Important Notes:
- Please follow all Smogon and Circus Maximus forum rules, both here and in the Discord.
- The game will use the War in the Americas variant map made for ten players.
- Orders should be given to me privately on Smogon or Discord before each specified deadline. If you fail to do this, it will be treated as an NMR (No Messages Received) and all of your units will hold in place.
- Spring and Fall order phases will last for 72 hours each after the previous results have been posted in the game thread. Retreat and build phases will last for 24 hours each. Deadlines will not be extended to accommodate late order submissions, but the game may be paused for a certain period if at least 2/3 of Powers vote for it.
- If you submit orders that are invalid/impossible somehow (for example, if you ordered an army from Bogota to Chicago for some reason), I will point this out and give you an opportunity to correct it or keep it as is. Invalid orders will be treated as if no order was given at all. Also, why would you ever want to go to Chicago?
- If you miss multiple phases of orders in a row, I will sub you out or find you a partner to help you finish the game.
- You are not allowed to screenshot OR copy-paste chat logs for use in the game. If I catch someone doing this, they will be warned and then subbed out if it happens again.
- Above all, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH THE HOST DURING THIS GAME. In the last game I used a polished, purpose-built application (Backstabbr) to easily process orders and adjudicate the game in line with the rules. However, no major Diplo site supports WITA sandboxes, so I am forced to manually edit the locations of every unit in each phase via Inkscape, and I will also have no help with properly resolving orders. As a result of this, mistakes will happen. Please point it out when I get something wrong, and I will correct errors as they come.
Deviations/clarifications from the standard rulebook:
- In addition to the standard spring, fall and winter phases, each phase will also have a "twilight" period after each deadline that I will use to resolve orders and update the board. This may last anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, it depends on the complexity of the orders being processed. Powers may not submit new orders during twilight.
- Rather than the standard "rulebook press" system, in which negotiations between players are not allowed during builds and retreat phases, negotiations will always be allowed regardless of the phase. I've made this change after feedback from our previous game, where players took issue with the restrictions of rulebook press. However, negotiations will still be prohibited if the game is paused due to a vote.
- If a Power wishes to end the game in a draw, that player must propose a draw vote that outlines which Powers will be included as draw partners; draws do not have to include all Powers that are still in the game when the draw is proposed. However, all surviving powers must agree to the draw proposal for it to end the game, even if the proposal does not include them as a partner. In addition, the Powers included in a draw must have enough combined supply centers for a solo victory if they were held by one Power (24 in this case). Again, this change comes after feedback from the previous game, which turned into a grisly display of what can happen when draws are forced to include all survivors. Draw votes will be conducted by secret ballot.
- Once a Power is eliminated from the game (defined by their supply center count reaching zero at the end of an in-game year), the player(s) from that Power are no longer allowed to influence the game via private negotiation channels; their access to them on the Discord will be revoked and their Power-specific channels will be locked. I meant to enforce this in the previous game, but was unable to do so because LonelyNess is a horse-kissing rules lawyer /s
Player/Power list:
- Lechen, Supreme Dictator of Chile
- Aura Guardian, Prime Minister of Argentina
- Dead by Daylight, Monke Overlord of Brazil
- meamPearl, First Admiral of the Spanish Empire
- pulsar512b, President of Mexico
- bluedoom, Five-Star General of Peru
- M2H, President of the United States of America
askaninjasksunny004, Colonial Secretary of Great Britain- JALMONT, Chief Money Launderer of Venezuela
- ImaginaryNeon, Eldritch Overlord of New Granada
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