It's not been released just yet - it probably will be sometime today.

In my humble opinion "Imperial Diplomacy II" would make a better template.

Here is the link : http://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=92

Thanks, ImperialDiplomat!

What makes it Youngstown? I'm not familiar wih that variant and the page doesn't describe it. It just says that it is ore WWII

http://vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=59
Pfft. Rookie.
(that was simultaneously a joke and a reference to your thread)

I looked at that one before posting the question, and it calls itself "Youngstown with a twist" implying that there is some set of rules which defines standard youngstown, that I should already be aware of, before reading about the redux variant.

And yes, despite my thread claiming I'm no longer a "rookie" as far as the reliability rating, I'm still very much a rookie with the different variants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_%28game%29#Diplomacy_variants_not_commercially_published

Youngstown is mentioned very briefly in the Diplomacy Wikipedia article. This is the only map I could find quickly (Not particularly good, but it shows what the variant is at least):

http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/bigyoung.gif

I'll post my thoughts after I've played the first few phases out of the game, if you don't mind =)

Kk, post here immediately if there are any coloring problems.

@captainmeme, oh so its just a reference to the map, rather than a rules change?

Thanks!

ok 1st game playing as Japan.

Russia strikes me as a tad bit overpowered, having very easy expansion in the Middle East, Europe and China. Also, I find it odd Japan has 2 armies and 1 fleet rather than 2 fleets and 1 army in the Japan homeland. It also seems odd that Russia is allowed immediate access to the Sea of japan, while Japan is not.

This might be a tad biased of course, but I think Japan's unit placement cripples its early game initiative (was that intended?)

I think that I will change that