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Why not play with your kids?

As weird as it is, I play Shikoku 1889 with my kids, betrayal and anger and everything. If anything, Diplomacy might be easier to setup and keep up.

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I might when they get a bit older. My oldest is 10, which is a bit young I think.

Good point. What WOULD be the minimum age recommendation for Diplomacy ? A kid would have to be ready for blatant manipulation and mendacity.

For what it's worth, I play 18xx with my girls and they are around that age. It's just a matter of not stretching things out and going one turn per day, which seems to work naturally with Diplomacy

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