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JustAGuyNamedWill (1060 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
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Anyone to Help me create a variant?
Hey yall. I have a variant design that I like but I dont really have a ton of time to make one myself. Is there someone who does that? I can credit you as co-creator.

If not thats totally cool
Fake Al (1840 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
What's your idea?
Peppapig (1232 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
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I've created 5.I drew them by hand,and how to vdip them?
Peppapig (1232 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
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Korea war.
Anti-Japanese war,China Nanking.
These 2 I’ve draw them and how can i post them?
GOD (1860 D Mod (B))
Thu 12 Sep UTC
On the naming, isn't a war always "anti-" someone, making the word redundant?
Hakurei Marisa (2165 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
God is right. I think it's called the Second Sino-Japanese War (the first was fought in 1894-95 by Japan and Qing-dynasty China), or the Chinese Front of WWII. And btw the former is Korean War.

And these are cool ideas! Tho I can't help about vdip-ing them, I'm glad to join their testing games if you DM me!
ubercacher16 (1837 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
About variant design and implementation. There is a discord server dedicated to variant design. Link: https://discord.gg/6U5uNZxUck

The people there will be able to share advice and expertise and even help drawing perhaps. Forgive me if you are already on there and this is redundant.

As for vDip, I'm not sure implementation is possible because of Oli's absence, but others know better than me.

As for war naming conventions, they vary from language to language. After some quick sleuthing on Peppapig's profile I have surmised that they are a Chinese national. This explains their use of "Anti-Japanese War" to describe the Second Sino-Japanese war. The latter title is a scholarly naming convention invented by English speaking scholars far removed from the conflict itself. In China it is called 抗日战争 which roughly translates to "Resist Japan War." More elegantly put it would read, "The War of Resistance against Japan." Given this reality it is entirely unsurprising that Peppapig would call it the "Anti-Japanese War" in English.

Please correct me if I'm wrong Peppapig, but a quick google, Pleco, and my own experience with Chinese helped me set the record straight I hope.
GOD (1860 D Mod (B))
Thu 12 Sep UTC
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In Oli's absence, tobi1 can usually help with development, but also depending on his RL schedules of course. But in principle it is possible here and was done a few times in the last year or so.
ubercacher16 (1837 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
One more thing. We do the same thing in the US regarding names of wars and other historical events. For example, the scholarly name American War of Independence becomes "The American Revolution" or "The Revolution" in popular speech. We drop "American" from "The Civil War" and Americans understand what is meant.

Time can even change the names of wars, such as World War One's name being adjusted after its sequel came out several decades later.
ubercacher16 (1837 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
Oh nice, thanks for letting me know GOD
Yay! Thank you! I have a hand-drawn one that is alright, I’ll post the image link here:

https://ibb.co/RDpxPNy

If theres nobody who can, or if there are any questions just message me. I can do it myself if necessary.

Again thank you a lot!
ubercacher16 (1837 D)
Fri 13 Sep UTC
Did you join the discord?
Peppapig (1232 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
how to upload my picture to imgbb?
Peppapig (1232 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
About the translate.
emmm
You can call it 2nd Sino-Japanese war.
Peppapig (1232 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
However this is not 2nd but 3rd.
First one is in Ming,Qi Jiguang(戚继光抗倭,打小鬼子)used his army to fight with Japanese "下岗武士哈哈哈哈".
Peppapig (1232 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
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And from 1931-1945 the war was on.
The only invader is Japan so we call it Anti-Japanese war.
JECE (1534 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
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This thread (I'm surprised to see it so buried) has a lot of resources on variant development:
threadID=80327

A vDip user put together this step-by-step guide on variant creation for this website:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17oFVvGE8w2HQU-5IeNecFxl4x7VZ0OM2ApjqXY9gi6A

For articles about optimal variant design, see here:
https://diplomacyzines.co.uk/home/contents/variant-articles/
JECE (1534 D)
Sat 14 Sep UTC
Peppapig: There is also the Imjin War that took place on the Korean Peninsula a few years after Qi Jiguang's death, and several other conflicts could also be included:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Japanese_War
Peppapig (1232 D)
Sun 01 AM UTC
ok thanks


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gman314 (1016 D)
12 Mar 11 UTC
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Winning
Oli won.
On Imperial Civilization's off-topic thread (link inside), there was a brief stint of Second to Last Person to Post Wins. Now that the thread is closed, Oli won.
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butterhead (1272 D)
21 May 12 UTC
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Advertise your NON-live games here!
In an effort to compromise the pro-ads versus anti-ads for games: Post here for your non-live games to cut down on the number of ads but still advertise games. Post game link, WTA or PPSC, and the bet. Note: this doesn't count for special rules games.
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halfasleep (1616 D)
Thu 12 Sep UTC
Looking to liquidate some positions
Hello all,

