New "1600" Diplomacy game?

Originally posted by Maju Also, why this topic has been placed as "important" sticky in ALL SUBFORUMS? Someone has comitted an error and will have to pay for it }

Cyrus was kind enough to offer to show it in all forums until we get all eight players.

Thanks!

I d either like to sign up, for Ottomans if possible...

Originally posted by rider (...)  And I have a question that I couldn't understand from the rules. For example, if you have commited an army to Prussia that has no SC's , will it come over to your side?? And will the SC's that your armies are in but are neutral come to your side after a few turns or what?

The system of acquisition of new centers is as follows. To acquire any foreign or neutral center you only need to have an army or fleet in that center at the end of the Fall season (or, what is the same, the start of the Winter builds/disbands season). If you occupy a center in the Spring, it has no value: you must be ther after the Fall moves.

Once you have acquired one center it remains yours until another power captures it in the same fashion, so you can vacate it but do not forget to defend it if threatened.

Builds and disbands (collectively called adjustments) are done in a special turn called Winter. You can only build in your home centers, those that you start with (in some variants this is diferent but in standard Diplomacy as in 1600 it is this way).

The timeline of any game-year is as follows:

1. Spring diplomacy and moves
2. Spring retreats if needed (sometimes called Summer)
3. Fall diplomacy and moves
4. Fall retreats if needed (sometimes called Autumn). After this happens it is when centers change ownership if occupied.
   
5. Winter adjustments (builds and disbands)
   

We will be following the conventions that Maju established in the first game. Fall and Spring seasons will occur once a week. Orders for Summer or Winter seasons will be due two days after that.

Currently, the due dates for the game are falling on Monday, and build orders are due on Wednesday. I will probably shift the dates around to avoid confusion with both games.

We nominally have the eight players right now, but I still need the emails for some of them, and the preference list for most of them.

Once we gather of of these, we will be able to start.

Following Maju's example, we will play a trial season to introduce the game new players.

Originally posted by gcle2003 What's the turnaround time /move frequency in real time?

About 1 game year per two weeks, unless there is too much lack of interest/time by players/GM. Commitment is important: you are expected to keep playing actively even if things don't go well.

It could be sped-up but this would mean a diplomatic frenzy and truly addict players. About 5 days for each regular turn is convenient to allow diplomacy to go swiftly and real life not to interfere too much.


Edited by Maju

It was brought to my attention that we need a ninth player. So we need one more person.

Count them again, we need nine

This list is from the info box in Realpolitik

1. Denmark:   Jutland, Zealand, Scania, Vestlandet.
2. England:   Ireland, Wales, London.
3. France:    Paris, Gascony, Burgundy, Provence.
4. HabsburgEmpire: Bohemia, Austria, Croatia.
5. OttomanEmpire: Egypt, Anatolia, Constantinople, Greece.
6. Poland:    White Russia, Warsaw, Cracow.
7. Russia:    Voronezj, Moscow, Novgorod.
8. Spain:     Flanders, Naples, Castille, Granada.
9. Sweden:    Finland, Estonia, Stockholm, Bergsl*gen.

Ok, 9 powers then. I was convinced they were 8 somehow... 

Originally posted by rider Well, atleast I didn''t see a Realpolitik version of the 1600 version. There was one with 72 SC's and that was almost all the NE Hemisphere but no 1600 one.

In the opening post of this topic there's a hotlink to unload the RP files directly (I realized that browsing in GS site is a little mess for non-initiated).

Well, if there are no wanters we might do the ifrst one (Maju's) but if one wants to ally with us during the training session he or she is allowed???

I don't have any diferent version, I just made an error when counting the countries.

Ok,I would like to sign up