Hi Jim,

No need to set up your own server. Just have your officemates join here, alert the mods that you are from the same office (as your IP will probably be the same) via email, and play in private games.

There is no email alert system and people just need to remember to log in. In an office game, this could be a problem on weekends.

And the game will advance as soon as the last person readies their orders no matter how much time is left in the phase.

In less than 1.5 hours, OP will be banned as a multi.

That's mean! He sounds legit to me. Although a reply or a "thanks" would be nice, too!

Not a multi, brand new here. Thanks for the info though! We still may set up our own server though just to keep it all within the same office. It's great to know that the game will auto-advance after everyone has entered orders. This means I could easily setup games with a 3 to 7 day phase to allow time for people who travel often, but still make games move along if everyone is entering their moves accordingly.

I like the sound of this office. You guys hiring?

I'm confused NoPantsJim, you said your brand new here but your account is from 2008.

I registered way the hell ago but never used the account til today. Just joined my first few games.

They are, but just so you know, there's a no pants policy there.

You will have to change your name to NoPants2WhiteLine or if you were a bit more of a feminist, NoPanties2WhiteLine.

Stop being so paranoid about every new member.

If I remember correctly, originally email alerts were not included because there was concern that it would be too much of a load on the old shared server we were on. We're on a much better server now, so it might be something that is added at some point.

If you ran your own webdip server, and had someone familiar with php, you could add email alerts yourself. There is already code in there for sending emails as part of the user registration process, so using it for email alerts should be fairly easy.

As for the unit colors, that is often a complaint of people new to webdip. But you get used to it. The color behind the unit indicates who owns the unit. After fall moves and spring moves for non-SCs, the territory's color is changed to whoever is in it. For SCs after spring moves, if the player who is in the SC doesn't own it, there is a colored box behind the unit that indicates this.

In my opinion it works quite well. My only issue is that often during the retreats phase, I'm looking ahead and forget to account for the dislodged unit that hasn't retreated yet and so doesn't show on the map.

The other thing to be aware of is that failed moves and some other stuff doesn't show on the small map. So always check the big map to see what all has happened after each phase. There you can see failed supports, failed convoys, and such.

My first diplomacy game was done by email at my work in the 90s. Would have been nice to have webdip way back then instead of having to have one person be the game master and not get to play.

Have fun!