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eatheavymetal (993

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Mon 06 PM UTC

Divided States Game

Hey, I am advetising this Divided States game. It's over half full right now, but we still need a lot more players. Global and individual chat is on for this game.

https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=65731

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butterhead (1391

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21 May 12 UTC
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Advertise your NON-live games here!

In an effort to compromise the pro-ads versus anti-ads for games: Post here for your non-live games to cut down on the number of ads but still advertise games. Post game link, WTA or PPSC, and the bet. Note: this doesn't count for special rules games.

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AivenSycamore (749

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13 Nov 25 UTC

Diplomacy Variant Creation

So I've been in the process of making a Diplomacy Variant. I plan to take the "Europa Renovatio" map and update and expand it. (What I mean to say is, because it's a translation of the EU4 map, it's gone out of date since then.)

AivenSycamore (749 )
13 Nov 25 UTC

I'm redrawing all provinces and extending the map vertically to include all of Africa, increasing the player counts to the low 40s.
I am WELL under way making this map in the correct and useable formats, but am curious how I could possibly get it onto vDiplomacy... I know I need DevTool privileges to begin constructing and playtesting, but am unsure how to go about requesting them.
I have reached out to the Moderators, with no response yet.
Any pointers or advice is greatly appreciated!

Frozen Dog (2184 )
13 Nov 25 UTC

You will find some answers and context for your question in this thread from last month.
https://www.vdiplomacy.com/forum.php?viewthread=98349

AivenSycamore (749 )
13 Nov 25 UTC

@Frozen Dog
So you mean to say it's impossible? That's what I'm gleaning from the logs.

Frozen Dog (2184 )
13 Nov 25 UTC

Unless and until Oli or Tobi return, yes, unfortunately.

AivenSycamore (749 )
13 Nov 25 UTC

That's a most disheartening message you bring with you. Welp, I'll keep at it still in the hopes that maybe one day it could be brought here.

Frozen Dog (2184 )
17 Nov 25 UTC

Well there are other ways to bring Diplomacy to life online. There are other sites, clients, etc. You could look for alternatives.

Flame (1073 )
Tue 27 Jan UTC

Dear mapmakers on vDip are there any new "ready for installation" variants? I'm hungry to install smth!!!

Udahk (995 )
Tue 27 Jan UTC

How *does* one make a variant here?

JECE (1534 )
Tue 27 Jan UTC

Nuerginator (1024 )
Tue 27 Jan UTC

Wait, so no new variants can ever be added to the site?

Frozen Dog (2184 )
Tue 27 Jan UTC

For the time being, no. Too bad there's no 'sticky' function for threads.

David E. Cohen (1000 )
Sun 08 Feb UTC

I think my Flowey War variant is ready for play and just needs the 'switch flipped', but I could be wrong on that

Flame (1073 )
Sun 08 Feb UTC

@David E. Cohen, Dear David, could I ask you to add some images around the edges of the map that reflect the era of the game? This adds historical flair to the game, not just a simple game board. Thank you.

Krzysztof1410 (1827 )
Sun 11 AM UTC

Is this an open-source site? If so, then one could just fork it, just to add these new variants there, make everything unranked there and remove the ranking system or leave everyone at 1000 to prevent massive migration to the fork and also make there only available variants that are not available here. This would simply prevent the fork from replacing this site, so that the server of the fork was not too overloaded and was cheap to maintain

Krzysztof1410 (1827 )
Sun 12 PM UTC

But I guess, in order to give legitimacy to such forked site, this would have to be one of the mod team to do that. But I think this would be doable. Deleting features is usually easier than making new ones and such fork that I described would mainly need deletion of some features, I think

JECE (1534 )
Sun 06 PM UTC

I'm mean, that's what Flame already has, albeit in Russian.

Enriador (1507 )
Mon 02 AM UTC

@Flame @David if images are provided I can also add them to the (frozen) vDip version of the variant without issue.

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12 Mar 11 UTC
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Winning

Oli won.
On Imperial Civilization's off-topic thread (link inside), there was a brief stint of Second to Last Person to Post Wins. Now that the thread is closed, Oli won.

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Specialweek (2625

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Fri 30 Jan UTC

About the Colonial 1885 version

Due to the map info it says that the Caspian Sea is a passible place, so it seems that the only possible case is that Russia build a fleet at Orenburg and move it into the Caspian sea. But have anyone ever seen a fleet there? Just curious.

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vlgambini (1592

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Tue 27 Jan UTC

Awake

vDip is hosting the diplomacy version of "Awake," the 2019 Netflix game show! Details below.

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08 Sep 18 UTC
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Variant Development Thread

This thread is made for the express purpose of cutting down of multiple threads that deal with new variants, ideas, concepts etc...

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Thu 05 Feb UTC

1 hour turns

https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=65662#gamePanel

I know we arent supposed to talk about ongoing games really, but since this game is a gun boat, this is the only way to do so. Anyways someone made a gunboat game with 1 hour turns... if your in it please vote cancel, cause we all have to sleep eventually right? And once we do, we'll get booted from the game

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Sun 01 Feb UTC

Thoughts on Gobble-Earth

Not really anything specific, just wondering what most people think of the variant. I know it’s not well-balanced, but to be honest there are much worse variants out there.

