This reminds me of a game I developed a while back you may be interested in looking at for ideas to steal (it would be an honor). My game simply could not be played here for many reasons but again, maybe an idea or three could be borrowed?
the game is called Explore!
http://www.freewebs.com/tomahaha/

a few here have played it and enjoyed it.

Maybe you should be called Dr. Feelgood instead.

I'll put my hat in the ring for a second game.

Great Decima Legio. Will check back on this thread on the morning of the 7th for signup details. Thanks for putting this together.

Second game, Interested so far:

1 – steephie22
2 – ScubaSteve
3 – Maucat
4 – Tomahaha ?
5 – Sendric
6 –
7 –

sorry, I am not playing at all. I simply saw the suggestions and ideas and thought some ideas might come from my variant. I am not looking to play nor looking to start my game either. Sorry if it caused any confusion, just tossing out some ideas is all.

This sounds interesting. I'd love to join.

Would be interested in joining the 2nd game,
And have a question, if you have gained knowledge of neighbor but then lose sight of them can you still communicate or do you have to wait until you meet the initial requirements again

@ Tom, no, they do not.
I had the idea while I was playing a KW901 game a couple of years ago, thinking it was a way to make the game more relevant to the age it was referring to.
I have never been to you web page.


@ SU11YBEAR, you can communicate when you see their units or their SCs. If you lose contact, you cannot communicate anymore.
This constraint is supposed to be an incentive for offensive/exploration play.


Second game:

1 – steephie22
2 – ScubaSteve
3 – Maucat
4 – Les Matadors
5 – Sendric
6 – SU11YBEAR
7 –

I like the fact that to actually be able to tell someone you want to be his ally, you first have to move units towards him, which usually isn't a very friendly thing to do.

I'll Join the Second Game

Awesome, that's 7.

Even though I'm #1, someone else should create it. Busy and haven't done it in ages, don't want to get it wrong.

If no one else has posted when this goes up I will crete

2nd game is up and invites sent

Wait please, not too fast.

I could just ignore this and let the game 2 start, but I feel the duty to ask:
According to the few information available on Vdip, SU11YBEAR and ManBearPig are likely knowing each other in real life.

Since it is a potentially delicate situation to handle (expecially on FoW anon games) I would ask you to confirm or deny if you know each other, and I would ask the other 5 players if they are fine to play anyway.

Sorry, I know it's a bit rough, but I prefer to prevent the problem before the game is underway.

It's a valid concern to bring up certainly, and one that should be cleared up prior to the game starting. That said, I'm fine with playing regardless.

Sorry was a little fast off the mark, and yes I do know him in real life, sorry was not up front on that in forum.
If that is an issue can cancel game and allow the group to find a replacement

Just don't even mention the game to eachother and I'm cool with it.

No winks, either.

Game 2 on:
gameID=23071

1 – steephie22
2 – ScubaSteve
3 – Maucat
4 – Les Matadors
5 – Sendric
6 – SU11YBEAR
7 – ManBearPig

Bumping for game 1 to start soon.

So for rules clarification, the only press allowed to be exchanged before S01 would be between Austria and Italy, correct?

Another clarification: Once contact is made, does it remain? Or will it be intermittent as units move throughout the game?

Dr. Duh -- he clarified that one above.

As per earlier posts,
@Mapu, yes
@Dr.Rec, it will be intermittent depending on Units displacement and SCs ownership. It can change year by year.

If you can see an SC or a unit, you can chat. Elsewise. You can't. It's pretty simple really.

The Exploration Game, group1
gameID=23105

1 – Decima Legio
2 – YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
3 – G-Man
4 – TheAmbassador
5 – diatarn_iv
6 – Dr. Recommended
7 – Mapu

Invites and Passwords sent.

Careful mapoo, I know where you live.

Dumb question showing my ignorance on the logistics go Fog games. Let's pretend I'm Germany and have units in Kiel, Berlin and Denmark. Nothing in Ruhr or Munich. Now let's say France moves Paris to burgundy. He can now see Munich and based on this variant rules he can chat to me. But logistically if I have no unit in Munich can I actually see that France has moved there?

Just trying to work out in fog if you need a unit to see a neighbouring unit only, or whether vacant SCs see around themselves (or vacant non SC territories for that matter.)

Yes, SCs can see neighboring units and SCs even if they have no unit.

Thanks YCHTT