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I was wondering why I couldn't join. Then I realized that I typed in "potatoe."

Haha, sorry, I'm a heathen who is ignorant of these fine details.

I was wondering why I couldn't join. Then I realized that I typed in "potatoe."

Well done, Dan Quayle.

I was wondering why I couldn't join. Then I realized that I typed in "potatoe."

Well done, Dan Quayle.

Dan Quayle is the true Prophet of the Holy Potatoe!

I'm in as well!  That should be all of us!

And the game has officially started! The first phase will last until 5pm EST on Monday. If everyone readies (not just saves) their orders before then, though, it'll move onto the next phase, speeding up the game.

I think we're just waiting on @North 's Deutschland

I'm ready!

TO ANNEX THE SUDETENLAND!

And it's progressed to the next stage! 

I'll copy here what I said in the global chat:

Remember, you want more Supply Centers (aka SCs -- provinces with black dots) to build more units. You can move units in Spring and Autumn Phases (we're currently in Autumn as it says at the top). Province ownership changes are solidified after the end of the Autumn Phase. You can have as many units as you have SCs at the end of the Autumn Phase. In the Winter Phase (the next phase), you can build more units if your number of SCs > your number of units, or you have to disband units if your SCs < your units. Since only one unit can occupy a province at a time, you can only build units in unoccupied SCs that you own -- so if you gain one SC this round, make sure you have one SC unoccupied so that you can build a new unit.

You can capture enemy unoccupied provinces by just moving units into them (remember, province ownership changes are solidified only after Autumn Phases). You must have support to capture a province with an enemy unit in it. Your support unit only needs to be adjacent to the target province, not the attacking unit. DO NOT have the two units perform a "move" action into the target province -- one "moves" and the other "supports" the first. 1v1 = standoff, meaning nothing happens. 2v1 = victory, the attacking unit captures the enemy province and the enemy unit is forced to retreat. The supporting unit stays in its original province. If there's nowhere for the defeated enemy unit to retreat to, it is disbanded. In defense, you can support a unit performing a "hold" action to prevent a 2v1 by making it 2v2 and, thus, a standoff.

More complete rules can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf

Don't get overwhelmed by all the specific rules -- just try to understand the general ideas in the beginning. The Winter Phase is talked about more on page 17.

I do believe that by official rules, "Winter" is just post-Fall.

Does Winter last the same amount of time as Spring and Autumn in our game?

I believe you to be correct on both accounts.

For anyone interested, here's the most recent rulebook:
http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/ah/diplomacy_rules.pdf

And it gets interesting!!

Just imagine all the English troops sadly playing this:

I play anything.

Apparently, only if you're winning.