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I've been having the same problem. This morning, I emailed the developer a screenshot, but I haven't heard back. I'll keep you posted.

Update: I got an email from the developer. He said read the forum.

Of course you can play it on your computer. There are plenty of Android emulators on PC, easy to set up.

EDIT: For those wondering, I use Nox Emulator. It's light, simple and works flawlessly with Conspiracy.

u/EstablishmentZorro Yesterday I completed a new version of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Diplomacy-Conversations-Face-Face-Tournaments-ebook/dp/B085PTCMC5/ ... also available as an audiobook. Email [email protected] and I'll share a copy with you for no charge.

I can recommend Through the Ages, which has an excellent app for both iOS and Android. It is a card game, but there are some finicky mechanics in the game that make the software adaptation arguably better than the paper original (since it handles those aspects automatically).

It's turn-based, so while there is some backstabbing, there's inherently less of the stress where your actions rely on trusting someone else's simultaneous actions.

A downside in your case is that there's a cap of four players per game, so you'd have to play in smaller groups.

There are a number of other solid board games with online / app adaptations, but their success with your group will largely depend on their interests. Agricola is one, for instance, and it supports up to five players at a time.

Are you able to play the Conspiracy app on browser? I genuinely don't know if you can download the app to a laptop. Looks like you can here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.badfrog.conspiracy.app&hl=en&gl=US

If that works, then there is a sandbox feature with an interface that is much, much, much better than Backstabbr

I highly recommend Legendary Tactics deep dive into playing each of the powers with some of the best Diplomacy players in hobby history: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-PbNJJ_F4xUO7lYuYF9rI-1X39pEIQL

This will offer tips for how to approach Diplomacy for each power.

For a less game focus, I thought this was interesting book about negotiations: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805/ref=nodl_

Agree w/ u/Sesquipedalianfish on dedicating time to playing it.

After a few games and if you're an imaginative learner, you might try my book--https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085PTCMC5--which includes some opening theory, although most of that is available for free online, and my references pages include links to it.

Can get same for free on leanpub.com/wind

I've hosted maybe 6 or 7 live games and I don't use backstabbr anymore as I've gotten fairly fast at adjudicating, but if you do make sure you establish which is the "source of truth" or double-check each time that the board and computer are in sync. Getting them out of sync screws up the game.

I tell newbies to show up 15 minutes before for rules and a sample turn

I use those little notebooks for each player for orders, but agree lamintated would be better as paper piles up fast https://www.amazon.com/Mead-Notebook-College-Assorted-73605/dp/B00YZXPH7E