| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Current | This is the version of the variant which is recommended for use. |
| Obsolete | This version of the variant has been superceeded, and should not be used for any new games. The files remain available for any games which are still in progress, and to allow old games to be viewed. |
For each variant, there are files available for Mapper, Mapit for DOS, Mapit for UNIX and Postscript Files.
There are also a large number of jpeg, gif and postscript maps available for many variants, including some of those listed here, at The Diplomatic Pouch Maps Page.
Paraguay is a 3-player variant, set during the "War of the Triple Alliance" in South America, from 1864 to 1869.
| Number of Players | 3 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 12 |
| Author | Patrick Wamsley |
| First version | February 2000 |
| Current version | March 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paraguay2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Paraguay1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
In a Standard game of Diplomacy, the game starts with 7 powers, and so to reach the final three with a reasonable number of units is a significant achievement. Because of this, a lot of people will then take the draw, rather than trying to take it one step further, and risking throwing all their hard work away by giving someone else the solo. And so the Hundred variant was invented. In this variant, there only are three powers, so to accept a three way draw is no achievement at all. Instead, the players are encouraged to try and make that final step, and go for the win.
| Number of Players | 3 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 17 |
| Author | Andy Schwarz |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | 1996 |
| Current version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | H31 | Current | ||||
| 3 | Hundred3 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Civil War variant is another small three player variant, this time set during the American Civil War. The variant is not too well balenced, and has a couple of oddities, the main one of which is the fact that the Indians can only build Pacific Fleets, and the other two power can only build Atlantic Fleets.
| Number of Players | 3 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 21 |
| Author | William C. Stein |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Civil_War2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Civil_War1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Sail Ho Variant is designed to bring the seas more into play, and so increase the need for fleets and convoying. After sixteen months of play, it has achieved a significant following, both for normal and real-time play, and now has its own tournament, homepage, mailing list, and a couple of sub-variants.
| Original | Crowded | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Players | 4 | 6 |
| Number of Centres | 16 | 18 |
| Author | Tarzan | Lynn Mercer |
| Variant Homepage | Goto | |
| Mailing List | sailho@3sheep.com To subscribe, send "subscribe sailho" to majordomo@3sheep.com | |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm | |
| First version | 1997 | 1998 |
| Current version | 1998 | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sailho2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| Crowded | Sailho2_Crowded | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Sail_Ho | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The South America variant is a four player variant set in Modern South America.
| Number of Players | 4 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 23 |
| Author | Erlend Janbu |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | Sept 2000 |
| Current version | August 2001 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | South_America51 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3.2 | South_America32 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3.1 | South_America31 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 | South_America3 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Iberian Variant is another variant by Macario Reyes. It is set in 13th Century Spain. Following the unification of two of the major powers in Spain, there are now just three great powers within Spain, plus Portugal on the West Coast. Can you unify the country even further ?
| Number of Players | 5 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 27 |
| Author | Macario Reyes |
| First version | May 1999 |
| Current version | March 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Iberian2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Iberian1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
A variant based between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
| Number of Players | 5 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 23 |
| Author | Christian Dreyer |
| First version | May 2001 |
| Current version | May 2001 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caucasia1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Duo Variant is a two player variant, plus a neutral power. It is available on the DEAC Judge only.
| Number of Players | 2 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 28 |
| Author | Frank Hegermann |
| First version | August 1998 |
| Current version | August 2001 |
| Judge | DEAC |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duo | Duo | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This variant is set in the Caribbean in the 18th Century.
| Number of Players | 4 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 29 |
| Author | Steph Mabie |
| First version | May 2002 |
| Current version | May 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Caribbean3 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | Caribbean2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Caribbean1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Reagan Diplomacy is intended to re-create the great diplomatic struggle of the 1980s in the Caribbean and Central America between the United States and allies of the Soviet Union (Cuba, Nicaragua). The idea of the Caribbean as a diplomatic theatre was inspired by Stephen Mabie, designer of the Caribbean Diplomacy variant, set in the 1700s.
| Number of Players | 5 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 32 |
| Author | Jim Cheaney |
| First version | October 2002 |
| Current version | October 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reagan1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Classical Variant is based around the Meditteranean in the third Century B.C. This is about the time when the Greek Empire started to crumble, and the Roman Empire started to form. But what if the two empires had been around together ? Who would win out ?
