# SDMB Modern Diplomacy Game \*players only please\* **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770 "2011-05-04T23:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/61 "2011-05-15T17:11:59Z")
I could never get Realpolitik to work, which I why I use jDip - I just figured Realpolitik wasn’t very Mac-compatible. Anyway, 11 hours, 50 minutes to the deadline from this post. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/62 "2011-05-15T17:31:06Z")
Thanks for the link, **pixie**. I couldn’t get it working from the main site but the one you linked to works fine for me. I’ve downloaded both jDip and RealPolitik so I can try 'em both out and decide which one I prefer. **wevets** , are you using jDip 1.6.8 or the 1.7 preview? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/63 "2011-05-15T17:44:58Z")
So far I’m using 1.6.8 and I’m liking it a lot. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/64 "2011-05-15T17:48:37Z")
I’m using 1.6.8 as well - I downloaded Realpolitik at about the same time and could just never get it to work. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/65 "2011-05-15T18:25:23Z")
It’s not a problem. jDip is a really slick program. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/66 "2011-05-16T06:05:56Z")
Fighting reported across Europe from Spain to the Caucasus, neutral territory falls under the sway of the great powers. Map of Moves: [https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7wP5inGPgNVMzA0M2NkZGYtMmE4NS00MjUwLWIyZDItOTc4YWQ1ZjEyMmI3&hl=en](https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7wP5inGPgNVMzA0M2NkZGYtMmE4NS00MjUwLWIyZDItOTc4YWQ1ZjEyMmI3&hl=en) Map of Results: [https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7wP5inGPgNVNGI2NzgwZDMtODRhMS00OTYyLWI5MDUtMjQwMDFhYWE2Mzhm&hl=en](https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7wP5inGPgNVNGI2NzgwZDMtODRhMS00OTYyLWI5MDUtMjQwMDFhYWE2Mzhm&hl=en) BRITAIN: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be build: 3 F Irish Sea - Ireland F North Sea - Belgium F Norwegian Sea - Norway F South Atlantic Ocean - Morocco EGYPT: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 2. A Eastern Sahara - Libya F Israel Holds F Libyan Sea supports A Eastern Sahara - Libya FRANCE: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 3. A Auvergne - Barcelona F Bordeaux - Navarre A Lyon - Switzerland A Marseilles - Monaco GERMANY: F Berlin - Saxony FAIL A Frankfurt - Saxony FAIL (_Bounced with Munich_) F Hamburg - Bornholm Sea A Munich - Saxony FAIL (_Bounced with Frankfurt_) ITALY: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 3. F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea A Austria - Hungary F Maltese Sea - Tunisia A Venice - Croatia POLAND: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 2. A Czech Republic Holds A Krakow - Belorussia FAIL (_Bounced with Belorussia_) F Lithuania Holds RUSSIA: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 1. A Belorussia supports A Krakow - Podolia FAIL (_Does not match order given_) F Eastern Black Sea supports A Volga - Rostov FAIL (_Support cut by Move from Sevastopol_) F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea A Lapland - Sweden A Volga - Rostov FAIL (_Bounced with Donbas_) SPAIN: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 1. F Barcelona - Gulf of Lyon A Gibraltar - Texas (Hold order assigned) A Madrid - Portugal TURKEY: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 4 A Armenia - Iran A Bulgaria - Serbia F Georgia supports A Donbas - Rostov F Istanbul - Greece UKRAINE: Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 2. _No order for unit at Rumania. Hold order assigned._ A Donbas - Rostov A Kiev - Kharkov A Rumania Holds F Sevastopol - Eastern Black Sea FAIL (_Bounced with Eastern Black Sea_) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/67 "2011-05-16T06:07:02Z")
Build orders due by 12 Midnight Pacific Time May 16th! about 25 hours 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/68 "2011-05-16T14:52:28Z")
This map loads for me. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/69 "2011-05-16T16:52:30Z")
Just in case of difficulties, I’ll start keeping them in Flickr instead of Google Docs. Moves Map for Fall 1995 here: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/3097325...in/photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/3097325...in/photostream) Results Map for Fall 1995 here: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/3097325...n/photostream/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/3097325...n/photostream/) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/70 "2011-05-16T18:16:53Z")
Those links got truncated. [Moves](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5726600099/in/photostream/) [Results](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5727162482/in/photostream/) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/71 "2011-05-17T05:48:18Z")
Thanks, **garygnu** , I hadn’t thought of that. Builds resolution will have to wait until tomorrow. I’ve caught something. It might be plague. ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/72 "2011-05-17T05:53:13Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > I’ve caught something. It might be plague. ☹ 😉 Turkey will probably blame me for that too… ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/73 "2011-05-17T11:07:44Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Turkey will probably blame me for that too… He said plague, not ricin poisoning. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/74 "2011-05-17T18:03:44Z")
UKRAINE: Build A Kiev Build A Odessa RUSSIA: Build A Moscow TURKEY: Build F Izmir Build A Istanbul Build A Ankara Build A Adana EGYPT: Build F Cairo Build F Alexandria POLAND: Build A Gdansk Build A Warsaw BRITAIN: Build F Edinburgh Build A Liverpool Build F London ITALY: Build A Milan Build A Venice Build F Naples FRANCE: Build A Bordeaux Build F Marseilles Build A Lyon SPAIN: Build A Madrid [Map on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5730521657/) [Map on Google Docs](https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7wP5inGPgNVNTY0YzJmOTYtZjk5NC00MWE4LTk3ODQtMzVkZjAyYzY3NjE2&hl=en) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/75 "2011-05-17T18:06:47Z")
Let’s consider Thursday evening for the deadline for Spring at the **earliest**. I will probably want to wait to officially set a time/date until my throat stops burning like Greek Fire. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/76 "2011-05-17T18:55:53Z")
The Mediterranean Sea is getting crowded. 12 Fleets, 11 open-water areas. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/77 "2011-05-18T22:56:54Z")
I hope my email server hasn’t eaten any replies from anyone-so far I’ve only heard from 3 players since the builds (and have written back to all 3), so if you sent something to me, and haven’t heard back, you might want to try a temporary PM here. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/78 "2011-05-18T23:12:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I hope my email server hasn’t eaten any replies from anyone-so far I’ve only heard from 3 players since the builds (and have written back to all 3), so if you sent something to me, and haven’t heard back, you might want to try a temporary PM here. I sent the GM a email about a potential game delay and haven’t heard back. We’ll see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/79 "2011-05-18T23:46:40Z")
Thanks - got your email. Will keep you all posted on a when the next turn deadline will be - check your emails & PM boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/80 "2011-05-19T02:49:58Z")
Just in case anyone has missed the email discussion, our moderator **wevets** has called for a time out on negotiations until a player can be found for Germany. All negotiations are postponed until further notice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770.md?page=5)