Yes, I like ‘Adjustments’ as well.

BTW, it's not always true that there is a disband for every build, even after all neutral SCs have been taken. That only holds if there were no disbands during Retreat phases.

Draugnar: I gape. This has to be the first time you've actually supported me.
Toby Bartels: Ha ha. Thank-you for reiterating one of my point: "And it is not actually true that for every build there is a disband. Units are often disbanded in both the Spring and the Fall retreats phases." Its good to repeat things on forums, as you have just proven. :-)

@ JECE: Ah, I see that up above now, sorry I missed it before.

@JECE - I'm not unreasonable, just highly opinionated. :-)

I don't like Adjustments... It makes me think that a screw is loose or something. Where's a wrench? That's an adjustment. Building a new unit is not an adjustment. ;-)

Here's an idea: Why not move the date and phase name to the right side above the next phase ticker. It makes more sense over there, and it would free up some space issues.

Besides, there are three lines on the left side, and two on the right - it only makes sense.

@rlumley - a disbandis not a build. Calling it a build phase is a misgnomer.

A disband is a build in antitime.

rlumley: But builds are adjustments to the military command structure. Your idea to move the game date is interesting, but misses the point. On my screen, I see two lines on the left and on the right. It spills over depending on your screen size, I believe. The problem with the right side, though, is that there is less room on that side. One piece of information, when the next phase begins, takes up the 2 whole lines. If you were to add the game date as well, you would have 4 lines, with all the dates bunched together causing potential confusion.

And would building -1 units really be disbanding a unit? I think, technically, it would be building a unit out of antimatter. What would be the consequences? I would be like MAD!

'I' is 'It'

Antimatter has opposite spin; do disbands have opposite spin to builds? I think my antitime theory is better.

You have no gender JECE? Interesting, but that's not really relevant... ;-)

Having "adjustments" just sounds bad. Like Rlumley, I do not associate "adjustments" with Diplomacy. sounds alot more like we need to fix a screw or something. I think that it is perfectly fine the way it is right now, if you rally want to change it though go with "builds" not "adjustments".

What screen resolution is required to repeat the results of having the text spill over to two lines?

I'm at 1440x900 and I have no issue, even in the example you gave.

rlumley: Ha ha, very funny. I (a male, if you must know) would not be like mutually assured destruction because I am not so certain I am made of more than one conscious being. The Diplomacy board, on the other hand, has 7 (hopefully) conscious minds. Now the theory of MAD applies, as every great power would observe that if it forces another player to build an anti-being, well, that's the end of that. I foresee many draws.
Acosmist: I am not sure I understand your post, but I think you understood my point. Disbanding is not the opposite of building, but building an anti-army sure is. Building an army in antitime sounds like you take an army and make via hypnosis forget it is an army. It sounds interesting.

Ha ha, maybe the answer is here: http://www.antitime.org/. So, if I understand correctly, antitime is the property that governs how not nothing happens all the time? Now I'm getting confused

yay

Just my two cents, but I'm in favor of a "Winter '06" phase inbetween Autumn '06 and Spring '07. Makes a lot of sense to call it winter, and, while inaccurate to leave winter to one year (in this case, '06), from a gameplay point of view, leaving winter to one year says "this is the last thing you do for this year." Also, Autumn is the longest phase of the year under current notation. Both seasons have a Movement and Retreats phase, then Autumn has a build/disband phase. Makes discussion of this interface a lot easier to have Spring and Autumn more similar and a different season for the more different action (namely, building and disbanding).

I am 100% in favor of creating a Winter phase. Definitely would be the bes plan, IMO.

Winter does sound nice. Good suggestion, me thinks.

Adjustments is the best in my opinion

builds is the most logical name :-)

Here is the problem with the "Winter phase":

Spring four-phase turn
1. Diplomatic phase
2. Order Writing phase
3. Order Resolution phase
4. Retreat and Disbanding phase
Fall five-phase turn
1. Diplomatic phase
2. Order Writing phase
3. Order Resolution phase
4. Retreat and Disbanding phase
5. Gaining and Losing Units phase

So you want Spring to be a turn, Fall to be a turn and Winter to be a phase? That doesn't make sense.

By the way, I quoted from the rulebook there.

Kestasjk, I really think that most people would agree that "the phase: In which occurs a # of unit-placing(/ or &)removing C:\" is the clearest possibility, and will insist that you implement it.

On a physics note, as Acosmist pointed, calling anti-matter negative matter is just wrong.

Anyway, adjustments is good, builds is fine. I don't think anyone here will object to kestas making his life easier in any way.

@ Don:

Most people call him Kestas. Calling him Kestasjk makes you sound like a forum noob and no one will listen to you. :-P

Thank you rlumley. I'd seen both, and hadn't yet differentiated... because I am a forum noob ;)

Hahaha. It's ok. Welcome to the forum. We're a pretty nice bunch here, unlike most communities. :-)