Maharajah's Diplomacy Tournament (Maharajiad 1) Now Organizing

Sorry for the crossposting.

Maharajiad 1 is the first Tournament for and is designed to showcase the 
Maharajah's Diplomacy variant.  The rules and organization of the 
Maharajiad are somewhat similar to the Worldmasters Tournament, but 
there are several significant differences.

Rules and information about the variant can be found at the variant 
homepage: http://diplomiscellany.tripod.com/diplomacy/id4.html , or in 
the files section of the maharajahsdiplomacy yahoogroup.


Here is a summary of some of the most important Tournament information:

1. To register as a player or GM, or if you wish to help out in some 
other way, please contact me at zendip18AToptonlineDOTnet, and give your 
full name. You may submit a preference list if you wish to enter as a 
player.  Registration to the yahoogroup is highly advisable, since that 
is where tournament-wide announcements will be made.

2. It is anticipated that board assignments will be completed within one 
week after a full roster of GMs and players is set.

3.  The Tournament is individual only, with no team aspect.

4. It is a two round, top-and-advance tournament, with the first round 
lasting until 1910, and the second round having no time limit.

5.  This is a "full press" Tournament.

6. GMs may adjudicate "by hand", with Realpolitik, or if a judge keeper 
permits, by adapting a judge for adjudication, but no player will be 
required to submit orders directly to a judge.

7. NMRs will be allowed, and the Tournament will run on a 5 turn basis, 
at a pace of approximately 1 game year every two weeks.

8. Each GM will publish results of his or her particular game both in 
the maharajahsdiplomacy yahoogroup, and in one of his or her usual 
forums, so as to help publicize the variant.