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Holon221 (898 D)
25 Jul 12 UTC
Submitting a diplomacy variant
just wondering if on this sight I can submit some of my own diplomacy variants?
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amisond (1280 D)
24 Jul 12 UTC
New Variants
Why is it that as soon as a new variant is released people instantly start playing anonymous gunboats...
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amisond (1280 D)
17 Jul 12 UTC
Lab test game.
Players needed for the first test game of Celtic Britain on lab: http://lab.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=170
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Anon (?? D)
23 Jul 12 UTC
high stakes poker - lets go - gameID=9148
join some high stakes! gameID=9148
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fasces349 (1007 D)
25 May 12 UTC
(+1)
Bankroll Diplomacy
A spin off of Bourse Diplomacy where the investments made by investors effect how successful the in game nations are.
See below for rules:
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Shep315 (1435 D)
28 May 12 UTC
In these rules can the investors talk to the governments and try to influence their decisions?
fasces349 (1007 D)
28 May 12 UTC
yes, they can
King Atom (1186 D)
29 May 12 UTC
SHEP! LOOK AT YOUR POINTS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
Why should you care? I should leave you alone? Nowhere is home?
Are you out of your brain on the train?
butterhead (1272 D)
29 May 12 UTC
One more question... Say that Austria is selling 2 bonds, and I am interested in buying them. can I, in an attempt to for sure be the lowest bidder, offer say, a 1% Interest rate(wouldn't make much money of course, but more than my competitors would be if I get it and they don't) or is there a minimum interest rate you may offer, and if so what is it?
fasces349 (1007 D)
29 May 12 UTC
no minimum interest rate. the downside for that is you wouldn't be making much money either, and remember, there will be enough people asking for bonds that most creditors will be able to invest a lot money in, so yes you could buy out Austria, but France may go to somebody else for 10+%
butterhead (1272 D)
29 May 12 UTC
True, true... but of course if I offer to buy everyone's bonds for 1% interest(if I have the money too)... I could buy up everyones, meaning nobody else is making money! haha. although that would almost be counter productive, since they will be fighting each other, so some of my bonds may never get paid, but still.....
fasces349 (1007 D)
29 May 12 UTC
You may be able to take every bond for the first year or two, but in the 3rd year you would have no money, and others could get more desirable bonds.
butterhead (1272 D)
29 May 12 UTC
true. haha. I wouldn't do that anyways, It wouldn't pay off.
fasces349 (1007 D)
29 May 12 UTC
and yeah, capitalism shouldn't be about mutual destruction, where you just loose less then everyone else, it should be about mutual gain, where you just gain more then everyone else.
fuzzyhartle1 (856 D)
29 May 12 UTC
so when is the game starting?
fasces349 (1007 D)
29 May 12 UTC
I'll give it another day or two to see if anyone else is interested, and then we'll start.
orathaic (952 D)
29 May 12 UTC
Will you be trying webdip?
fasces349 (1007 D)
29 May 12 UTC
I haven't visited webdip in like 2 months (other then yesterday to see if it was down), I am trying to avoid it, but I guess I could. On top of that the last time I tried to invite people to a special rules game on webdip the trolls got to me, but then again I was new to the site and that was 2 years ago
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Bump. Let me see if i can convince someone i know to play...
drano019 (2710 D Mod)
30 May 12 UTC
I would play except for 2the things:

1. I dont believe rhe question when taxes are levied has been answered. For example, if italy takes tunis with his fleet in 1901, and has his armies in home scs, does he have 105k in taxes or only 90k? If its 105k, he coukd build on his own. If its 90k, hed have to get a loan.

2. This game, with 3a day non finalizing phases, and the 10 year payback on bonds, is going to take forever to finish. As a test game, wouldnt it be better to
drano019 (2710 D Mod)
30 May 12 UTC
I would play except for 2the things:

1. I dont believe rhe question when taxes are levied has been answered. For example, if italy takes tunis with his fleet in 1901, and has his armies in home scs, does he have 105k in taxes or only 90k? If its 105k, he coukd build on his own. If its 90k, hed have to get a loan.

