Oh. I'll go read about it, find it in the web. Also, which game should I join on here? Any suggestions about the best variants to play?

Fog of War. Definitely Fog of War.

About the only thing that could be better than Fog is Gunboat Fog.

Oh, absolutely, gunboat fog!

so? if you want foggy gunbat join this one gameID=28928

Game not found.

Fog of War for me too. Then Atlantic Colonies. Then 843 for a quick blast. Abstraction, Anarchy in the UK, Age of Pericles too.

Sounds good. Thanks for the tips.

D who must not be named is a myth. A bogeyman invented by libtards to frighten their children. I'm surprised YCHTT is willing to entertain such nonsense.

Who is YCHTT? Also, wait...

@YouCan'tHandletheTruth That's you?! D who must not be named?!

Nice to see you here, Octavious. Tell Vash good luck moving on in life - being a mod must be terrible there :P

Yes, Icy, I am Draugnar, the fire wolf of Angmar, commander of the advance armies of Dendra Dwar, Dog Lord and third of the Nazgul.

Wow. Trying to wrap my head around that.

So, I guess YouCan'tHandleTheTruth? :-)

Anyone notice (at the time of posting this) we have over 450 people currently playing a game(s). That's a big tick along of almost 100 people in a few months. Anyone know what caused it?

BTW not complaining :-D

Shout out to Cambridge HS for a slice of that.

Nice to know, Amby, but I think it's the usual difference among Autumn and Summer.
Autumn has always been significantly more crowded than Summer, don't you think?

Possibly... coming into summer here though :-D

I think it's because of people learning more about this site, through word of mouth and even as search engines become more refined. I know, as a matter of fact, this and webDip are the only diplomacy websites not blocked on my high school wi-fi. Although, I am not certain about what the age ranges of people who play Diplomacy are...

All ages! From teenagers like yourself through to old farts who remember playing the game via the postal service. Welcome to the hobby, it's a lifetime addiction... er.. commitment, yes, commitment. Now one more game to beat that bastard who stabbed me in the last one!

Haha Kaner, I like the enthusiasm. Also, can anyone give me tips on the variants? Is there a guide available for different maps? I'd just like to know what options are available since I'm much more used to the classic variant. I don't really know how to play on these different maps and I expect a lot of defeats until I get the hang of it. I just won't share the game ID because it could be considered possible cheating but the maps are: Atlantic Colonies (4 players) and the map with hexagons. Let me check the name.

Oh it's Migraine.

No guides that I know of for either of those maps. Actually no guides for most variants come to think of it.

So it just comes from experience then? It's plenty hard, I have to say. Much more strategy than Warlight.

You can always have a look at diplom.org for general Diplomacy related strategy.

Alright. That sounds good. I also have a quick question which you should know the answer to. If I'm in two Multi-day games right now but only have 1 total phase completed, would I still be able to play in a live game? Because the rule book said only two games for beginners until a certain amount x of phases completed. I'm looking forward to being able to play a live game tomorrow morning if possible, on the site.

@youcanthandlethetruth wow, you were pretty much a badass over at web dip? I had to pull up a lot of old threads to find out the whole story, apparently a lot of your actions were controversial, to say the least.

Icy you made another new account over at webdip?!

No?? I promised the mods there i would not Multiaccount for another year so then I could appeal my ban. I've also begun helping out with the coding. I just looked up tales of draugnar on the Internet and looked through the old archive forums on web dip. You don't need an account for that.