Finished: 07 PM Fri 12 Jan 24 UTC
Sahara the first
1 day /phase
Pot: 50 D - Autumn, 1415, Finished
South of Sahara, No messaging, Anon, WTA
1 excused NMR / regain after 5 turn(s) / extend the first 5 turn(s)
Game won by Battalion (2386 D)

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18 Dec 23 UTC Spring, 1401: Explore the diplomatic struggles in the Sub-Saharan region of the medieval era, with additional challenges of hard to control seas and deserts! Now playable as South of Sahara, another great variant of David E. Cohen brought to vDiplomacy by Enriador.
28 Dec 23 UTC Autumn, 1404: GameMaster: Jolof voted for a Extend. If 2/3 of the active players vote Extend the the current phase will be extend by 4 days. Please consider backing this. If the majority is not reached by "Autumn, 1405" the votes will be cleared.
06 Jan 24 UTC Spring, 1408: GameMaster: Bonoman voted for a Draw. If everyone votes Draw the game will end and the points are split equally among all the surviving players, regardless of how many supply centers each player has.
06 Jan 24 UTC Autumn, 1408: GameMaster: Bonoman voted for a Cancel. If everyone votes Cancel all points will be refunded and the game will be deleted from the database.
11 Jan 24 UTC Gg
11 Jan 24 UTC GG
Congrats to the winner
11 Jan 24 UTC Someone should change Benin starting positions or SCs proximity.
Both Bonoman and Born make appropriate first moves but Benin had no opportunity to win a single SC.
Not an equilibrate map.
11 Jan 24 UTC Good game!

The oasis and high sea territories really made things interesting, especially towards the end. Without them it would almost definitely have finished a draw, and they're probably the reason that every game so far has ended in a solo.

I agree that Benin has a tough start, though interestingly after 6 games with the variant it's had two solos and is ranked the second strongest statistically. Perhaps it's different when not a gunboat game.
11 Jan 24 UTC Also, thanks to everyone for readying up each round - the speed with which we were playing really added to the enjoyment.
11 Jan 24 UTC Those 2 solo's for Benin, winning player must be really good at Diplomatics. lol

In addition: no need to not ready when actions are clear... even if you are loosing it's not necessary to make people wait for nothing.
11 Jan 24 UTC Yeah I always ready up in gunboat. I would be curious to see a non gunboat version of this map, so I’ll probably start one
12 Jan 24 UTC Good game everyone, felt I had a chance at one point and you guys beat me back down. Tough being a central power. Bornu, I am sorry about some late game stabs, didn't see the Solo coming.