Do you have trouble staying engaged in a game when you start to get overtaken?

When they say (ie. Diplomacy strategy articles, etc) there is a Rostov-Caucasus-Iran stalemate line, they must also assume you also have control of the (Eastern) Black Sea? Would a Georgia-Azerbaijan-Iran line not be the same then? What would you need to control on the west side to make sure this line is effective? Also what is the Alexandria/Eastern Sahara/Ionian/Adriatic (articles only use 2 names but they're not consistent) line I keep reading about? Can someone actually describe this line?

mine isn't working... is this a common issue?

It is in the offical diplomacy rulebook (mine at least) and seems to be a favourite setup for teamgames, is there any plans to make a WWI 1v1?

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=2428
instead of showing the map, I get an error message everytime I try to open it

craziest. shit. ever.

Who's with me?

Hey, kiddos. As if I needed any more attention, I decided to make a thread for a series of 1v1 games I want to try. Anyone's free to step on up.

First: http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=2391
England/Turkey VS. I figured this might be balanced, England's proximity making up for Turkey's build superiority. We'll see.

Second: Oli, this is fucking brilliant and I love you 'til the end of time.

in the variants page!

gameID=2402

Is there ever a strategic reason to postpone a build? Instinctively, I say nay, but this game is so well conceived and elegantly thought out, there must be a reason that it's an option. Any of you seasoned generals have any notions?

For the sake of argument, lets say in a no-messaging game that all the other players have moved to draw and moved to traditional stalemate positions, but you still have a strong position to win with 10 scs and two weak neighbors.

Watching the debate inspired me to play this variant. Please join!
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=2384

The Germany v Italy Map has not been scientifically assessed, thus I am looking for play-testers. In particular, RoxArt and President Eden.
I shall present my hypothesis.

My noble diplomacy players, I would just like to apologize for my failure my recent 4 games, my Internet decided to die, and so i was forced to CD from all of my games. I will most likely be leaving for the summer, so better sooner then later. I wish i could have finished off my games, but seeing how I only managed to get on at the library, I will not be able to finish them. Espcially the WWI and II games that may be totally messed up now. Anywho, I will see you all in the fall

I am currently in a game FOW with no ingame messaging at all. One country was defeated very early on, Austria. I can't understand how Italy is doing so well without any messaging of any type! Are there any mods who can take a look please?
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=2062

Ok, one more try for a PBEM I'll be the GM
http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=672&p=3782#p3782
5 Day Spring/Fall Movement Phases 3 Day Retreat/Winter Phases
Unless all orders are mailed if so the game advances

I followed the link on the help page but just got an email saying "we're mods for Web Diplomacy, not VDiplomacy, sorry". So how do I report a suspected multiaccounter?

gameID=2346

hey guys, im going to be on a trip starting tomorrow and will be back around the 13 or 14 and I need a sitter in 2 games,
WWIV:http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=648
WW 2 Team Game:http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=2119
PM me for details and password information, in the Team game just go with what the allies want and in the WWIV game you would only have to maybe enter orders for one turn

yes or no
let's take a poll on how many of you out there support/oppose Obama. Feel free to list all the reasons you like, or just your opinions :)

I will be gone on vacation starting Thursday, 6/9 for 10 days. I won't have access to the Internet so I need a sub. I have three games, 2 are 1 move per day and the other is 1 move every 36 hours. PM me if you are interested. I also have one game on webdiplomacy.net. Thanks in advance.

gameID=2298
gunboat this time

A player dropped out of the 1v1 games and I was hoping we could find a replacement. Any takers?
More info can be found in one of the many (5)

Please feel free to join any or all of the games listed below!

still a viable position.
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=1707

http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=2249

Potentially interesting game

Perhaps this can be a thread for such?

Anyways, hopefully the following has not been proposed before:

http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=2231&msgCountryID=0

As everyone knows, team games are rather popular, however something I have yet to see is a team gunboat, were your not allowed to stab people, but your not allowed to talk to them either. Lets make it more epic with a team chaos gunboat. Thoughts?
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