The game will be gunboat and anonymous

36hr/phase is the fastest I will commit to go, but am willing to go slower if anyone is interested.

5 Players min, 11 max (need 5,7,10 or 11 based on maps I have available).

Maps I would be willing to GM for (Ancient Med, Classic, Crowded, Modern II) (based on maps I have available in a separate program for adjudication).

Game Mechanics:
Players then send me their orders via PM.
I will resolve all players orders.
I will then PM players the current locations of their units after that move.
You will not know specifically whether your orders failed or not, only where your units ended up.

In summary, the information you will know is:

Every Season:
you will know your unit locations and any retreats (and options for retreats)

Additionally, Every Year:
you will know centers you control, #of builds/destroys you have

You will only know if your moves succeeded after Spring (but not why they failed, if they did), and you won't know until after fall if you lost a supply center that you already held that was unoccupied, and if you get to build or not...

When I send out orders I will give you the deadline for the next orders set, so the phasing will be roughly 36hr/phase (or whatever slower phase rate the community agrees on). I cannot commit to being exactly on the dot for every phase change, so if there is a 6 hr slip from time to time between phases, do not be surprised, hence the ~36hr/phase.

When I send out results though, I will indicate each new phase deadline.

Orders sent after the deadline (whether I have sent new orders out or not) will be counted as NMR's.


I will accept draw votes like the normal game.
Players will be required to PM me in advance about pauses/extends based on known unavailability, and I reserve the right to pause the game at my discretion based on player's (communicated in advance) needs. DO NOT ABUSE THIS!


Regarding NMR's: Because of the nature of this game, I will pause the game for NMR's so as not to ruin the integrity of the game. You will have one grace NMR (except in extreme circumstances), before I find a replacement for you, so if you are think you are going to miss a phase, please communicate to me so I can halt the game and you don't waste your 1 NMR. If you don't communicate to me, I will give you the one grace period to send me your orders, but if you still haven't sent me orders by the new deadline or you NMR a second time, I WILL REPLACE YOU.


If your orders are unclear, I will make every attempt to contact you to clarify your intention, but if I can't get in touch in time, I will do my best to interpret your orders.

Once I receive and enter your orders, you will get a PM from me confirming the orders I entered.



Again, for anyone interested in playing, PM me your interest, DO NOT POST HERE.

If you have questions, comments (and do not wish to play) feel free to post them directly to the thread,

HOWEVER, IF YOU WISH TO PLAY:
PM me your comments/questions, and I will post them to this thread with my answers. Anything that needs to be voted on by the group that is playing, I will PM to everyone, and post the results to this thread.

Update: 3 players confirmed. 1 maybe.

Latest: 6 players confirmed, 1 maybe.

If we get no more interest we could start a classic game, otherwise we need 4 more for crowded.

We are at 7 players +1 maybe.

I've PM'd those already on the list putting it to a vote. Play classic now with the 7 we have, or wait for 3-4 more to play Crowded or Modern II?

We are still one player short.

All votes from the first 7 have been received:
2 votes to wait
3 no preference votes (one leaning toward play now, one leaning toward wait to include the others who have expressed interest)
2 votes to play now

If we get 1 more player in the next 8 hours then everyone on the waiting list will be in.
Otherwise I will begin a classic game this evening.

So, I wonder, if a classic game is what ends up being played, if this vote is any indication of the result of the game... 7 way draw anyone?

Game is underway, orders due (10PM EST 01/19/13). ~27 hrs left.

Clarifications: "If I get orders from everybody early I will try to run things faster."

After 24hrs into the phase, orders will be assumed finalized. I won't be going faster than 24hrs as I don't have the time to keep up with that. Phases will progress at least every 48 hrs in the case that I need more time to process orders. I will send updates to indicate how many hours left till phase change if I haven't received orders.

Results of the decision on how draws votes will be handled:
2 to 4 in favor of simply knowing only draw count rather than which country voted draw (with updates every time someone adds or removes their vote and periodically along the way) with one 'no preference'.

Spring 1901 orders processed and unit positions sent.

Fall 1901 orders due by Jan 21 @ 11PM EST.

Fall 1901 orders processed and unit positions, SC's, and builds/destroys + options sent.

1901 Build orders due by Jan 23 @ 10PM EST, 48 hrs from now.

Vote Results on Eliminations:

For purposes of maintaining the mechanics of voting for draws, I am counting votes for 'Know nothing at all about defeated nations' essentially as 'no preference' votes.

Thus the results are 3 to 2 in favor of knowing only the count information on defeats rather than the identity of the eliminated nation, with one 'no preference' vote and one vote for 'know nothing at all.'

Thus you will not know who has been eliminated, but you will know the count when someone is eliminated.

I'll be at least an hour or two late processing orders (worst case first thing tomorrow morning in about 10 hrs). The 1901 build phase has ended and I have everyone's orders, just unable to process right now.

Once again, a slight delay that is on me. Should be back up and running tomorrow morning (~10 hrs from now). My wife's been sick with the flu and so I haven't done much more than get on and make sure I'm not NMR'ing any games.

Spring 1902 Orders have been processed.

Fall 1902 Orders will be due 1/29 @ 11AM EST (48hrs from now).

Also we have had a suggestion by one of the players that I am putting up for vote: Would everyone be willing to play out the game on vDip after the actual game finishes (low points bid) with me giving turn by turn order instructions to all players for a (likely hilarious, especially if people comment along the way) replay? (could be an interesting EoG/revelation of how the game actually went).

Alternatively, I am saving screenshots and could post those somewhere.

Vote is between:
Replay on vDip
Screenshots
Nothing

Replay poll results:

Replay on vDip (5)
Screenshots (2)

NOTE: Obviously we can't *make* anyone replay the game hence this vote was more of a poll than 'binding legislation.' Both players voting for screenshots weren't completely unwilling to replay on vDip, and so my guess is that this will likely be replayed here. Additionally if any player does not wish to replay, I am willing to step in and issue the orders for that player. (more than 1 player abstaining from the replay would complicate things as we then would have to get volunteers, which I won't assume responsibility for).