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Aladeen (1122 D)
04 May 20 UTC
Civil Disorder but can't replace player?
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I can't find it using the search.

I'm in a game with friends/co-workers and one guy quit the game. We waited the 48 hours for him to go into civil disorder, which he did, but the game isn't letting us replace him. Is it because the game is private? We have a replacement ready to go, but our former co-worker isn't answering his email and we aren't sure what we can do to not have to wait 24 hours each turn to get the game moving.
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Caustic (827 D)
06 May 20 UTC
5G is the topic
Our current cell towers, phone/power lines, etc already give off radiation. 5g= 4g x100. What do you know?
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mcoirad (1000 D)
02 May 20 UTC
New Variant in development: Brazilian - Classic
My grandfather recently died and as I went through his things I found a prototype for a Diplomacy bootleg. He used to work in import/export in South America so maybe it was related to that. In his honor I am working to digitize the variant. Here is a preview image:

https://i.imgur.com/ENDewMs.png
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mcoirad (1000 D)
03 May 20 UTC
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New Variant in development: Brazilian - Classic
My grandfather recently died and as I went through his things I found a prototype for a Diplomacy bootleg. He used to work in import/export in South America so maybe it was related to that. In his honor I am working to digitize the variant. Here is a preview image:

https://i.imgur.com/ENDewMs.png
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alifeee (1229 D)
14 Mar 20 UTC
Variant development questions (Scottish_Clan_Wars)
Hi, I've looked at Spain in the classic map, and there are three territories: Spain, Spain (NC), and Spain (SC). The first has only land-links and the latter two have only sea/boat-links. I've recreated this in my map, but I don't think it's formatting the same as Spain in the classic map. How do I make a North/South coast divide?
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riffraff7 (1000 D)
01 May 20 UTC
Variants
Can you use any of the variants here for a game on conspiracy application
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Caustic (827 D)
02 May 20 UTC
Who's on
Is there 2 other ppl on that want to play live right now?
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
15 Apr 20 UTC
Maybe we should switch to phpBB..?
As the our current forum has it's limitations (no subforums, no search) I'm thinking about switching to phpBB (like on webdip).
Are there any objections, things to keep in mind?
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KingOfSwords (1497 D)
24 Apr 20 UTC
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Forming Games: Number of Players Needed
Forming games used to include a status line that said something like "X players out of Y still needed". Why did this message go away? I thought it was a useful indication of how close a game was either to starting, or to being cancelled due to not enough players signing up.
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YoYoBoBo (1000 D)
21 Apr 20 UTC
Fill with Bots Option
How do you get this option to appear? I tried unrated no messaging but I'm not seeing it, is it just automatic?
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Drawing a Map
When I am drawing a map do I have to use paint.net
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umbletheheep (1023 D)
21 Apr 20 UTC
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Diplomacy Board Game Giveaway
The Briefing is giving away a free Diplomacy board game. Here's how to win it: https://www.diplomacybriefing.com/giveaway
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kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
11 Mar 20 UTC
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A massive congrats for the first Divided States win!
gameID=34103
Congratulations Amby! For winning as New York! 2 years well spent ey?
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umbletheheep (1023 D)
17 Apr 20 UTC
Learn from Diplomacy Champions
One of the segments I run in The Briefing is "Champions Corner." Basically, this is a tournament winner describing their thought process. The 2020 ones we've done are in the comments. (Side note: If you aren't a subscriber, be sure to join up)
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DevTools
How do I make the coloring of the map correct? (Right now all the colors on the map I am working on are different)
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x and y when making a new territory in DevTools
How do the x and y work?
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WOPWOP (903 D)
16 Apr 20 UTC
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Sandboxes
Is there a way to create sandboxes similar to the system used on backstabbr.com here?

Thanks!
WOPWOP
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Little League vDip Game
In deliberate, though non-antagonistic, contrast to Amby's thread (and to get other people about thinking about making other threads for other bands), let's have a game for folks in the 500-1k vDip points range.

To keep things quick, let's grab the first seven folks and play a non-anon game of classic, with full press and 36-hour phases.
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Heer Alvaro (1000 D)
13 Apr 20 UTC
Want to create a new variant map - Middle East 21th Century - 5 players
Dear colleagues, I need your help. I have designed a variant map for five players set in the Middle East in the 21st century. info of this map:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xXOYxLLRRMZSYr3xGWxxToAt1R4mw8iZ
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CCR (1957 D)
14 Apr 20 UTC
Bug on Mongolian
Fleets in Adaman Sea are unable to convoy armies to Siam.

