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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 07:42 PM Mar 2013

LaGrange Park mailman who invented board game Diplomacy is dead at 81

Updated: March 5, 2013 2:03PM
To people in LaGrange Park, Allan B. Calhamer was the guy who delivered the mail.

But to those who have played “Diplomacy” — the popular board game he invented while a law student at Harvard — Mr. Calhamer, who died last week, was a geek god.

Back in the Fortran era, the game was a sort of board-game version of TV’s “Survivor” set in pre-World War I Europe, with its shifting alliances, deception and back-stabbing,

A favorite with politicians, it has a spot in the Hall of Fame ofboardgamegeek.com, where gamers from around the world are mourning Mr. Calhamer’s passing.
He died at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital. He was 81

http://lagrange.suntimes.com/news/18568062-418/lagrange-park-mailman-who-invented-board-game-diplomacy-is-dead-at-81.html

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LaGrange Park mailman who invented board game Diplomacy is dead at 81 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2013 OP
“Destroying Friendships since 1959” bluedigger Mar 2013 #1
RIP Ohio Joe Mar 2013 #2
It is truly a classic Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #3

Ohio Joe

(21,894 posts)
2. RIP
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:35 PM
Mar 2013

I can't believe I've never heard of this game, it sounds like something I'd love... No idea how I missed it.

RIP

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. It is truly a classic
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:02 AM
Mar 2013

no dice involved just player interaction. It is one of the greatest ever to come along in my opinion.

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