suggestions......

Ideas: The ability to add more neutral players to 1v1 or 1v1v1 games, so you can use bigger maps. A 1v1 huge map is too much of an advantage for whoever goes first.

 
  Second idea, what about having a reveal map option for fog of war games....each player gets one "diplomats" map reveal for one turn, revealing the entire map for that player only. Kind of like extend time to be used once.
 
 Some people would save it till the end no doubt, but it could be used wisely mid game or early game to figure out whose winning...plus other players wouldn't know if their secret plans were revealed or not. Just adds more spice.

I am not sure if adding more neutral would make the game more fun, because you would have to fight your way through a forest of neutrals to actually get somewhere. It is fairly easy to implement, but it would add another option to the game creation screen and I am not sure if it's really all that interesting. Maybe one day we can try a few test games and see if it works out, but currently our priorities lie elsewhere.


The other option... it makes the game so much more complicated. I really think Risk is a great game just because the ruleset is quite simple. Adding something like this adds a whole layer of complexity and - in my opinion - almost makes it like a different game... a more full-fledged RTS. I therefore think diplomats might not be a very good idea, just because we want to keep the game simple.