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17 Jan 26 UTC
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Napoleonic Redux Variant

Hi!!! What about to do a REDUX-variation for Napoleonic? With neutrals powers (sc) and possibly holding neutral units? It will be very interesting,I suppose. I have already written to the author Firehawk. Let's see what he will answer. And do you think about this idea?

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TheodricTheGreat (1336

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27 Oct 25 UTC

The Treaty of Verdun

I've heard that it is incredibly hard to make a good map for around three players for instance, the 1066 makes the Norwegians so powerful but somehow the 843: Treaty of Verdun seems like it is almost perfectly balanced. How is this possible? Looking at the map it is quite hard to see symmetry but yet it still works. What makes the Treaty of Verdun different?

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CoffeeAndKeyboards (1479

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22 Jan 26 UTC
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Rat Wars Addiction

Please someone just cure my rat wars addiction I can't stop playing Rat Wars it's my weekly fix of dopamine at this point

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magician07 (1487

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Mon 26 Jan UTC

How to report cheating ?

In one of my games, I suspect that two players may be friends or even the same person. Their site registration dates are identical, and they have played the same three games together. How can I report this?
Game: https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=65588
Players: England and Italy

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Rock Stone (1054

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Mon 26 Jan UTC

Playing against bots

I read the Help section on this but can't seem to find where I choose to play against bots. Any help appreciated.

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David Hood (976

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Sat 24 Jan UTC

January 2026 Deadline News from DBN

January 2026 edition of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network has just been released. Check out an interview with DBN producer Hal Schild about his work for the network behind the scenes, the yearly check-in with NADF President Katie Gray about the state of the hobby in North America, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
https://youtu.be/Tan0OdhZDw8?si=EnhM1ieRkr0Bfj8M

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Nuerginator (1024

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22 Jan 26 UTC

Missing/Lost Three Kingdoms Map?

According to the Wikipedia page for Diplomacy, there was supposedly a variant called "Diplomacy of the Three Kingdoms". Based on the Three Kingdoms in Ancient China, it was created by Edi Birsan to introduce the basic ideas of the main game to a Chinese audience with a setting more close to their own historical experience. I can't find this game online, and the map isn't on this site. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could play it!

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03 Jan 26 UTC

Game Limits and Hot Join

Hello all,
I am new to the platform but I long time Diplomacy Enjoyer. I noticed that I can only join 2 new games having played less than 20 phases. But there does not seem to be a limit to the number of open positions I am allowed to join. Is this intentional?
I appreciate the opportunity to join more games and increase my phases played, but I want to know if I will be able to join more new games once I reach the 20 phase count. Any insight would be appreciated.

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18 Jan 26 UTC

Join Pirates! Bring your own rum!

Six more needed for Pirates! https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=65520

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18 Jan 26 UTC

Join Pirates! Bring your own rum!

Six more needed for Pirates! https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=65520

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05 Nov 25 UTC

impossible draw?

How do you achieve a 3-way draw in a game with 85 SC and a solo threshold of 26? This has happened twice in the "Vikings" variant, according to the stats page. https://www.vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=63

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03 Jan 26 UTC

Private Lobby Discussion

Would it be possible to add a filter for public/private games?
Being new to the platform, it is frustrating to see a bunch of games behind a password.
Also, where do I find the cool kids so I can get into private games?

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Mod

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31 Dec 25 UTC
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Happy New Year

Happy 2026 everyone!

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02 Jan 26 UTC
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Looking for variant feedback

https://imgur.com/a/TKzNYe8

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01 Jan 26 UTC

Forum about making varants

I can't find a search bar. Shat is the link to the forum on this topic?

2 replies

Jkeminator33 (1033

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02 Dec 25 UTC
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Conspiracy Survivors

Hey everyone,

I used to play Diplomacy on the Conspiracy mobile app a few years back before it shut down and recently decided to return to the game! vDiplomacy is where I landed as you can see. If you used to be a Conspiracy player as well let me know!

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Specialweek (2625

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23 Dec 25 UTC

About the map Habelya

Is this map from some novels or games, or just a whole new map created by someone?

4 replies

David Hood (976

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19 Dec 25 UTC

November/December 2025 Deadline News is out!

Latest episode of Deadline has just been released on the Diplomacy Broadcast Network, featuring an interview from Tournament Director Jonnie Gillam about the upcoming Virtual Diplomacy Championship, a feature on pirate units with Riaz Virani, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
https://youtu.be/1wLeZ79uDmc?si=rR-b6BC8xY11nGxM

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TheodricTheGreat (1336

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10 Dec 25 UTC

China?

Guys, I'm in China and right now my VPN is off but I can press and move in games and I can look at the forum and I can do everything without China blocking me, I don't understand why this is happening?

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Frozen Dog (2184

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06 Sep 25 UTC
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Server Issues?

I noticed we’ve had a couple downages recently. Curious what the reason is.

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drwiggles (2201

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12 Nov 25 UTC

FAQ Contacting Moderators

Is the FAQ up to date? Im not sure what this is talking about. Did you just copy and paste this from webdip? One answer talks about the forum as if it’s been switched to a category format, which I know happened at webdip years ago clearly not here unless you switched back.

“You can contact the moderators at any time by using the 'Need help?' button located just below the order entry…”

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