I'm planning to leave the site but want to stay in one game (not one I'm doing well in, it's for diplomatic reasons as well as it being a very, very long game, 9 months and counting). None of my positions are doomed; otherwise I'd just Civil Disorder out of them.
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bbg (1003 D)
12 Aug 24 UTC
Why we can’t make a sandbox
Why we can’t make a sandbox, in the WebDip I can but here no, I need most time for make a game of a big variant, for example Europa renovatio
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Aserthreto (1174 D)
Tue 10 Sep UTC
Does an unrated game affect reliability?
As it says, does an unrated game affect a persons reliability rating.
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Anon (?? D)
Wed 04 Sep UTC
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Crashed game
This game is reported to have crashed just after a 10th player joined. :-(
Can something be done ? Thank you.

https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=60806
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Squashywand0 (998 D)
Fri 06 Sep UTC
Medieval Diplomacy A1 Sign ups are out!
Are you interested in large scale variants with lots of imbedded historical context? If so, signups for Medieval Diplomacy A1 have opened! Don't miss out on the fun! https://discord.gg/ZNjmPP6JUg
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Thu 05 Sep UTC
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Thu 05 Sep UTC
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GOD (1860 D Mod (B))
Tue 03 Sep UTC
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people who ask us to be taken out of games
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Chuttbugger (2720 D)
29 Jul 24 UTC
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Hold Trolls
I’ve noticed an influx of players who intentionally submit nothing but hold orders for years on end until they are eliminated, even when they’re not in hopeless positions. Often these players take over strong positions in large games, only to act as though their country is in civil disorder but without giving anyone else the chance to take over the position.
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Sky_Hopper (752 D)
30 Aug 24 UTC
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Origin of sealanes
Which variant was the first to introduce sealanes? They're very popular in larger variants to allow more fleets to be in the sea at once, but I'm curious as to where they first showed up.
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Frozen Dog (1638 D)
27 Aug 24 UTC
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What’s happened to the site?
I assume the site admins are looking into it; just curious if we have a sense of the issue. Fingers crossed!
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Fake Al (1840 D)
27 Aug 24 UTC
Nyanza Kingdoms Variant
I've come up with a six-player variant that's set in the African Great Lakes region before colonization. It features some rules like portage where armies can transport fleets across land that mean it can't be implemented here. I'm hoping to run a test game on Discord if anyone is interested: https://discord.gg/nHCducMs
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Mitomon’s Gobble Earth Team Game!
Here we will start taking names for whoever wants to play Mitomon’s version of Gobble Earth Teams. The game will be anonymous and have random country assignments. These are the teams:
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AleChoel (1248 D)
19 Aug 24 UTC
Um... what's this forgotten variant?
I recently noticed some "hidden" variants while looking at the variants in the game search option. This was the weirdest one by far:

https://www.vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=154
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Squashywand0 (998 D)
19 Aug 24 UTC
Large Scale Medieval Variant looking for interested in players! (Discord)
Medieval Diplomacy is looking to run 1-2 games this september! It's a massive European variant set in the year 1201. Featuring very cool mechanics™️ like crusades, excommunication, multiple player holy roman dysfunction, you are sure to have a good time. Join server and check it out if you're interested! https://discord.gg/ZNjmPP6JUg

Map is on the server!
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Frozen Dog (1638 D)
17 Aug 24 UTC
What’s your favourite variant for 7 players? (Public press)
I play with a group of 6-8 (currently 7) friends. We always play public press. What do you recommend for our next game?
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Sky_Hopper (752 D)
19 Aug 24 UTC
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Excluding outliers from average game length
I was looking through the Variants tab and noticed that the average turn length in the Canton Diplomacy variant is listed as 195.51 turns. This looked a bit odd, since even 20 years of all 5 game phases is only 100 turns, and many games don't get that far.
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halfasleep (1616 D)
19 Aug 24 UTC
Alacavre
How is Alacavre a joke variant? I need this one explained...
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AleChoel (1248 D)
26 Jul 24 UTC
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Underrated variants?
Any variant you consider (unfairly) ignored?
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Chrimol (1014 D)
16 Aug 24 UTC
Join game need 4th player plz
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