Hey guys and gals,
After much consideration, I've decided to migrate our first outing over to PlayDiplomacy.com. I decided to do this because we have only just begun to scratch the surface of frustration when it comes to fake moves. Having an engine that limits moves to the possible will remove headaches later in the game. There are many troublesome details regarding fleet movement and convoying that can cancel a move. And even the best players in the world make these mistakes. In last year's World Diplomacy Championship Top Board (the Super Bowl of Diplomacy), the eventual champion Chris Barnes lost a move and an army build because he forgot to specify north or south coast when moving a fleet from Constantinople to Bulgaria. These finicky rules are best just avoided altogether.
So the new game is created!! Over on pd.com, the new game is NSFL: Great War 1 and is game ID: 133093. If you search for games with either of those pieces of info you should be able to find it. I can't link a nice and easy sign-up form like I can on backstabbr
. The password to keep the unwashed masses out of the game is "firstdown".
Let me know when you've migrated over! Looking forward to the game. I'll update the OP once the games starts.
There are some rules differences for this new game. Turns will still last 48 hours but will not include a 24hr grace period. The adjudication timer will also not be set to noon. I have yet to be able to configure it, but I'll keep you posted. If you fail to submit orders for two turns, the game will remove you and pause until we can get a replacement. Everything else should be the same!
Sorry in advance for the blowing up your inbox with all these player tags:
@Jogn, @Noble, @Bzerkap, @`To12143`, @Muford, @Kristy95
After much consideration, I've decided to migrate our first outing over to PlayDiplomacy.com. I decided to do this because we have only just begun to scratch the surface of frustration when it comes to fake moves. Having an engine that limits moves to the possible will remove headaches later in the game. There are many troublesome details regarding fleet movement and convoying that can cancel a move. And even the best players in the world make these mistakes. In last year's World Diplomacy Championship Top Board (the Super Bowl of Diplomacy), the eventual champion Chris Barnes lost a move and an army build because he forgot to specify north or south coast when moving a fleet from Constantinople to Bulgaria. These finicky rules are best just avoided altogether.
So the new game is created!! Over on pd.com, the new game is NSFL: Great War 1 and is game ID: 133093. If you search for games with either of those pieces of info you should be able to find it. I can't link a nice and easy sign-up form like I can on backstabbr
. The password to keep the unwashed masses out of the game is "firstdown".Let me know when you've migrated over! Looking forward to the game. I'll update the OP once the games starts.
There are some rules differences for this new game. Turns will still last 48 hours but will not include a 24hr grace period. The adjudication timer will also not be set to noon. I have yet to be able to configure it, but I'll keep you posted. If you fail to submit orders for two turns, the game will remove you and pause until we can get a replacement. Everything else should be the same!
Sorry in advance for the blowing up your inbox with all these player tags:
@Jogn, @
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