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- Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:12 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: David Cohen's 'East Indies' open for playtesting on vDip!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4129
David Cohen's 'East Indies' open for playtesting on vDip!
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...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Soloing as Italy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14225
Re: Soloing as Italy
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...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:34 am
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Soloing as Italy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14225
Re: Soloing as Italy
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...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:56 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Soloing as Italy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14225
Re: Soloing as Italy
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...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Soloing as Italy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14225
Re: Soloing as Italy
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...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Soloing as Italy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14225
Re: Soloing as Italy
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...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:10 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Playtesting Open - 1908!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1554
Re: Playtesting Open - 1908!
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
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
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Playtesting Open - 1908!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1554
Playtesting Open - 1908!
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...
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Playtest - Legacy of Versailles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2132
Re: Playtest - Legacy of Versailles
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...
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:01 am
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Playtest - Legacy of Versailles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2132
Playtest - Legacy of Versailles
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...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:55 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Official webDip Holiday: On the first day of Xmas, my zultar gave to me
- Replies: 157
- Views: 55908
Re: Official webDip Holiday: On the first day of Xmas, my zultar gave to me
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
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
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:31 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: One of the AI bots should be called Calhamer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8241
One of the AI bots should be called Calhamer
In memoriam.
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:33 am
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: The Waterloo Opening
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6261
Re: The Waterloo Opening
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...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 7:23 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: The Waterloo Opening
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6261
Re: The Waterloo Opening
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...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:45 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: The Waterloo Opening
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6261
Re: The Waterloo Opening
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 ...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:43 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: The Waterloo Opening
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6261
The Waterloo Opening
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...
- Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:07 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Suggest an Awesome Opening!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11042
Re: Suggest an Awesome Opening!
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 ...
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:44 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: Suggest an Awesome Opening!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11042
Re: Suggest an Awesome Opening!
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 ...
- Mon May 20, 2019 12:25 am
- Forum: Diplomacy Advice
- Topic: The Mediterranean Axis
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8620
Re: The Mediterranean Axis
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 ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:06 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Development Feedback
- Replies: 98
- Views: 46653
Re: Development Feedback
An interactive map like on vDip would be awesome. Oh, and statistics for each variant as on vDip.