Players of "Make war, not love" please either pause, draw or cancel because this bug has affected my plans twice in this game.
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diplopoet (739 D)
11 Apr 20 UTC
strategy/tactics guides for non classic variants?
Do any exist?
diplopoet (739 D)
11 Apr 20 UTC
I've got a lot of spare time these days and I was looking up articles on the internet on strategy and tactics for diplomacy. There are thousands of articles that deal with the classical variant but none at all that I could find that deal with any of the other variants. I'm guessing that they just haven't been around long enough for the "experts" to write anything about them. If anyone has a useful link dealing with this topic then please post it below.
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
12 Apr 20 UTC
To my knowledge, most of those articles were written by face-to-face and old postal hobby players who have probably only ever played the classic variant (not technically a variant, but the original version of the game) and consider variants to be impure forms of the game. However, it is true that only when diplomacy went online has there even been the option to really play-test and develop a variant well, so the "it's just too new" theory could hold some weight.

However, many articles, such as those about negotiation, are applicable to any variant. Likewise, the flow of the classic map can be applied to many other variants because they are often based on it (why do you think there are so many seven player variants?). So maybe the existing articles are still helpful?

But none of this should stop there from being literature on other variants. Perhaps theoretical guides on large variants? Small variants? More specific pieces on the most popular variants? 1v1 tactics? There are countless subjects that are as of yet untapped (to my knowledge at least). And maybe vDip could be the place for that?
umbletheheep (1023 D)
12 Apr 20 UTC
I know Enriador has written strategy about Canton in Diplomacy World. I've also read stuff on 1900 and Ancient Mediterranean. The real issue is that there isn't a place on the web that is a repository for all of the information that is produced. A library as such. Everything is just scattered.
badivan1 (1661 D)
12 Apr 20 UTC
i know of a blog who has some articles on 1v1 variants of France vs Austria and Germany vs Italy: https://captainmeme.wordpress.com/

as someone who has played these variants a fair amount, i think the articles don't go into enough details
CCR (1957 D)
12 Apr 20 UTC
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You'll find articles on Diplomacy (valid for any variant) on the blog brotherbored.com

Check the series "why did I get backstabbed?" (five articles) and "diplomacy is like onions" (three layers)
diplopoet (739 D)
13 Apr 20 UTC
Thanks CCR. I'll have a look.


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adamkelly2.0 (611 D)
30 Mar 20 UTC
create your own varient
is it possible to create your own variant?
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PM
How can I see my private messages
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Flame (1073 D)
11 Apr 20 UTC
What does it mean?
What does this param mean?

https://ibb.co/ZLKZQkb
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umbletheheep (1023 D)
10 Apr 20 UTC
Variants and Copyright
I've seen some other sites have Game of Throne and Lord of the Ring Diplomacy variants. Is there a particular reason why vDip doesn't? I know in the past postal zine there were even Star Wars and Star Trek ones. Is this a copyright issue or just no one has put one together?
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BBQSauce123321 (2026 D)
10 Apr 20 UTC
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Classic- Caspian Variant?
Now I don't know how to code or make maps, so I likely can't do this, but I do think it would be entertaining for someone to create a map based upon this discussion (http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resources/humour/coast_moscow.htm) where Moscow can build fleets and have them move through Sev (perhaps by means of the Volga-Don Canal?)
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Flame (1073 D)
10 Apr 20 UTC
Alexander's wars period maps
Interesting map to be developed as WebDiplomacy-map. Of course balance-fix and terretory-changes to the map are to be done.

https://sillysoft.net/vox/maps/ALEXANDER
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Eham (992 D)
09 Jan 20 UTC
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Variants to Port to webDip
I won Zultar's (webDip co-owner) New Year's prize, which is getting to pick three variants, of which they'll pick one (if possible) to port over. I don't play many variants, so I'm asking the experts:
What are three popular, stable variants that don't have much—if anything, in terms of special rules, (basically nothing that involves messing with the adjudicator, since it is a big, scary, complex bit of code)—that you would want to see included on webDiplomacy.net?
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ubercacher16 (2169 D)
06 Apr 20 UTC
10,000
I just completed my 10,000th phase on vDip. Just thought that is cool and wanted to share it with everyone.
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Sky_Hopper (365 D)
01 Apr 20 UTC
Appears to be allowed, although it really shouldn't be
Apparently, if you take over a country in CD in one game, then CD yourself, you can later take over a different CD'd country in the same game. Perhaps this should be disallowed? I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts.
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