I appreciate the tip. That site, vDiplomacy, is new to me. A quick look suggests that mostly map-variants are covered, but I need to later take a closer look. (I myself am interested mostly in variations on the rules and/or setup, i.e. keeping the original map.)

Thank you both for the input. In a few weeks, after a different game of mine runs, I plan to act further on this topic. I will also raise here the general call for ideas from people other than myself regarding this general topic. I am not the only person who has ideas for very simple adjustments to ...

I have periodically been considering scenarios that would require the participants, i.e, the players, to follow certain simple rules. Such a game would be created here at webdiplomacy.net, with a link to a corresponding forum topic, where the custom rules are explained . A tricky aspect, however, wo...

Related topics: 1. The proposed game “ Global press but coded messaging encouraged ” needs a few more players. Filling those open spots may be possible by Monday morning, i.e. the deadline. 2. I have been considering options for providing pre-game notes to not only the game referenced above but also...

Can you convincingly lie to a fellow leader with a straight face, in front of the crowd of other European leaders? Perhaps you wish to obfuscate or encrypt your messages. Or say nothing at all. “Global press - Tabletop negotiations” https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=704705 There remain a few...

I am currently committed to a couple of ongoing games, but feel free to message me if somebody in the future needs a temporary sitter/backup. Good luck all. - dkarcher

A follow-up on this topic: 1. The game referenced atop this thread has completed. 2. Early in the game encoding of messages did indeed play some role in diplomacy, but after alliances later shifted, encoding was abandoned. Since we each used, at most, only primitive encoding methods, I should have a...

And I suspect that factor will be significant in the game (if played). Code systems too hard to easily implement or comprehend will fail, because a player will simply be too frustrated to use them.

Indeed, I believe that kind of idea, i.e. using Public key cryptography, would/could work except maybe for the dilemma of making the system work fast enough within the parameters of messages exchanged only via the WebDiplomacy interface. In theory the setup is certainly feasible, but in practice, hm...

The new game “Global press but coded messaging encouraged” is looking for a 7th player, in order to get things started.

Can you too convey secret messages to a target player in a public forum?

I will definitely check that out but would prefer a solution here at webdiplomacy.net, if one exists. Thank you!

Is there perhaps any mechanism at webdiplomacy.net similar to the sandbox function that would allow not only setup of a position but also then permit various players to play out the scenario as a new, real game? To recap, I envision something like the following: 1. A mechanism that permits a user to...