The variant has gone through a significant amount of playtesting before being finalised, and at one time had a significant core of players who played a significant number of games between them. However, with the Authors' reduction of available Diploming time, it is played much less nowadays.
| Number of Players | 5 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | Andy Schwarz and Vincent Mous |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | 1997 |
| Current version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| F | Classicf | Obsolete | Obsolete | |||
| E | Classice | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| D | Classicd | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| C | Classicc | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Dixie Diplomacy is an alternative history variant set in 1901, 38 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee followed the advice of his chief advisor, Gen. James Longstreet, and ordered his troops to make a second attack on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 (instead of ordering Pickett's Charge up Cemetery Ridge, as happened in reality). The second attack on Little Round Top would have crushed the Union Army of the Potomac between two Confederate pincers, ending the American Civil War in the East, and ensuring Confederate independence.
Now, 38 years later, the Confederacy has fallen apart. The Confederate Constitution was based on the U.S. Articles of Confederation, the short-lived recipe for disunity that served as the U.S. constitution from 1776 to 1787.
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | Jim Cheaney |
| First version | Nov 2004 |
| Current version | Nov 2004 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dixie1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The variant is set in the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, and is meant to simulate the situation that existed in the year 1501, just before the period of domination by the Mughal Empire and the start of European colonization.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | David E. Cohen |
| First version | October 2002 |
| Current version | October 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharajah1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The 1776 variant is set in the Eastern United States during the War of Independance. Its design is intended to provide both historical accuracy, and a balenced variant, although to some extent, each has to be slightly flexible, in order to allow the other.
| Number of Players | 5 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 25 |
| Author | Marc Garlett |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | June 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1776c | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| B | 1776b | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| A | 1776a | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Balkan Variant is a smaller version of Crowded. Set in the Balkans, it starts with 7 three centre powers, and no neutral centres.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 21 |
| Author | Martin Behal |
| Variant Homepage | http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9505594/balkan.htm |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | 1997 |
| Current version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Balkan4 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Balkan1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
This variant takes place in feudal Japan beginning in 1570. Each player plays one of six Dynasties who are trying to take over Japan.
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 28 |
| Author | Michael Czajkowski |
| First version | August 2000 |
| Current version | August 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This is a variant based on the former Yugoslavia.
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 31 |
| Author | Milos Eric |
| First version | June 1999 |
| Current version | August 2001 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | Sfrj32 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3.1 | Sfrj3.1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 | Sfrj3 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | Sfrj2 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Sfrj1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Confederate Diplomacy is an alternative history variant set in 1901, 38 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee followed the advice of his chief advisor, Gen. James Longstreet, and ordered his troops to make a second attack on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 (instead of ordering Pickett's Charge up Cemetery Ridge, as happened in reality). The second attack on Little Round Top would have crushed the Union Army of the Potomac between two Confederate pincers, ending the American Civil War in the East, and ensuring Confederate independence.
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 36 |
| Author | Jim Cheaney |
| First version | January 2003 |
| Current version | January 2003 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confederate1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The African Variant is well tested in the Postal Hobby, and is now available on the Judge. Of the six powers who compete for Africa, one of them may be weak, but the other five are very well balenced. Also, the variant is far harder than Standard to stalemate in the final stages of the game, as the map can be circumnavigated by sea, and so it is far less likely that a power will become unable to get fleets into the necessary provinces to make progress.
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 36 |
| Author | Phil Reynolds |
| First version | 1997 |
| Current version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | African2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This is a variant set in Brasil.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 32 |
| Author | Cristiano Corte Restitutti |
| First version | January 2003 |
| Current version | January 2003 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Brasil2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Brasil1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Versailles is a a variant set in Europe between the wars by Martin Kennedy. The game has major and minor (1sc) powers. It is intended that the game be played duplex - one major and one minor power for each player.
