I probably should re-organize D&D into a Game section with D&D and Video Games as subsections but my tribute to Mr. Calhamer falls under this because his game Diplomacy was a fave with gamers of all stripes.
Sadly, I’ve only played a couple times yet I’m very familiar with it. Whenever a D&D or Wargame group got together and there weren’t enough players, this was a common solution to pass the evening. If you read his obit, you’ll see Diplomacy was quite unique compared to what I consider its counterparts (Risk, Civilization and Supremacy), no dice! The outcomes were determined by the positions of a player’s forces after the “battle turn.” Plus everything was fair. I recall one player left his order sheet on the table to use the bathroom and the others peeked…all allowed. Thus, Diplomacy is well suited for people whose preferred alignment in D&D is Chaotic Asshole. You can win the game by being as honest as possible, it just takes longer.
It was nice to finally find a person behind a well-loved game. I regret I had to wait until his passing.