How can my friends join my game? Where to click?

[MilanGM]

I want to start a game with my friends, but when I send them the link to my game, there is no option for join. What gives?

[MilanGM]

Forget it. We couldn't figure out how to join, so we moved to backstabbr instead.

[dargorygel]

So sorry it didnt work for you. the join option is found under the map.

[MilanGM]

Well, if 7 people cound't figure out how to simply join a game, that's probably a bad UI design.

[Ezio]

Ok color me confused:
https://gyazo.com/2c0318a378113c78d1890beb262c900d

Where is the join button lol.

[dargorygel]

[dargorygel]

But aye... the beta system seems more... convoluted.

[MilanGM]

If you want to play the regular game, with the fancy map, you can't join. There is no button.

[Ezio]

If you want to play the regular game, with the fancy map, you can't join. There is no button.

That is... absurd?
I don't even see how to revert to the old map to enable the join button.

[JECE]

If you want to play the regular game, with the fancy map, you can't join. There is no button.

That is... absurd?
I don't even see how to revert to the old map to enable the join button.

"Account ▼" --> "Settings" --> "Dropdown menus" (under "Default map UI:") --> "[Update]"

Part of the confusion is that there is a separate URL for the same game in the old user interface vs. the new user interface. For example:

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=1049411
vs.
https://webdiplomacy.net/beta/?gameID=1049411

[Jamiet99uk]

This is very badly designed and not at all user-friendly.

Are there any plans to fix it?

[MilanGM]

When I try to replace by "beta" URL with "board.php", I always get redirected to "beta".

You literally can't play fancy version of Diplomacy map with your friends.