For Version 3, there are two versions - the Standard and the Advanced version. In the Standard Version, the major and minor powers are already paired up. In the Advanced version, the judge's duplex code is used to allow the players to use preference lists to select their major and minor powers.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 43 |
| Author | Martin Kennedy |
| First version | February 1999 |
| Current version | February 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Advanced | Versailles3_Adv | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 Standard | Versailles3_Std | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | Versailles2 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Shift Around is an attempt to create a more balenced Shift Variant. The standard versions, Shift Left and Shift Right both seriously disadvantage England. In this one, the powers start as follows :
| This Power | Starts in |
|---|---|
| Austria | France |
| England | Russia |
| France | Austria |
| Germany | Turkey |
| Italy | England |
| Russia | Italy |
| Turkey | Germany |
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 34 |
| Author | |
| First version | November 1998 |
| Current version | November 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shift_Around | Current | Download |
This variant is set in Renaissance Europe and played on the standard Diplomacy map. The only differences are that Switzerland is passable and is a neutral supply center, and the powers start in different places to Standard Dip. It tends to be a more brutal, bloody game than vanilla dip, as the power's get into conflit right from the outset. Makes for a very interesting opening few turns. Otherwise, it plays just like regular diplomacy.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | Earle Ratcliffe and Michael Cuffaro |
| First version | August 2001 |
| Current version | August 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Renaissance1 | Current | Download |
| 1 | Renaissance1 | Obsolete | Download |
A variant based on North America after the British left, with many sides trying to gain the upper hand, including the various colonies of Europeans and the different native tribes.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | Craig Urquhart |
| First version | June 2000 |
| Current version | June 2000 |
| Webpage | http://www.interlog.com/~gilgames/diplomac/nora1865.htm |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | North_America_In_1865_A | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Algeria variant is a variation on the Standard map. Instead of starting with an army in Venice, Italy has a fleet in Tunis, and North Africa is now called Algeria, and is a neutral SC. This should strengthen both Austria and Italy, and give Italy more options in the opening years.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 35 |
| Author | Avi Pfeffer |
| First version | May 1999 |
| Current version | May 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Wraparound variant is a simple variation on Standard Diplomacy. Rather than unbeing able to move off an edge, the opposite edges of the board are joined together. This gives several of the powers a lot more flexibility, allowing them to choose whether to attack their traditional enemies, or wraparound the board to find new ones.
Wraparound 2 is the same as the original Wraparound variant, except that instead of StP being next to Syria, Barents is next to NAO. This should make quite a difference to play, as it allows the Eastern Powers to wrap fleets around off the Eastern Edge and into the Atlantic. It will also allow Russia to hold StP slightly more easily, which should help make it a bit stronger than in the original Wraparound.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 37 |
| Author | David Norman |
| Original Author | James Millington and Robert Schone |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Wraparound2 | Current | Download |
The Panther variant is based on Standard. However, in addition to their normal starting units, all powers except Russia have an extra unit. In some cases this is close to home, while some start completely separated - e.g. France and Germany, who have an extra fleet each, in Tunis and North Africa. In order to balence the variant, there are a number of extra provinces and supply centres.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 39 |
| Author | Heath Gardner |
| First version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panther1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The War in North America Variant is set in the 1860s in Colonial North America. It has some interesting features, such as the huge Ocean spaces on each side of the land, and the long route around Cape Horn to connect the two oceans, which takes a full year to navigate, and still leaves the fleet out to sea at the end.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 36 |
| Author | Will Nesbitt |
| First version | April 2001 |
| Current version | April 2001 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | War_In_North_America_5 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Zeus IV is the classic World War II variant.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 38 |
| Author | Chris Northcott |
| First version | May 2004 |
| Current version | May 2004 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus IV | Zeus_IV | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The V8 variant is based on the Standard variant. However, an eighth power is added in Scandinavia, and extra centres are added in various places around the map to balence the game for the new power.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 38 |
| Author | Clay Snyder |
| First version | February 2000 |
| Current version | February 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | V8A | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The South East Asia Variant provides a variety of geographies in one variant. Three of the powers start in the solid landmass of South East Asia, three start in the islands of Indonesia and The Phillipines, and one starts on the North Coast of Australia.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 33 |
| Author | Andrew Reddaway |
| First version | 1997 |
| Current version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | South_East_Asia_3 | Current | Download | |||
| 3 | South_East_Asia_3 | Current | Less Pretty Map | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | South_East_Asia1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Nessie variant is played on a map of Scotland. In the middle is Loch Ness, which is protected by the famous Loch Ness Monster, and around it are the seven rival clans fighting for supremicy.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 34 |
| Author | Tobias Bende and Marcus Andersson |
| First version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nessie1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Canton is a seven-player Diplomacy variant set in Asia at the beginning of the 20th century. The seven "Great Powers" are British India, China, French Indochina, Dutch East Indies, Japan, Russia, and Turkey.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 36 |
| Author | Paul Webb |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | December 2002 |
| Current version | December 2004 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Canton8 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 7 | Canton7 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 6 | Canton6 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 5 | Canton5 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 4 | Canton4 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | Canton2 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Canton1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Pern 1 is a new variant by David Proudfoot. It is based on the Dragonriders of Pern series of books written by Anne McCaffrey. The variant contains 7 powers and 34 centres, and so is of a similar size to Standard.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 34 |
| Author | David Proudfoot |
| First version | March 1999 |
| Current version | March 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pern1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Arab 1 is a variant set in the Middle East in 1990. With Iraq placed right in the middle, will everybody invade, or will they go for there own personal gains ?
