When it's uploaded to this site

@pyrhos: It probably will never be. This is PBEM, and maybe you can still join if you want...

Better ask SuperAnt to be sure though.

Wonder which other VDippers are on the game; with all the names I can't decipher who on VDip is playing which power, could someone post me a list of VDippers on this game?

I'd rather have it stay sort of secret.

I'll be watching with interest. Thanks SuperAnt.

Hey there DoubleCapitals - I have no problem with people knowing that I'm playing the game. Come say hello to me in Cuba!

@steephie22 That's alright, maybe after the end of the game?
@bluecthulhu Hey there! :) We aren't too close, are we? I'm still settling the contacts now, so I won't send my emails till later tonight/tomorrow.

I am South Africa

@pyrhos

As steephie said, it probably won't ever be coded into Vdip. This is for multiple reasons. First, there are 4 types of units (armies, fleets, wings, nukes), and IIRC, vdip is only coded for 2 types of units. I seem to remember Oli saying at some point that recoding it for 3 or 4 would be a LOT of work as it would overhaul everything. Could be wrong with that though.

Second, it's a "coalition" victory game. It is not won by conquering the entire board, but rather, by accumulating the required amount of votes depending on the "sizes" of your 3 coalition members. Big powers require more votes than small starting powers.

Finally, there's a lot of side things like UN peacekeeping, and terrorism, and in this game, pirates, that would be a headache to try to code it all in I imagine.

If someone DID find a way to code it, I'd bow before their skills :D

As an aside, I'm UK. Feel free to message me fellow vdippers!

That's a lot of work yes. Thanks I didn't relies it. Would be awesome if someone did code it

We don't have UN peacekeeping and terrorism this time around do we? I heard no one about it.

No, we don't. They were removed from the rules for this game.

As Saudi Arabia, I've never been more overwhelmed by the implications of where to move just one unit...

Haha, welcome to the global game! Every unit matters in a ridiculous number of ways.

Pyrrhos, I can still fit up to three new players without difficulty. You will be starting at a disadvantage because the others have started communicating with each other. But the game only started 21 hours ago and there is another week left in the first deadline, plenty of time!

If interested, email me at david.m.sullivan.1 (AT) gmail.com.

http://i.imgur.com/zLo3X6L.png
New map with Indonesia added

out of interest - what do the red-stared (I'm assuming SCs) mean, and why are there two sea territories in red lettering... ?

a quick re-look, more than 2 sea territories...

A red star is a neutral supply center that gives a UN vote. You claim the UN vote once you control the center. The capitols with gold stars can be claimed for SC purposes, but the UN vote will only transfer once the nation that started in the capitol city has been eliminated.

Those differently colored territories are where the pirates can deploy, I believe.
Three spots in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans...

Pirates! sounds pretty epic. I'm looking forward to seeing how this game unfolds.

"Those differently colored territories are where the pirates can deploy, I believe."

... And here I was worrying that pirates would appear at the Japanese coast!

Anyone knows this for certain though?

I see 4 of those territories in the Pacific and Indian Ocean though.

From the Redscape webpage:

1. What exactly constitutes their designated zone into which they can place fleets?

For Pirate Atlantic, the red-lettered sea zones.

For Pirate-Indian, the green-lettered sea zones.

For Pirate-Pacific, the orange-lettered sea zones.

See, look at that. You guys are picking up the rules easy! :P

I somehow simply assumed that the designated zones were all of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean respectively :)
So you can contain the pirates by disbanding and taking everything they've got and staying on the three or 4 sea zones :)

Better to let them wander around with one fleet I suppose, but anyway :)

the red and yellow stars are a tiny bit confusing until you think about it a bit logically. The yellow stars are neutral votes, these centers give you immediate control of a UN vote, whoever owns those stars owns their votes.
But Red stars belong to starting powers, every player in the game has a vote until he is eliminated. Even if player A takes players B's center, if B is still alive, he has a UN vote! you can think of them as being in exile. Once the original player is ELIMINATED, then the star is just like the yellow stars (and should actually be recolored at that time) and whomever holds that star controls the associated vote.

One thing I should point out, this OFTEN happens...
You may very well see players join together and offer exile to another player. Remember this is also a political game and a large power may offer asylum to a smaller player, give up a center to the small guy in exchange for his vote. The small guy may do so in order to exact revenge on the one who attacked him. The player offering asylum may not mind losing a center if he has the vote not to mention he can probably get the pawn to move as he likes...why not? Votes towards the end will matter more than units. It's a delicate balance and if you embrace the politics, you may like it! Ignore the politics and you will likely fail miserably!

oh, and we can probably end now with an Indian win?
It's inevitable isn't it?

Tom, you have it backwards.

Everyone else - to be clear, gold stars are capitals, red stars start neutral. Y2kjbk's explanation above was correct.

I read it backwards but the same idea of course!

We may have some spots open for players who disappeared. Anyone interested? Email me at david.m.sullivan.1 (AT) gmail.com

Spring 2014 moves can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/pbuV0V9.png

Results can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/ozv2irI.png