I would like to continue for one more year to be able to pick up at least a few of the scs we would have gotten anyway, and THEN agreeing to the draw, which seems fair to everyone. But, if the absent player is NMR for the Spring move, and for the retreat phase, and THEN misses the Fall move as well, will he go CD before the conquered scs are scored to my and my ally? IOW, we would like to pick up a few more scs we feel entitled to, after all our work, but we don't want the missing player, who has played a great game, to end up with a "left game" instead of a draw with a goodly chunk of points. Any insight on both the rules and the morals would be appreciated.

if you're going to draw, the amount of centers you have doesn't matter

How are the points allocated then, trip?

I've been in draws before, and the points have always been allocated per power center.

Countries in civil disorder do not get a share of a draw. So if you want to share the draw with him then you would have to wait for him to get back and log into the game.

Also, if this is a public game (no password), then someone else may pick up the CD and then they would be the ones getting a share of the draw.

Draws are always split between the number of active players. So if there are two players left then the pot is split in two.

He has already voted for a draw, so it only requires the rest of us to agree and it is done. We could draw at any moment from now on, whether he gets back or not (assuming no one took over a CD)

And equally, pots in draws are split equally between players.

Trip, when you say "three turns" that includes retreat and build turns as well? Or just Fall, Spring diplomacy phases?

there aren't any rules reguarding pausing games that i'm aware of. personally, i have no issue with pausing a game for a short amount of time (a week or less). if its something, like an extended vacation, that the player was certainly aware of before he joined the game, i don't think i would. considering you planned to draw the game anyway, i think the right thing would be to draw...jmho

not 100% sure how that works. if the player misses a build phase, but doesn't have any builds or disbands, it may not count as an nmr.

Hmmm... a lot to think about. Thanks for all your input!

i'd actually like to know for myself how that is handled. anyone know whether or not missing turns where orders (retreats, builds or disbands) count towards going cd?

no worries smokybarnable

*where there are no orders

Any phase missed where you have orders to input counts as NMR towards CD. Phases only don't count if there is nothing to do (retreat phase where someone has no retreats or build/deletion where someone has not lost or gained any centers). If you have only one supply center, it only takes one NMR to go CD (I think).

I have to add I was of the impression it was 2 phases of not viewing the game. NMRs will not cause you to CD. One unit/SC though is single phase as EJ says.
I suggest you draw it now - draws give the same points to everyone involved anyway