I can only do one game at a time, given my work and family schedules. A 48-hour turn would probably be better for me, but I’ll give it a go either way.
I fully expect to be the first player chased off the board. But if I have some fun while learning the game, I’m good.
I played this a few times back in University, and could be up for a game. I think the 48 hour time would work better, so let me know when this gets going!
People who want to play the 48-hour game:
I’m in the middle of a move. This is planning ahead, but I’m down for a 48 hour game in September. Or 24 for that matter.
Good to know. Check back next month, and we’ll see where we’re at.
People who want to play the 48-hour game:
Panther Modern, I appreciate your persistence in getting a game going. Hopefully the 48 hour version will attract more players.
Relax, I said one Dip year per week. You know, Spring 1901, retreats, Fall 1901, retreats, Winter 1901 builds and removals, per week.
So, one phase per week? That’s literally the same thing lol.
Thanks. It seems like the current game might not happen. We’re stuck at five players, and that hasn’t changed in several days.
Not sure where the disconnect is. In PBE games you have a deadline and a GM who manually resolves the moves and sends out an update. This means there’s an effective grace period in most cases. You miss the 12PM deadline for moves, but remember to do it at 1PM or 5PM, the GM can use judgment to accept those late orders so long as you haven’t seen anyone else’s orders. Similarly if a GM doesn’t receive orders from a particular player who is normally reliable, he can send out a message as a reminder and tell the rest of the group what’s going on. This is a nice bit of flexibility and human discretion for IRL issues that pop up.
In this webDip game, with no impartial GM and the lack of an app/reminders it seems like it’s close to a 100% likelihood that someone is going to forget to submit orders at a critical time.
That is likely to happen. It will be the player’s responsibility to check the website for any developments in the game. To avoid that, I’m suggesting people post in here with reminders to make a move. The lack of notifications from those websites are out of my hands.
The 48-hour period seems like a good amount of time for people to make a move without missing a beat.
Given the lack of additional players for the current game in queue, sign me up for the 48 hour game, please.
Sign me up for the 48 Hour game if there’s room.
People who want to play the 48-hour game:
Need one more!
OK, y’all. I have made the longer game. 48-hour deadlines for turns.
Game Name: Straight Dope Long
Password: sdmb OR smdb (Might have messed up the password, so try these two).
All right, I’m in. The password is smdb.
Great. Thanks for checking.
I don’t think that other one is ever going to get off the ground, so I signed up for the slow game.
Yeah, I think more people will feel inclined to play now that turns are longer.