This is round 5 of an increasing popular 10 player variant. This is also a map that is being primered to see if it's good enough for the main site so come on in and test drive the future.
There 61SCs so that'll be 31SCs are needed to solo.
The rules are pretty standard.
There are a few special places though. The Mississippi, Amazon, St Lawrence, and Hudson Rivers are navigable by fleets and so are the Erie and Panama Canals and the Magallanes Straits. This allows fleets to sail into the Great Lakes from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Gulf of Mexico or New York City. Fleets can also sail up the Amazon to Manaus and beyond. The Panama Canal (yes, an anachronism) and the Magallanes Straits allow fleets to pass between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Bridges connect the West Indies to Trinidad and Trinidad to Delta. Armies may use these to move from one to the next and fleets can pass through these as if they were water provinces.
I guess I did change the map from the last time it was played. Most people prefer builds to be in Home Cities and so we've eliminated the build anywhere rule and I didn't understand the choice for the build once conquered centers so I eliminated those as well. If you don't understand this paragraph that's ok, there's no need to.
On to more relevant stuff.
This game will be played on a 3/2/2 schedule.
I will send out 24hr reminders for all phases.
Speed deadlines will be in effect whenever possible, provisional orders are accepted and need to be clearly marked as provisional, once the deadline is reached they will be considered finalized.
Any player who NMRs on the first spring or 2x consequetively (I do count Retreat/Build phases) or 3x total will be automatically replaced.
The countries will be assigned by blind auction; so no talking about preferences or you'll be kicked.
Check my adjudiciations, any mistakes that last more than 1 season will not be retroactively fixed, if caught before the next season, they will be fixed and the time reset.
Sign Ups are now open. (Not necessarily first come first serve, but the sooner you sign up the better your chances).
1. Gavrilo Princip
2. Alman
3. Anaupr
4. JonS
5. ColesD
6. Pedros
7. Nanooktheeskimo
8. GhostEcho
9. Henryp0pp
10. wHavelin
Reserves:
1. Bermania
2. Bonnieblue85
3. Madeofmeat