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10 Oct 20 UTC

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Why does NMRing stop you rejoining games

I can understand why there’s a temporary ban on joining new games and making games but banning you from rejoining the game you were kicked from seems like it causes even more disruption to the game in question.

Disclaimer: I’m a bit salty about missing the deadline for a game by a few minutes because I misremembered when the timer would tick over

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04 Oct 20 UTC

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Revising Mandate of Heaven

Its all Kaner and Amby's fault.

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David E. Cohen (1000

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30 Sep 20 UTC

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Playtesters (and possibly a GM) Needed for Unconstitutional, a New Variant

See following.

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07 Sep 20 UTC

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Stalemate lines in Sengoku: Nagashino (V6)

Are there stalemate lines in this variant? What are they? I could not find any article on this.

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27 Sep 20 UTC

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Europa Renovatio - Early Game Replacement

Hey All, looking for a replacement in an ER game that's just getting started. Currently in the Builds phase after the first year, playing as Portugal. Please DM if intereted

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David E. Cohen (1000

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15 Sep 20 UTC

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Comments Wanted for new Variant: Unconstitutional

I am looking for comments and criticism for Unconstitutional, a variant in development.

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David Hood (976

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23 Sep 20 UTC

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Sept 2020 edition of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sgo2TXUHNs&t=192s

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umbletheheep (1023

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20 Sep 20 UTC

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The Briefing's Anniversary Issue

Hey everyone. This last issue - https://mailchi.mp/acc5851825e2/anniversary-edition was our 52nd edition. That's 52 Diplomacy strategy articles, tournament updates, and other hobby news.

I know many of you here on vDip subscribe to the Diplomacy Briefing - https://www.diplomacybriefing.com. Thanks for your support. Here's hoping for another year.

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13 Sep 20 UTC

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Bitcoins and Gambling

Anyone into free?
Anyone Into Gambling?

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05 Sep 20 UTC

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Pirates Variant - Privateer vs Authorizing Nation Help

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04 Sep 20 UTC

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Sea Lanes Proposal/Discussion

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CBro27 (1453 )
04 Sep 20 UTC

My fault for not understand this fully until it screwed me up, but Generic Sea Lane (GSL) south and GSL north border each other? Seems to me you'd have to move GSLs > GSL/GSLe/GSLw > GSLn? I guess it makes sense that you'd be able to move from any point in a sea lane to any other point in it, but given that GSLn and GSLs (or west and east) don't really appear to border each other on the map, and that it's incredibly difficult to chase down an enemy fleet, even if you outnumber them 4 to 1, it doesn't seem like the worst idea to make those types of sea territories not border each other?

ubercacher16 (2196 )
04 Sep 20 UTC

That's the way it was designed, and I believe it is clearly stated in the Sealanes rules on variants that incorporate them. I'll let others debate the merits or demerits of it.

CBro27 (1453 )
04 Sep 20 UTC

I'm sure it's clearly stated and that it was intentional. My fault for not being aware of them. I'm just curious whether people think its the best system.

ScubaSteve (1234 )
04 Sep 20 UTC

I think it is a good system. It makes the central sea lane (unavoidably) more important than the other ones. If the other sea lanes had movement restricted further, the necessary imbalance would become more pronounced.

That said, I don't think that there is a huge difference in the resulting gameplay.

David E. Cohen (1000 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

I find sealanes to be unduly complicated. I used a similar concept, high seas provinces, in Dawn of the Enlightenment. These are in effect stacked ocean provinces, all adjacent to each other, as well as neighboring provinces. No master zones.

CCR (1957 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

Dave, the stacked nature of HS makes them uncuttable, right? If so, then no good. A move is not always a move; sometimes it's just a poke. And it's a very important feature of the game mechanics

The Ambassador (1948 )
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The first post should have said “Sea thread”

David E. Cohen (1000 )
05 Sep 20 UTC
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No, CCR, other than the special adjacency properties, they function as normal water provinces. Support can be cut and a fleet can be dislodged.

CCR (1957 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

Dave, I had the rules of the first playtest in my mind, the one I actually played. THat is, if i remember them correctly...

CCR (1957 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

Would you recommend bringing the HS concept to any existing variant in vdip, with the necessary adptations on the whole sea design, not only in adding the stacked spaces?

See, the Sea Lanes came to popular attention after they were brought to WWIV ; the same could happen to HS ;)

By the way, the SL rules as explained in https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=95 are rather simple, written in two topics occupying a total of four lines. The rest is examples.

David E. Cohen (1000 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

Yeah, CCR, those 1st playtest rules were totally different. Not what I am talking about now.

Modifying a variant would be up to the creator/adapter of the variant. Sealanes work, but I do not see anything that sealane provinces can do that high seas provinces can't do more simply. I just don't see the overseer zone concept adding any value.

