webDip's sister site, vDiplomacy.com, has got variant development open again thanks to admin @tobi1. All webDip players are welcome to help playtest the latest map, East Indies, by accomplished variant maker David Cohen. Creating an account is free and the website as a whole works identically to web...

Oh I don’t disagree with you that the geography of the board makes it more difficult for Italy to win or that this is backed up by data. I just think your arguments for why this is the case are quite pedantic and require some very big assumptions :) I am sorry if I sounded like that; like I said, I...

A MAR-PIE; A MAR-SPA A PAR-BUR; A PAR-BUR F BRE-ENG; F BRE-ENG Doesn't guarantee a French build unless Italy bounces Piedmont. If France is tricked into moving to Piedmont, the build is at risk. You are correct. My memory failed me: the army that must move to Burgundy is A Marseilles. Then you have...

Can you link a game in which France and Austria conspired to deny Italy this assured build? Because outside of the exact orders Mar-Pie, Vie-Tyr, Bud-Tri, Tri-Adr, Italy cannot be stopped (provided they open to Trieste, or Tyr and Ven). While everything will eventually happen if you set enough rand...

Ha, that's the denialism I was talking about. It didn't take long. :-D I need to add a disclaimer here: Italy is not impossible, far from it. It is just the worst-perfoming of them all; with seven countries, one of them gotta be last. Yet ascribing Italy's abysmal records to anything but its natural...

A Con-Bul is not an automatic move without alternative. In a world where people play the Key Lepanto and the Northern Dash without batting an eye, the Russian Floric ought to be considered by those with the guts to think outside the box. The Russian Floric is a highly contextual, super-offensive Aus...

Update: Just *one* place left for the first ever '1908' playtest!

Come join and help shape it. Send me a PM if interested with your preference list (if desired), and I will reply with the password, link and your assigned country.

The map: https://i.imgur.com/oNeQ40u.png

Playtesting is open for a new variant, '1908'! It will happen on our sister site vDiplomacy (where you have access to every feature webDip has plus a touch-based map), with the following setup: * 24h phases * Full press * Unrated* * Game ends when someone wins with 18 SCs *or* in an automatic draw a...

Hello again folks, After some valuable feedback from the first game (which ended in a victory for webDiplomacy's @Temasek22), *Legacy of Versailles* is finally ready for a second round of playtesting! The game: https://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=44277 The campaign takes place in 1939, just as E...

Hello folks, After some valuable help from the Discord community *Legacy of Versailles* is finally ready for playtesting! Preview: https://i.redd.it/qgvaxnc3vsb41.png The campaign takes place in 1939, just as Europe is about to get dragged into another war. The great powers are: * Britain (B) * Fran...

Three good variants that are compatible with webDip's existing code and play pretty well:

Canton: https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=108

Maharajah: https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=74

War of Austrian Succession: https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=117

In memoriam.

in this opening, France has a choice between getting a guaranteed build from London or giving England the build from Belgium - a much more lopsided choice . Indeed. France has to pitch a strong case to England from the start; before even considering the choice of convoy vs stab, England has to allo...

I think that the incentives for France to stab are too high for England to agree to this if proposed by France. Only way this could work is if England is the one who proposes it and France is genuinely intrigued by the idea of playing a different strategy (meaning a France player that is more curio...

Only way I see this working is if France is both an amazing negotiator and extremely committed to make this plan happen. It does require strong negotiation skills - this is not a beginner's opening like the Southern Hedgehog. Commitment relies on the extent France wishes to beat down Germany early ...

One of the most famous battles in History, the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 heralded the end of an era and the start of another, marked by further revolution, industrialization and massive changes in all aspects of society. As the decisive stage of Napoleon's "Hundred Days", the quiet Belgian town won...

Germany: Centrifuge Opening. F KIE-BAL, A BER-PRU, A MUN-KIE. You get Holland and convoy the other army to Denmark, giving a solid position on Sweden. My only critique is that Russia is guaranteed Sweden in 01, and will probably build F StP sc. Italy: Illyrian Opening. Start as a Lepanto, but move ...

Austria: Russian Floric Opening. F TRI goes for Albania, A BUD tries Rumania and A VIE gets Galicia. England: Atlantic Opening. Convoy army to Norway, while F LON goes ENG and then MID for a massive increase in tempo. France: Vineyard Opening. A MAR-BUR guards from Germany and gets Spain, A PAR-GAS ...

I can see a F/I/T Mediterranean Axis along these lines: France: A Par-Bur A Mar S A Par-Bur F Bre-Mid Italy: A Ven-Tyr A Rom-Apu F Nap-Ion Turkey: A Con-Bul F Ank-Bla A Smy-Arm So you got France betting heavily on a Maginot Opening, with Italy pulling a Tyrolean Lepanto and Turkey using the Crimean ...

An interactive map like on vDip would be awesome. Oh, and statistics for each variant as on vDip.