Hey, G-Man.....oh dearest friend of mine, wanna bury the hatchet in someone else's skull?

Nice idea, very interesting. Could we have more details?
1) How the countries are assigned
2) All Parameters (exp. phase lenght & EoG)
3) "teammate has agreed to give you that land. " Should he first announce in the Global he's giving a SC?
4) Extend / Pause / Cancel rules

It will be pick your own countries. If it was random we might get a Oceania united kingdom team or something else like that which would be unfair to them. You announce that the land swap or give was not a stab in the retreats phase that way you don't give anything away during the moves phase teams must be announced before the first builds phase is up otherwise I will assume you are going solo. I will record all teams in the notes on my iPhone so if someone wants to know them again just ask me. Phase length 2 days not sure on EoG yet I will probably set the required supply centers high that way if a team wants they can fight till they are the only countries left. We will extend or pause if someone needs it and the game will only be canceled under extreme circumstances since it is a world war four map. Massive CD's or midway through the game we learn of multiple countries being a multi or meta. I am setting this up next week for two reasons one the person I will probably team up with is gone for three weeks but is getting back next week. Hopefully he can join he has CDd out of a lot of games but that is because I don't think his game sitter could keep up with what he was in and I wanted to give everyone enough time to find a partner.

after months away, it's enjoyable to see that gopher's unrelenting assault on Gman's honor has persisted.

p.s. I'd love to muster a good teammate and play in this, but during the summer months my reliability is far too sketchy for me to oblige myself to a teammate.

I can make the phases longer. My reliabity has been struck too because of work college and such. This is why I started this thread a week early to get people's thoughts and words in so I can attempt to make the most enjoyable game possible.

I might be able to play if it's 3 days or longer, but I think it should maybe be a smaller format, say 10-14 players.

...and Egypt isn't that bad... it's only been played by bad players.

I agree, it needs time to find a partner.
So someone could sign up and go solo? Wouldn't it be better if we let only pairs sign up, and if there are not enough pairs then choose a smaller map? Just asking...
1) Pick your own freely. What if, after 33 people signed up, last pair's only avaliable spots are Philippines and UK? Wouldn't it be better if we preset the Country-couples?
2) Ok, waiting for you to preset EoG. It would be nice to know it before I sign up, just to have a clue of how long the game could last.
3) ok...but do you think someone will ever say his ally stole him a SC? And if ever...what happens then?
4) Pauses/Ext. Uhmm... so everyone can ask how many pauses he likes for any lenght? Isn't it risky in a 35 players game? We could have a never ending game. If the game lasts much more than expected, people could CD in the end. Also, such a permissive Pause-rule could encourage someone to perform a "tile".
Cancel. Ok, this could discourage enough "tiles" but please define how many CDs would be "massive" or meta/multi issues be "multiple"

No Egypt is bad. I have seen good players get eliminated early in game. I didn't mean people can sign up solo. You can not say I am joining to solo this game. I meant if say united kingdom and Manchuria have not posted a teammate before first builds season is over then I will have them put as going solo. I would prefer we have people sign up before hand. The countries will be first come first serve I think that is the fairest and most interesting way to go. Even if a person is stuck off by themselves they can still ally with their neighbors and reunite with there teammate when they meet. I don't think we will have masssive requests for extends I will assume it will be like any other world war 4 game I have been in. However, i will set rules if you need over a week you must find a sitter and we will not have 3 extends in a row and with a 2 year cool down period after an extend. On the matter of pauses if someone requests one they have hopeful thinking, pauses are hard enough on small maps. I can make it three days if that is what people wish EoG will probably be set over 100. Probably half the supply centers. If people don't want that that can change as well. I am trying to see how many people I can get on board. As for stabbing your teammate I am unsure what we can do. If oli could remove them from the game and find a player willing to play the game that would be best. However, I can understand if that is not possible. As for claiming a stab when they offered the land. I suppose the party that is giving up the land must contact me diplomacy phase and then declare in the retreats phase.

I think it would be better on a smaller map as well...

I agree with Fasces, and would play a smaller map, as I don't particularly want to play for such a long game.

So far I have not seen enough interest, to even set up a smaller map. I would prefer to have it played on the WW4 variant. I find it is the most interesting map with all the choices you have. It technically is only a long game for some. Those who are eliminated do not play for very long and if you are in it for a long time then most likely you will be enjoying it because you are doing well. Plus this game will most likely end in a draw as most world war 4 games.

If you pick a map with even players, I will try to find me a partner... if you pick a map with an odd number of players, I'd be willing to be your odd man out(the last player with no partner) if you need me to be...

http://vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=44

Fantasy world is like a smaller version of ww4, thoughts?

No I hate the fiction maps. I always do terrible. @butterhead there will be a team of three that includes Egypt. We both know how terrible that country is. Shep couldn't even last as it and I consider him a far greater player than I.

what about war in 2020 or youngstown?

haha neither could I when I played as it -_-
but anyways, your chances of getting 35 people who want to do this is slim... it's basically a team game with 17 teams. your best chances are to start with something smaller... known world, the small world map, etc...

If this doesn't go through than I will pick a smaller map. I believe that there are 35 players on this site that will want to play.

I doubt it. At the moment there are only around 400 people on this site, the odds of 1 in 10 being interested in a special rules metagaming game is slim.

I'm going to think optimistically. When I create it the title will be "The Grab Your Buddy: 2 Player Team Game" I will have this forum linked to the global chat.

Im interested

vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8984

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8986
Sorry I had to make a change to the old game. I have set a maximum amount turns so it will not last forever.

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8986 hurry and join so far nobody who said they were interested has joined. We have had others join though.

I'm working on putting my team together... I'll join soonish

Team 1: Texas and Cuba
Team 2: Turkey and Catholica
Team 3: Brazil and Argentina
Team 4: Germany and Russia
Team 5: Philippines and Australia  
Team 6: Illinois and Mexico 
Team 7: Manchuria and Japan 
These are the teams so far and we have a few more who have joined waiting for someone to join as a certain country or their invite to join. It looks like this game will actually start. :p to all you doubters out there. Hoping to see more people who showed interest to join.

Any loners want to team with me?

@DoubleCapitals - One option would be to send a message to the few who have already signed up for the game and see if they want to be your partner. I think right now Quebec, Oceanea, and South Africa are still solo although they may be waiting for someone...

Would there be anyway to leave the 35th country neutral? A team with 3 countries, even if one of those countries is Egypt, may have a significant advantage over its enemies. That's three extra builds that are going to the side. Just my thoughts. I'll have fun either way...