Due to the map info it says that the Caspian Sea is a passible place, so it seems that the only possible case is that Russia build a fleet at Orenburg and move it into the Caspian sea. But have anyone ever seen a fleet there? Just curious.

vDip is hosting the diplomacy version of "Awake," the 2019 Netflix game show! Details below.

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.

This thread is made for the express purpose of cutting down of multiple threads that deal with new variants, ideas, concepts etc...

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.

https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=65662#gamePanel

I know we arent supposed to talk about ongoing games really, but since this game is a gun boat, this is the only way to do so. Anyways someone made a gunboat game with 1 hour turns... if your in it please vote cancel, cause we all have to sleep eventually right? And once we do, we'll get booted from the game

Not really anything specific, just wondering what most people think of the variant. I know it’s not well-balanced, but to be honest there are much worse variants out there.

Hi!!! What about to do a REDUX-variation for Napoleonic? With neutrals powers (sc) and possibly holding neutral units? It will be very interesting,I suppose. I have already written to the author Firehawk. Let's see what he will answer. And do you think about this idea?

I've heard that it is incredibly hard to make a good map for around three players for instance, the 1066 makes the Norwegians so powerful but somehow the 843: Treaty of Verdun seems like it is almost perfectly balanced. How is this possible? Looking at the map it is quite hard to see symmetry but yet it still works. What makes the Treaty of Verdun different?

Please someone just cure my rat wars addiction I can't stop playing Rat Wars it's my weekly fix of dopamine at this point

So I've been in the process of making a Diplomacy Variant. I plan to take the "Europa Renovatio" map and update and expand it. (What I mean to say is, because it's a translation of the EU4 map, it's gone out of date since then.)

In one of my games, I suspect that two players may be friends or even the same person. Their site registration dates are identical, and they have played the same three games together. How can I report this?
Game: https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=65588
Players: England and Italy

I read the Help section on this but can't seem to find where I choose to play against bots. Any help appreciated.

January 2026 edition of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network has just been released. Check out an interview with DBN producer Hal Schild about his work for the network behind the scenes, the yearly check-in with NADF President Katie Gray about the state of the hobby in North America, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
https://youtu.be/Tan0OdhZDw8?si=EnhM1ieRkr0Bfj8M

According to the Wikipedia page for Diplomacy, there was supposedly a variant called "Diplomacy of the Three Kingdoms". Based on the Three Kingdoms in Ancient China, it was created by Edi Birsan to introduce the basic ideas of the main game to a Chinese audience with a setting more close to their own historical experience. I can't find this game online, and the map isn't on this site. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could play it!

Hello all,
I am new to the platform but I long time Diplomacy Enjoyer. I noticed that I can only join 2 new games having played less than 20 phases. But there does not seem to be a limit to the number of open positions I am allowed to join. Is this intentional?
I appreciate the opportunity to join more games and increase my phases played, but I want to know if I will be able to join more new games once I reach the 20 phase count. Any insight would be appreciated.

Six more needed for Pirates! https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=65520

Six more needed for Pirates! https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=65520

How do you achieve a 3-way draw in a game with 85 SC and a solo threshold of 26? This has happened twice in the "Vikings" variant, according to the stats page. https://www.vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=63

Would it be possible to add a filter for public/private games?
Being new to the platform, it is frustrating to see a bunch of games behind a password.
Also, where do I find the cool kids so I can get into private games?

Happy 2026 everyone!

https://imgur.com/a/TKzNYe8

I can't find a search bar. Shat is the link to the forum on this topic?

Hey everyone,

I used to play Diplomacy on the Conspiracy mobile app a few years back before it shut down and recently decided to return to the game! vDiplomacy is where I landed as you can see. If you used to be a Conspiracy player as well let me know!

Is this map from some novels or games, or just a whole new map created by someone?

Latest episode of Deadline has just been released on the Diplomacy Broadcast Network, featuring an interview from Tournament Director Jonnie Gillam about the upcoming Virtual Diplomacy Championship, a feature on pirate units with Riaz Virani, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
https://youtu.be/1wLeZ79uDmc?si=rR-b6BC8xY11nGxM

Guys, I'm in China and right now my VPN is off but I can press and move in games and I can look at the forum and I can do everything without China blocking me, I don't understand why this is happening?

I noticed we’ve had a couple downages recently. Curious what the reason is.

Is the FAQ up to date? Im not sure what this is talking about. Did you just copy and paste this from webdip? One answer talks about the forum as if it’s been switched to a category format, which I know happened at webdip years ago clearly not here unless you switched back.

“You can contact the moderators at any time by using the 'Need help?' button located just below the order entry…”

This is filler text because I can't post a message longer than four lines for some reason. The real post is the comment below.