KingOfSwords (1497 )
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Sea lanes greatly favor a powerful country with lots of fleets, who is playing quite aggressively. Defense is extremely difficult in that system. I realize that it was designed to break stalemates at choke points, but I worry that it goes too far in favoring the attacker over the defender, and in making it ever easier for "the rich to get richer".

ScubaSteve (1234 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

"The rich getting richer" is just part of diplomacy. The alternative is stalemates. The only way to avoid the rich getting richer is to make stalemates easier. It is a zero sum game in that regard.

David E. Cohen (1000 )
05 Sep 20 UTC

A legitimate concern, though I believe aggressiveness should be rewarded.
The fluidity of movement gained through the use of high seas provinces can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the number of provinces which are "stacked".

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04 Sep 20 UTC

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Request for Replacement

Europa Renovatio variant, 1 day 12 h deadlines, decent but not great position, fantastic allies, lots of drama, and good Diplomacy fun. Game is currently on a 3 day delay, next orders due Monday at 3pm, so lots of time to jump in and chat. Please PM if interested.

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Comerade Doyloskovitch (1000

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31 Aug 20 UTC

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idk how to design maps

pls help lmao. I want a map put into Badfrog's "Conspiracy" app and they get their maps here but i don't know how to do anything apart from draw and colour the map in paint.net

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26 Aug 20 UTC
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Another Public Press Divided States game

Hey folks! After the thrilling Draw conclusion of State Your Business, I've started up another Public Press Divided States game, this time with the win condition of 50 SCs. The last one was a lot, and presumably this one will be too!

?gameID=45509

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25 Aug 20 UTC

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Need sub

Can't play, need sub. PM me if interested. Okay position. Europa Renovatio. 24hr turns.

Name is CorvidKN

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Ancapistan (1000

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23 Aug 20 UTC

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I don't see the option to play against ai.

When I went to create a new game, there does not seem to be any option to play against ai. Did I miss something? Where do I find the option to play against ai when creating a new game?

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10 Aug 20 UTC

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Average age on this server?

Hello all, I was just curious if people had a sense of the general demographics of vDip?

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piegoodpibetter (971

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20 Aug 20 UTC

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Test Cases

Does anyone know of a tool where I could enter unit locations and some orders to see how it plays out? I have a situation I'm in and I'm not sure what the result will be for certain orders. Thanks!

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13 Aug 20 UTC
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Map Germany vs Russia

Maybe we should start the game with 3 russian units instead of 4.
F Stp is to be abolished...

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Bonatogether (1209

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21 Aug 20 UTC

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Replacement needed by Sunday

I'm in an anon Pirates game (so I can't link it here) and I have to be out of town from Sunday to Tuesday. It's early in the game and I would feel bad extending so early, so if anyone could PM me, I can switch it over to you temporarily. Thanks!

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22 Aug 20 UTC
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Cold War Strategy Resources

The Briefing is has stepped in to satisfy the much needed drought of Cold War articles. Go to https://www.diplomacybriefing.com/cold-war-resources for articles on openings and midgame strategy along with an interview with bsiper and myself.

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22 Aug 20 UTC

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Need replacement

Some things have come up which renders me unable to play. As such, I require a replacement for this game- gameID=44844 . It's a decent position. DM me for more info.

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20 Aug 20 UTC

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I want a donation badge

Wasn't there a way to make a donate to vdip? I believe long ago I seen donation badge icons next to ppls name's. I want one. How do i donate?

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20 Aug 20 UTC

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Need a country switch

Due to my upcoming schedule (busy), I won’t be able to consistently enter orders, and I don’t want to CD out of this game. If anyone wants a very solid position in a Modern Europe map, PM me. (It’s anon so I won’t link it here)

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15 Aug 20 UTC

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Looking to be replaced in a game

Due to limited time, i need to leave this game, so i need someone to replace me.
https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=44844, i'm lithuania.

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David Hood (976

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15 Aug 20 UTC
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Newest edition of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network

Here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIB1oKzYiGw&t=7s

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05 Aug 20 UTC

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Middle Eastern Map

Is there a map variant in vDiplomacy that is centred in the Middle East?

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07 Aug 20 UTC

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Sandbox?

What's the best way to make a sandbox game with a variant here?

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07 Aug 20 UTC
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How to post as Anon?

How to post in this forum anonimously?

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06 Aug 20 UTC

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Where is the correct place to contact Oli for a variant?

I have created smallmap and smallmapnames files and the next step in the variant creation process appears to be to contact Oli and have him set up the DevTools. Is admin@vdiplomacy.com the correct place to request a variant? It has been three days since I have e-mailed him. Is this a normal amount of time to wait?

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