On the heads of the 'Stone Age' players thread, I figured maybe this would help. The rules of diplomacy are easy, its the strategy that makes this game difficult AND fun. But newbies frequently fail to think things through.

Wanted to make a game for semi-noobs, so I figured a 50 pot game would be something a newer player with experience wouldn't mind joining:
<A HREF="http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4724">http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4724</A>

So are there any rules, and how are they enforced, for multi-account players in a game?

In the game bunnies in the wind I am playing as Austria and I moved my unit into on the first turn. On the 2nd turn can I move that army and still keep Serbia or not?

If I order a unit to support move, and the supporting unit is attacked, will the support move revert to hold?

If so, will ordering another unit to support hold the original unit provide a second defender?

Thank you.

this is one of the wierdest games that i have ever played in, check it out... p.s. look at all the pretty colors!!!

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4630&msgCountry=Global

I'm Italy and as you can see by the messages, all are in agreement for a draw...

There was a thread a couple weeks ago pointing out that I had just started game # 4444, and that I had 666 points at the time. My points have hit another unusual number today.

Okay, say I have a unit on Spain, I'm surrounded on all sides and an attack from Gascony succeeds and I'm forced to retreat. My only retreat option is Gascony, the place the attack came from. Can I retreat there, or am I forced to destroy my unit ? Thanks!

Say there is an unestablished French army in Spain (i.e. Spain hasn't been taken yet), that moves to Marseilles while an Italian army is moving to Marseilles as well. The two will bounce off each other, but will Spain be completely captured by France? or will the army in Spain still have that blue box around it that shows that Spain hasn't been captured?

I got knocked out of "The Spanish vol5" (game 4433) in Autumn 1909 yet it is still listed on my "Your games" page in Autumn 1910. Is this normal, or a bug?

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4702&join=on&gamepass=e4f24bdd1599f0964abeb92ffb862f35

After years of Bloodshed, the powers in this game: http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4105 have decided to declare a draw.

Their posts shall confirm it soon enough.

Anyone interested?

For us high-rollers.

I am planning on starting a new 1001-buy-in game (PPSC though, don't like betting everything but only having 1/7 chance of getting it back...)though it can be WTA if you all want that...

It should start by the end of this week...and please all interested reply here to sign up.

Just a thought. Is it possible to support an attack against your own country?

Say, you were Italy. Could you support an Austrian attack into Italian occupied Venice?

Turkey and Austria seem to have an unearthly level of cooperation and trust in "Does backstabbing come with blindsiding"

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4501

More details in 1st reply.

Usually, if a player has no choice in their orders i.e. it's a Build phase and they have no builds/destroys or it's a Retreat phase and they have no retreats, then they get automatically finalized so nobody has to wait for that player to log in and finalize their blank orders.

There is one case that is missing - if a player has a retreat to make, but there are no valid areas to retreat to (they are surrounded, or it's an army and the only free areas are sea etc.) - in this case, they have to submit an order, but the drop-down list says - no valid destinations if you choose retreat, so you must choose submit.

Would it be possible in this case to auto-select that order and finalize the orders if there are no others for which a choice must be made?

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4483&msgCountry=Austria

What is the cap on the number of points a winner of a PPSC game can win?

Is it considered good etiquette to go CD if everyone knows you're going to lose? (I know that only one of my games has someone CD, and I'm not trying to point fingers. I've just seen this a lot as I've looked down the games list.)

I'm a mere political puppet with a single point and was hoping to join a new no press game after just being eliminated from a game that ended on the same turn (Thermopylae), but no points, can you help me out?

Let's say I've lost my three original SCs, but I've captured several others elsewhere. Can I build at all ? Must I recapture one of my original SCs before building again?

I live in the US and am trying to have a certain item shipped to me from the UK. Unfortunately, the distillery in question does not export the item in question. As I don't know anyone in the UK *not* from this site, I figured I'd make my plea here.

Is there any UK resident who'd be willing to let me use his or her address for delivery and then ship it along to me, postage and some sort of token of appreciation paid by me?

Hello, in game #4459 I support held Marseilles from Gascony, and Gascony wasn't attacked, yet the support from Gascony was broken. Is this possibly a bug?

Thanks.

I just finished up a Global Press variant, and I found it to be a very interesting change to the game, and I'd like to start up a new one. I'd like to have some of the players back from the first game, although all are welcome to join, just express your interest here!

when i first joined this site, it used to be that in order for a country to go into civil disorder (CD), that player had to miss 3 consecutive turns. however, i just took over a country in a game that's only in the winter 1901 phase, where it is not possible for the player to miss 3 consecutive turns (none of his SC's were taken over, so he didn't have to retreat at all)... is it that if a country enters no orders for the entire first year they are replaced, or have the entire CD rules changed?

If I can talk you into this game have I not already won?
Come on now, I am a new player and I want to give this a try.

New game 50 point kick in fee

It's called etat de siege. Join here:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4689