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 37 |
| Author | Roland Isaksson |
| First version | January 1999 |
| Current version | January 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arab1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This varient is based on the bestselling series by Harry Turtledove, set in a world war 2 type world, but where guns are magical fire weapons, planes are dragons, and trains are leylines. The map wraps around west<-->east. It represents the entire southern hemisphere of the planet that the series takes place in.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 42 |
| Author | Mike Smith |
| First version | June 2002 |
| Current version | June 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World_War_And_Magic1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Middle Ages Variant is set on a European Map, which also covers the edge of North Africa. It is set in the late 12th Century, and like Standard, it has seven powers, although like the map, the powers are significantly different to the Standard Variant.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 46 |
| Author | Mikael Akerlund |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Middle_Ages2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Middle_Ages1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Future Variant is a 7 player variant on a map of the world. The world is now run by superpowers and super-alliances, who vie for world domination.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 55 |
| Author | Thomas Mittelbach, Louie Schonburg and Valentin Frantsits |
| First version | August 1999 |
| Current version | August 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Future1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Heptarchy Variant is set in Britain in the Mid 7th Century. The main powers in England, as well as a Scotish, a Welsh and an Irish power fight for dominance. The edge of the map contains only seven spaces, which makes for some interesting tactics with fleets.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 37 |
| Author | Geoff Bache |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| DipPouch Article | Goto |
| First version | 1997 |
| Current version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Heptarchy4 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 | Heptarchy3 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 1 | Heptarchy | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Bretwalda is a follow-on from the Heptarchy Variant. Set 30 years earlier, it has two extra powers - a Gaelic power which starts in Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, and a new power in South-East England. The full version includes boats, which allow armies to move over coastal water, and a limited number of locations where fleets can be built. The judge implementation is currently intended for press in hand-adjudicated games, although boat units may be added to the judge at some point in the future.
| Number of Players | 9 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 50 |
| Author | Geoff Bache |
| First version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bretwalda | Hand-Adjudicated Games Only | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Hellas Variant is set in Ancient Greece. The map covers the area on the Standard map made up of Gre, Alb, Ser, Bul, Con and Smy and the surrounding seas. However, each province covers a much smaller area, so that it is actually a similar sized variant to Standard.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 38 |
| Author | Thomas Mittelbach |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | February 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hellas2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Hellas1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This variant is set in Europe in the Early 15th Century.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 39 |
| Author | Gytis Karciauskas |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | October 1999 |
| Current version | October 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Medieval2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Medieval1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The Mediterranean Variant covers the Southern part of the Standard Map and North Africa. The idea of the variant was to create a variant for 8 players. However, due to the map being too long and thin, it is too easy for north-south stalemate lines to be formed, and the powers which start in the middle of the map must immediately fight their way to one end if they are to stand a chance in the midgame. This variant is probably going nowhere.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 39 |
| Author | David Norman |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mediterranean1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Set at the start of the 20th Century, the various colonies in Australia and New Zealand decide that rather than forming Australia, they all go their own way and create their own small country. The eight powers represent the six mainland Australian states, Tasmania and New Zealand.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 47 |
| Author | T. Kermanidis |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | March 2000 |
| Current version | October 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Federation4 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 | Federation3 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | Federation2 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Federation1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
1720 is a 9 player variant by Nick Danfort. It is set in Europe, nearly 200 years earlier than Standard Diplomacy.
| Number of Players | 9 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 36 |
| Author | Nick Danfort |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1720 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
1929 is a new variant by Martin Kennedy. It is set in Europe between the wars. The game has six major powers, and six minor (1sc) powers. It is intended that the game be played duplex - one major and one minor power for each player. If playing a Duplex game of this variant, please be sure to set a preference list that includes all the major powers first, and then optionally all the minor powers. If you do not set a preference list, or if you mix the minor powers in with the major powers, then you may well end up playing two minor powers !
| Number of Players | 6 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 42 |
| Author | Martin Kennedy |
| First version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1929A | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Abstraction II variant is said by many players to be the best Diplomacy Variant ever. The map covers the same area as Standard, and also has seven powers. However, the provinces tend to each cover a smaller geographical area, and so there are many more provinces on the map than in Standard. It is also the variant for which the much-copied A/F rules were originally designed. Unfortunately, the judge implementation currently only contains the new map, as the various rule changes have not been coded.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 46 |
| Author | Fred C. Davis Jr. |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Abstraction2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Blitzkrieg Diplomacy variant is intended to recapture the moments of fightings in Europe and North Africa in the 1940's. The name to the variant was given after Germany's revolutionary kind of warfare which characterized World War 2.
