were you have to announce alliances/War decelerations in global, and your not allowed to stab people.

Aren't we basically doing that now?

no because you can still talk about move orders privately.

just have to announce who you are at war with/allied with publically.

lol, I would do it, as long as we made a deal not to COMPLETELY SPAM THE GAME!!!

i can agree to that...

Same :)
Also, is there any way to break alliances?
What's to stop a war declaration from happening right when the turn is almost over, In which case it would be like a stab.

yeah, what exactly are the rules to these things?

not sure how it works on this site (there have been two games)
but in FB diplo, war declarations/breaking treaties had to be announced 6 hours before the turn would progress (in terms of time) and 20 minutes before said person finalizes.(unless is is not the last person to finalize)

I think the way I read of it being done was treaties had to be created or broken in a retreat or build phase, and war declaration had to be made the same way, but that you couldn't break a treat and declare war with the same person in one season.

here are basic rules-
Treaties and war Declaration have to be made on global
to declare war or break treaties, you must declare within the first halfish of the phase, and than wait until the next phase to attack, giving the other person time to see the message, and prepare for war.
all territory, not just Supply centers, that a player owns must have permission from the owner or a war Declaration to enter.
Water ways cannot be claimed as "yours" unless you have a fleet in it, and thus you must declare war to attack a waterway someone else controls.
those are the basic rules for what you are asking about. any more questions??

I'm so conflicted. I like treaties games, but I hate chaos.

join us, join us. brains. brains.

No... chaos has lots of global chat, and so do war declaration games. They will add up. Sorry guys, I just don't have the time :(

Graeme... :(

Will there be spam?

Hey, in case this works, can I propose a rule? Everyone should start at war with everyone else to avoid a stupidly lame first turn. You can make peace however, and that would be binding. Or would that get too messy?

Oh wait - or you could count the initial build phase to be a movement turn for the purposes of war declaration.

If you did that, I might join. Oh, and it wouldn't be public press only would it? That was my big concern.

Graeme- no spam, builds and retreats don't count as moves because it gets confusing, your first Idea would make it so weird and I fear a disaster, and no, full press...