2. This game, with 3a day non finalizing phases, and the 10 year payback on bonds, is going to take forever to finish. As a test game, wouldnt it be better to have the shortee maturation time and shorter phases? Otherwise its going to take 5you months before the rules can be adapted at all.
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
I suspect when a bond matures countries will need to raise new bonds to pay the old ones off (and the investors will have money from their interest payments) - 3day/phase ~ 12 days/year ~ 240 days for a game (8 months)

This is actually a bit slow for me :(
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 May 12 UTC
1. Italy can build on his own.

2. All phases are finalized except for the Autumn phase, which is when the bond selling happens, but then again I guess players may be unreliable.

maybe I can change the phases to be 1 day 12 hours and then just reset the process phase once during the game to make the phase 3 days.

That way autumn is 3 days and everything else is 1.5 days.
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
So italy gets tax from tunis in 1901 if she takes that winter. So taxation happens after new supply is secured.
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 May 12 UTC
correct, tax are received at the same time as supplies from supply centers
amisond (1280 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Will it be possible for governments to specify whose offers should be accepted instead of just the lowest rate ones? For example could I guarantee a creditor a bond at a higher rate for giving me advice even if others bid less?
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
ok so, staying home nets me $20K (not spent on upkeeping my armies) taking a neutral center nets you $15K (in new taxation, per year)

home centers are the only ones which provide enough taxation to support the unit. (+$10K per year) and taking enemy centers is only worth it to take the $30K away from someone else...

I like the basic economics...
drano019 (2710 D Mod)
30 May 12 UTC
I assume countries can bank extra cash every year? So that if they taxed +60k one year and didnt want to sell bonds, they coukd wait until the next year and have 120k?
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
yep, or they can lend the cash out to other countries. As far as i understand the rules. (i'd love to see switzerland sitting on a pile of cash, and nobody wanting to invade cause it keeps lending them money...)
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 May 12 UTC
All the creditors live in switzerland, lol

and yes, any excess cash is carried on till the next year.
drano019 (2710 D Mod)
30 May 12 UTC
Hmm well if phase length gets shortened, or the maturation length gets shortened, ill play as a government.
amisond (1280 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Roughly when will this game start?
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Governments:
1. Captainmeme
2. amisond
3. King Atom
4. fuzzyhartle1

Creditors:
1. Butterhead
2. tobi1
3. Qwit
4. Shep315
5. Drano019
6. Canaduh (agreed via pm)

@Ora: You said you were going to invite a friend to play. If so that makes 7 and you can be a creditor bringing them up to 5.
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Governments:
1. Captainmeme
2. amisond
3. King Atom
4. fuzzyhartle1
5. Drano019
6. Canaduh (agreed via pm)

Creditors:
1. Butterhead
2. tobi1
3. Qwit
4. Shep315

Accirdentally put Canaduh and Drano in the wrong list
orathaic (952 D)
30 May 12 UTC
i invited a few and suggested they post here... not sure where they are...

