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Yeah, I went to this site.
The maps are cool and fun. AND, it has a nice gunboat feature if you like gunboat a lot. It makes all players in the gunboat game anonymous and allows only global chat eliminating the ability to talk to a country specifically so it is more like what a gunboat game should be.

Cool! I'm going to try it out, but staying here too ;D

as you should =)

Dude.. this rocks! It even has speed games! ;D

start a new game of south america or ancient med. =) glad you are enjoying it

i see you did a speed game. i don't think that will work right now for that stage unless you advertise on here or there for players to join it

The sharing element of the license means that Kestas has access to this code, which should mean that it can be implemented at some point.

Yeah I know.. Just trying. But compliments to the nice anti-cheat program in gunboat games. That should be implemented here too ;D

they are developing alot of new things. this sight is much larger than the other but this one sure could learn sometimes abotu map development and gunboat from dip.xbsd

Map development is apparently quite simple if you care to learn how to do it. The gunboat code can be pretty much copied over once 0.9 has stabilised.

i posted something asking how i can make maps on the forum.webdiplomacy. no replys though so far

Man I don't know if I can get used to two new maps!

they are different but fun. i still enjoy the old map the most but the others are fun in their own right

It's easy to make maps. If you look at some different RISK games, they have something in their website where you can create your own maps. You just have to browse an image of a self-made map.

Then click somewhere on the map, and there shall be a circle with a number in it for the amount of units.

If you've gave all regions a name, you can fill in what region can attack what region, and so on.

This could also be done here right? But then a bit different because of the supply center things..

Well you can talk in gunboat... Wink wink

Haha, I get that one ;)
I love that new Ancient map ;D
Haven't even finished the first phase, but still love it ;P

its interesting. spread the word

Will do! ;)

Are those maps going to be used here too?

i have no idea

Is there at the moment anyone up for a Ancient Mediterranean speedgame?

The interesting thing about the south american and ancient mediterranean maps is there are no real central powers or corner powers. They are both big circles. One with land on the inside surrounded by water and the other the other way around.

Exactly. It doesn't really have empires that have a high chance of falling very quickly, like Austria.

thats the benefit of those maps

I'm getting annoyed by those waiting times. I really like that Ancient Map, so I CAN'T wait anymore XD

me tooo...

I think for normal diplomacy, I'll stay here, we have a bigger and more experienced group of users.

but trying out some varriant from time to time, sure, why not

hmm, anyone else looking at the map thinking how immensely unbalanced this is ?

persia and carthage have brutal positions

I joined a couple of Ancient Med and South America games - the maps look interesting and are not so unbalanced actually - but obviously there's a learning curve until people get to understand the map better.

For South America - the map is brutal - small and you start fighting first turn already - the feeling is as if everyone is playing AUS :)
Hence, results are random, luck will play a bigger role, and so will metagaming (a 2-way alliance can win the game in 3 turns if they are not caught). Brasil is really terrible to play (big like RUS, but with only 3 centers and positioned in the center)

For Ancient Med - the map is quite big (34 centers for 5 players, compared to 24 in the SA one) and allows for reasonable expansion even if you fight. Great map for people who love the tactical aspect of the game - movement, positioning and logistics are key for this one. I like it a lot :)

That site looks awesome. I'd love to play the ancient map sometime. Plus someone said it has speed games - If so I'll definitely play there sometime. My preference is for either really slow games (three days per turn) or really fast (15 minutes per turn).
Of course this site is still the best.

I think in a map like this, convoys will have their time to shine a lot more than usually

Persia and Carthage have a great way to start and they can have 9 supply centers very quickly, unless you stop them ;)
But that's not that bad, because a challenge is always great ;D

i've found ancient med to actually be pretty smooth.

also i find the 4 person south america more balanced than the five

Yes, but somewhaty boring - 4 people instantly leads to a 2 vs.2

yes true. my favorite new one is the ancient med. but in the forum.webdiplomacy many new maps are being created that will hopefully be implemented on the other sight
such as hundred years war

Huh.. I didn't even know that forum existed! XD

I'd really love to have a speedgame in the map Ancient Med! =]

If you look under Help and then follow the Developer info link there is a link to the developer forum.

I made an Ancient Mediterranean game if anyone wants to join: http://dip.xbsd.kr/games/408/

Joined your game Daftbrain!
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Looks like they just added a Hundred Years War variant that takes 3 players. I'm limiting myself to just a few games these days so can't join, but thought I'd mention it. Would love to see what that map looks like.

yes! i'm looking forward to joining one