'Odds & Sods - Diplomacy, Warhammer 2nd edition and moving'. Two Shelves of Gaming Episode 15

Greetings loyal listeners. Thank you for tuning in to another stream of consciousness podcast in which I cast my eye over my collection and talk about the things that come into my head. Hey, it's a system that works. More or less. Today I was inspired to get out the microphone as I picked up a brilliant game from the annals of tabletop gaming. Namely Avalon Hill's Diplomacy. Yes, the classic game that was one of the inspirations for Gygax and Arneson as they went about developing their own gaming system. While the game that has little - actually nothing - to do with orcs, swords, magic or treasure, its subtle influence should not be ignored. From a personal stance it's magical that a random purchase in a dusty Dutch 2nd hand store connects me with those heady pioneering days of RPG development. Alas impending changes in life mean much of my collection is in boxes - mostly the wargames - so my opportunities for dice rolling and escape through gaming is a bit limited, but thankfully still available. More is revealed in the podcast, but who would think 10mm Pendraken and Warhammer Fantasy Battle 2nd edition would work so well together.  Finally here are some links a couple things discussed: https://em4miniatures.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVJyNpfDk (this YouTube link is for the Goth band The Sister of Mercy's video 'This Corrosion'. Apparently an influence on 80s era GW design)