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drano019 (2710 D Mod)
23 Jul 12 UTC
New Game Type
A little while back, someone mentioned a game type with a king, assassins, knights, and traitors who all had different victory conditions. Does anyone know the game type im referring to in more detail, and if so, would anyone be interested in trying it out?
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xSMTx (847 D)
29 Jun 12 UTC
Quick Question
So I'm in my, like, 4 game of colonial dip, and I am wondering why the trans- Siberian railway is present but unused. I'm hoping someone can explain this
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idealist (1107 D)
22 Jul 12 UTC
a couple of new 1v1 games
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=9139
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=9140
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=9141
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=9142
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kaner406 (2088 D Mod (B))
20 Jul 12 UTC
New player needed:
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Here's your chance to post all kinds of anon fun. gameid=9100
I guess a body has to be there too.
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Cunnilingus (1603 D)
19 Jul 12 UTC
Spain to North africa
How is this move supposed to be made? There's no option to go by land even though they appear connected. I convoyed with a fleet waiting in western mediteranean and it failed. Is this some sort of glitch?
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
17 Jul 12 UTC
New feature (still in Beta...)
You can now make anon posts in the forum...
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Anon (?? D)
18 Jul 12 UTC
join some high stakes guys! :) gameID=9111
gogoogooo join!
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A game where I am allowed to Meta-Game? O.o
Competition between you and your friends sure is fun, but sometimes its great to team up with them and conquer the world together. Well, if your looking for a game where you can do that then look no further. Sometime next week a game will be starting where you and one friend can team up to conquer the world. It will be a WWIV variant with two day phases. All that is required is that you message the creator, me, what country you are teaming up with.
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Anon (?? D)
18 Jul 12 UTC
Replacment needed for Sengoku
gameID=8755 5 SC position in a strong alliance, please join if you can!
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RoxArt (1732 D)
18 Jul 12 UTC
gameID=9093 - high stakes karibik, join fast! :)
ole, hope this anon works
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kaner406 (2088 D Mod (B))
15 May 12 UTC
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Bourse Diplomacy:
see below:
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Captainmeme (1400 D Mod (B))
17 Jul 12 UTC
Sitter Required.
I'll be going on Holiday on Saturday morning for two weeks, so I'll need sitters for several games I'm in. They are all full press. Please PM me for more details.
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kaner406 (2088 D Mod (B))
16 Jul 12 UTC
looking through the Variants
I have just realised that we have a lack of games of games that cater for 10+ players...
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Messages in a Gunboat
I am playing in a gunboat game right now, but the little envelope has appeared on the screen signifying I have a message. However even when I click the envelope I can not see said message. Anyone have any idea, what is going on or how I can see the message?
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Gary123 (1297 D)
15 Jul 12 UTC
Team Game Replacement Players
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8536
Replacement player for the UK and Amazon needed. If someone will be nice enough, the UK isn't in a bad position. This is a team game, and you'd have to respect that, I guess.

Also is there already a thread advertising countries in civil disorder needing to be replaced? If not, should there be a forum thread just for advertising inactive countries?
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Captainmeme (1400 D Mod (B))
14 Jul 12 UTC
Replacement Needed
Replacement Spain needed in gameID=8953. Not a bad position at all.
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georgekatkins (1107 D)
14 Jul 12 UTC
Jdip or RP files for Germany 1648
Does anybody have the files needed to implement "Germany 1648" for jDip or RP? Also heard there were jDip or RP files for "Ambition & Empire", but can't find them, either. Thanks for any help you can give me!
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Lord Ravager (988 D)
11 Jul 12 UTC
Creating Teams into variant maps
Until now every Variant maps considers each player independent and able to fight any other automatically.
But could be interesting to develop a way to create forced alliance teams, just like a country split into groups unable to fight each others (being the same nation...) but able to be controlled by different players?
Into the game they could then choose if cohoperating or acting separately, but never being able to steal SCs each others nor dislodging armies and so on...
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amisond (1280 D)
13 Jul 12 UTC
Variants Page Dead
I managed to kill the variants page here and on the lab, sorry.
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Decima Legio (1987 D)
10 Jul 12 UTC
Vicky the Viking
"Those playing Vicky the Viking just cancel and join the second game. Such an early NMR really ruins the game"
This was from Kaug some days ago on the thread: http://www.vdiplomacy.com/forum.php?threadID=28853#28853.
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fasces349 (1007 D)
12 Jul 12 UTC
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orders in WW4
See below

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Tyran (1335 D)
13 Jul 12 UTC
I need two partners for a world team game. gameID=8986
I need two partners. One would be playing Egypt. The other Kenya possibly.
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Tyran (1335 D)
13 Jul 12 UTC
Live game anyone?
Anyone wanna play?
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Tyran (1335 D)
12 Jul 12 UTC
Live game anyone?
Anyone up for a live game? Any amount of players even a 1v1
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