[Diaspora] Social Combat Map for a Court Martial

[C. W. Marshall]

Hi! Welcome to Diaspora.

This sounds great. It'll be a very full session teaching Diaspora and  
showing off all four minigames, but I really look forward to hearing  
what happens! (Post it somewhere, and we send you dice!).

As for the social combat specifically, there are multiple ways of  
doing it. First off, is the "guilty" judge capable of changing his  
mind? If not, then don't put him on the board -- the prosecutor is  
enough. If he is (and that's more interesting), then, it's a question  
of initial placement -- he starts off in the guilty circle, but  
perhaps can be persuaded away.

If there's three judges represented, then victory can be set either  
as the first side to get two judges into their circle (guilty/ 
innocent) (you could also see where the judges are at the end of x  
turns, and see if they lean towards guilt or innocence. If the guilty  
judge won't budge, it'll probably be simpler just to have a single  
token representing the judicial opinion -- if it ends in the guilty  
circle, then pcs lose; if not and the clock runs out then they win.  
The in contempt idea is cool -- It need not be circles of course --  
that could be done with maneuvers placing aspects, and then tagging  
them: putting "dodgy argument" or "violating standard military code  
of justice" could be fun.

You might also want to consider an amalgam pc for the defendants, as  
in the example in the book -- one relevant skill from each player,  
filling ot a notional meta-pyramid will reduce the number of tokens  
on the board.

Hope this helps!

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