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Here is the map. They’re trying to fill a fourth match: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1201263855062487120/1208887389854892122/Imperial_Diplomacy_-_Version_1.png?ex=65ee259d&is=65dbb09d&hm=41f342eeff473278464101b30bc129465f5da9450ac5087d085421f7adaa354c&
Hi everyone! Well, somehow I'm closing in on 14 years (in a few months) since the migration from OliDip to vDip! And with that, I'm also getting close to my 100 game mark. I'm currently playing in games 96 and 97, and want to make the last 3 some great ones! So I'm soliciting ideas from the community, preferably Special Rule Games, to make 98, 99, and 100 extra fun. Here's what I"m looking at: 98 is already likely a renewed Europa Renovatio Team game. 99 - ???? 100 - For the centennial, I'm thinking of trying to redo an old special rule game that I can't remember exactly the specifics of, so was hoping someone else might remember too. It was based on a card game where the Rebels had to kill the King, the King and his knights had to defeat the Rebels, but there was also a (or multiple) traitors amongst the knights as well that had to be defeated. The only player that was known to everyone was who the king was. Rebels (I think) knew who the other rebels were. But Knights and Traitor(s) were unknown. Victory Conditions: King/Knights - defeat rebels/traitor(s), Rebels - Kill the king with at least 1 rebel left alive, Traitor(s) - Kill the king (and rebels?).
The twist is we would play on the ER map or Divided States! And I'd be king :)
So, is anyone interested, and does anyone have thoughts for #99?
I can play in #100. As for #99, how about a game of WWIV or WWIV Sealanes but we come up with regional alliances/teams. Unlike #98, these would, by definition, be bordering each other, so it would almost be like having different players play a single country. This would be more fun if the map *wasn't* build anywhere, but meh
The Leader's role is known, all other roles are hidden (but revealed upon death). There are three teams:
Leaders/Supporters: All of them win if the Rebels and the Traitor(s) are all eliminated, even if some of the Supporters die during the game as well. Rebels: All of them win if the Leader ever dies, even if some of the Rebels die during the game as well, unless a Traitor wins. Traitor(s): A Traitor wins if they are the last person standing and the second-to-last person to die was the Leader. If there are multiple Traitors, they are not on the same team; only one can win.
Game ends when: If the Leader ever dies, the Rebels win, unless a Traitor won. Otherwise, the game ends when all Rebels and Traitor(s) are dead, a victory for the Leader/Ministers.
Yes, the Traitor is the hardest role; if the Rebels get too much momentum you won't be able to prevent them from killing the Leader, while if the Leader/Supporters manage to kill off all the Rebels they can easily overpower you. But it is an interesting role, and I think it is included to provide a kind of balance between the other two sides.
To be clear, the only roles any player knows for certain are: The Leader Their own role The role of anyone who has died
You're free to claim to be whatever role you like, though.
There's one other aspect about roles, though I don't know how you could incorporate it into Diplomacy without reprogramming the system: *Anyone who kills a Rebel (even another Rebel) gets a bonus (in the original game, a few free card draws) *If the Leader kills one of the Supporters, the Leader suffers a penalty (in the original game, they lose all of their equipment cards)
Thank you! That's exactly what I was thinking of! For some reason, I thought the Rebels knew who the other Rebels were, but I probably am misremembering.
So for a potential ER game of 36, that's 28 extra players. Probably something like:
The only thing I might add is that the King often has a bit more starting power than the other players, to prevent cases where the rebels get lucky starting positioning and try to just blitz the King down immediately. So for ER, possibly the King should be a slightly larger power like Ottomans; I assume in order to do that you'd have to let everyone else choose their own countries too, and then have a mod randomly assign the starting roles afterwards.
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Slow and steady, we're getting there! If recruitment stalls, I'll likely pick a smaller map. This one might end up being #98 if the other ideas don't come to fruition.
[Speed Europa variant] moving from Burgundy to Ruhr should not be possible
Hello,
As noticed by Tyran (user ID 2518) in the game "Wolf Pack v3" (game ID 58137) armies may move from Burgundy to Ruhr and vice versa (see the Map info tab of the variant's page) while the map doesn't say that. Maps on the external variant homepage also, so I suppose it is an error in the code, not the map.
Newest Deadline show just released on DBN. This month we have an interview with North American Diplomacy Federation President Zachary Moore, a panel on what is Hot or Not in the hobby, and headlines from around the World of Diplomacy. https://youtu.be/UMbW_NWWmfo?si=cMiv9HGwzfN4mWFT
Hey everybody. It was about time someone organised another cross platform Cold War tournament.
The tournament will be played wherever the players agree to play. Which means vDip will be hosting games. I have made a rule set on discord: https://discord.gg/kKnAuHN6kM - if you do not like discord I will communicate via e-mail. I will post updates here.
IMHO a really great new variant with many options, constantly fluctuating balances of power, both fleets and armies with power, sensible offboard movement that makes stalemates hard.
I've got some very good positions in a Europa Renovatio and a Colonial 1885 that I'd like to unload. Excellent opportunity for some shiny V points with no risk. PM me for details....
Going through an unexpectedly busy period at the moment and can't really pay full attention to all of my games. I don't want to keep spamming extend or pause requests so I was hoping someone could take a couple of gunboat games off my hands. Only solid positions, including one board top. DM if interested!
A country has taken the accounts of two other powers in our game and is now controlling three countries. How can we report this player “Akim” for Multiaccounting?
i have unexcused missed turns in https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=57414 and https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=57569 despite never having been in either of those games.
Hey all, the gamers guide to the 1900 variant seems to have vanished. The link provided under the variant redirects to a different website. Does anybody have a copy handy?
Just a space for people to either share with others some interesting fact they learned today or else publicly expose how embarrassingly ignorant they are.
Oct 2023 edition of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network
The October 2023 edition of Deadline, the Diplomacy Broadcast Network's monthly news show was just released. In this episode, we have a panel discussion about Diplomacy writing, an interview with Cody Greene at Weaselmoot, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy: https://youtu.be/JsMyKheWeqY?si=-7NjR2jAC3ml46Co
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