Signed the petition but now I'm trying to figure out how the game control would work using the XBox controller. Can't imagine being able to micromanage using a controller in the same way I can using mouse/keyboard I often use an Xbox 360 controller when playing on a PC using Xpadder. It actually wo...

However, as Defcon is real-time rather than turn-based, one player can easily turn off ceasefire - and thus 'betray' - when they see the other has. Perhaps the greater betrayal would be to target their silos. Very true, however, the information that the other has betrayed may not be immediately not...

The strategy explained in the original post is actually a version of the Prisoners' Dilemma. It's interesting because the "rational" decision, the one with the highest net gain of points, is the one where both players comply, but it's doubtful it will be the usual decision. Here's why: P2 ...

I tend to listen to Edwin Starr's "War" and "Stop the War Now" early in the game, and I'm occasionally apt to shouting "Give peace a chance!" in game. Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" is fun for Diplomacy or any betrayals later in the game. "The World Is N...