Dipsters Spring Variant Tournament

Now that it is May, it is time for the annual Dipsters' Group Variant Tournament.

All tournament games are 24 hour no-press games with weekday
(Monday through Thursday) deadlines. The tournament games start
under a staggered schedule with the last game beginning
approximately 12 weeks after the first game starts.

This year we are playing a variant which we call 'Open Build'.

There are two special settings for this tournament variant:

1) Players may build in any owned (home or non-home) center during a build phase.

This is an interesting setting because it allows strong governments in exile even after one's homeland is overrun.

2) Players may disband any unit during a build phase (and thus gain the option to rebuild on a buildable center if desired).

If interested, please join the queue right away:

http://www.dipsters.org/dvt.html

You may access the tournament rules through this page.

Since we are starting this tournament a little late (as usual),
please join right away as we may start as soon as we reach a quorum.

To play in this tournament, you must
- be a member of the Dipsters' Group, or
- be a member of Diplomacy Direct, or
- have an ontime record of 90% or better on the Ken Lowe judges with no willing abandonment.

Best of Luck,

Alan Mennel 



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