Games Amazon affiliate account. We need 2 more American sales to keep the account going (53 mins 45 secs)
The Amazon page now has a Kaner & Amby’s Book Club section for whenever we’ve talked about books on the show. Amby mentions he’s reading a biography called Bismark by Alan Palmer (54 mins 40 secs)
They return to discuss the interview again. Kaner talks about his Diplomatic Uniform - dressed as Crocodile Dundee.
Amby talks about Australian diplomat Sir Les Patterson (56 mins 20 secs)
They talk about DipCon’s scoring system (60 mins)
Amby discusses the contribution of older players to the game (1 hr 3 mins)
Amby talks about how he plays Monopoly using his Diplomacy skills. Kaner similarly talks about using his Diplomacy skills in Settlers of Catan (1 hr 4 mins 30 secs)
They discuss creating a new segment of the show for new players. The guys ask listeners to provide their suggestions for what we should talk about to help inform new players. Just go to our Contact us page to provide your suggestions. Amby discusses cutting support as a potential area to discuss (1 hr 9 mins)
The guys discuss the upcoming second face-to-face game in Brisbane for the weekend of 14-15 September (1 hr 15 mins 20 secs)
Amby suggests another way of finding new players to join a local face-to-face communit