| Number of Players | 8 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 52 |
| Author | Stefan Mrdja |
| First version | May 2002 |
| Current version | May 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Blitzkrieg2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Blitzkrieg1 | Obsolete | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This variant is set around the Great Lakes, with 9 Indian Tribes vying for suppremicy.
| Number of Players | 9 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 51 |
| Author | Christopher Carde |
| Variant Homepage | http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/GreatLakes/index.html |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | October 1999 |
| Current version | December 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Indians_of_the_Great_Lakes2 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 1 | Indians_of_the_Great_Lakes1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
This variant is intended for Royale play. There are 9 players controlling 18 powers, plus a 19th power - The Papacy - who is controlled by The Pope.
| Number of Players | 9 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 46 |
| Author | Tommy Larsson |
| First version | August 2001 |
| Current version | August 2001 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2c | Crusades_1200_12c | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Europe_1600 is a new European variant by Tommy Larsson, set in the early 17th Century. While the variant covers a similar area of the world to Standard, there are significantly more provinces and supply centres, and two extra powers.
| Number of Players | 9 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 55 |
| Author | Tommy Larsson |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | August 2000 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1600_28 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 27 | 1600_27 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 26 | 1600_26 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 25 | 1600_25 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 24 | Europe_1600_24 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
The Empire variant is a new variant by Vincent Mous, creator of the Modern Variant. It is set in North and Central America, and is based on the break up of the USA and Canada into several powers each. This variant has probably seen more Judge playtesting than any other Judge variant, and is looking like being another big hit. The current version may well become the final released version of the variant.
| Number of Players | 10 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 58 |
| Author | Vincent Mous |
| Variant Homepage | http://www.dragonfire.net/~Cyberia/empire.htm |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | 1996 |
| Current version | 1998 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Empire4 | Current | Download |
| 3 | Empire3 | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 2 | Empire2 | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 1 | Empire | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 0 | NaModern | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Colonial is the latest Variant by Avalon Hill. It is now available on all the Judges. Thanks to Drew D. Holzlein for coding it for Mapper.
| Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial | Current | Download |
Layered is a simple variant by Ralan Hill. Take a Standard Dip map, and put a second one on top of it. Each player plays a country on both maps, and can move as normal, or from a province on one map to the same province on the other. Opinions on this variant are divided. Those people who liked it really enjoyed it, and those that didn't said it was completely unplayable and made their heads hurt.
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 68 |
| Author | Ralan Hill |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.oxford.net/~ravgames/dipmaps/dipmaps.htm |
| First version | 1997 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Layered | Current | Download |
The year is 2260. You are the ambassador of your home world. You are stationed at Babylon 5. Around you are aliens from another world, they too have their ambassadorial representatives stationed there. All does not bode well. Peace is a fading memory. A new dawn approaches. What actions will you take to secure the survival of your race?
| Number of Players | 7 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 74 |
| Author | Theo Kermanidis |
| Variant Homepage | Goto |
| First version | October 2002 |
| Current version | October 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Babylon5a | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Americas is a new variant by Macario Reyes. It covers the entire North and South American continants, just before the Mexican-American War. The layout of the variant, with a large number of coastal water provinces next to the land, and a small number of huge Ocean provinces, most of which have no contact with land, can make for a lot of very interesting options for a player who can spare a fleet for a couple of years. With over 180 provinces, is the one of the largest variants on the judges.
| Number of Players | 10 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 58 |
| Author | Macario Reyes |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | December 1999 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Americas4 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 3 | Americas3 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 2 | Americas2 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 1 | Americas1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
The PostModern Europe Variant is another variant from the Vincent Mous - Author of Modern and Empire, and co-Author of Classical. This time he is co-Authoring with Earl Ratcliffe.
| Number of Players | 13 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 84 |
| Author | Earl Ratcliffe & Vincent Mous |
| First version | May 2002 |
| Current version | May 2002 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostModern_Europe1 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download |
World Diplomacy was originally created and installed on the judge in just 24 hours, after someone asked why there weren't any World Variants on the judges. Despite this speed, the results are not looking to bad. The initial problems with power inbalence in the original version have been significantly improved in the second version, and will hopefully be even better in version 3. With 17 powers and over 190 provinces, it is the largest variant on the judges.
| Number of Players | 17 |
|---|---|
| Number of Centres | 86 |
| Author | David Norman |
| DipChief Maps | http://www.execulink.com/~ravgames2/dipmaps/ |
| First version | 1998 |
| Current version | 2003 |
| Version | Judge Variant Name | Status | Mapper | Mapit (DOS) | Mapit (Unix) | Postscript | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | World3 | Current | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
| 2 | World2 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
| 1 | World1 | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
