Wyllie Online Draughts Club

Welcome to the Wyllie Online Draughts Club, a new way to play draughts online modelled on a traditional face-to-face draughts club, but harnessing the power of the internet. Hot news: live coverage of the World Mailplay Championship starting on 16th June 2006 - click here for more details.

Playing Facilities Unlike other online gaming sites, where players are identified only by nicknames, effectively allowing them to remain anonymous, here everybody plays under their real name. Members of the club are able to play pairs of 3-move games with other members at the site, playing their moves on an interactive web page. Any member can invite any other member to play a pair of games on any 3-move opening, selected from a deck that includes the mailplay openings. It is also possible to challenge from a special smaller deck of barred openings that are thought to lose, allowing interested analysts to try new untested defences in these "scrapheap" openngs. Also available, and so far unique to Wyllie Online Draughts Club, is the option to play 11-man ballot games with other members. Go As You please is also supported. Each member has a personal "Status" web page, listing the status of all their games,both completed and in progress, and any pending invitations or messages. This page updates itself automatically once every minute, so members can simply leave their browser open at their Status page and it will automatically show when it is their turn to play or when another member invites them to play or sends them a message, with no need to keep clicking the refresh button to keep it current. Members can play as many games at once as they like, and make moves as frequently as they like. Games played at the Wyllie Online Draughts Club are private and cannot be seen by other members. Your opponent does not need to be logged in at the same time as you to play a game, and your move will appear on their status page when they next visit the Club. If both players are logged in at the same time and responding to moves made as they appear on their respective status pages, this way of playing is only fractionally slower than a serious face to face game, with never more than a minute's delay on receiving a move, but it is also possible to play at a much slower pace more akin to mail play if players wish.

Other Member Benefits In addition to the playing facilities, members of Wyllie Online Draughts Club enjoy some other benefits exclusive to the club:- Private messaging Members of Wyllie Online Draughts Club can send private messages to any other member in good standing, and the message will appear on the recipient's Status Page within less than one minute. Most recent messages are always displayed at the top of the list. Club Forum Members of Wyllie Online Draughts Club have exclusive access to the club Forum where news, views and chit-chat may be shared with other members of the club. Members Gallery Members can post their photos if they wish, although there is no requirement to do so. Real Time Playing Room Although the WODC is primarily a web-based mailplay club, WODC members also have access to a real time playing room which supports 3-move play. Members can arrange to meet at an agreed time to play in this room. Regular Tournaments 3-move tournaments are held approximately once a month. Entry is free to all members, and the standard of play is very high indeed. What You Don't Get In stark contrast to other gaming sites, Wyllie Online Draughts Club has no tacky advertisements to distract you from playing, no abusive anonymous children to heckle you, no facilities to allow other players to peek at your games and steal your prize cooks and no games abandoned when your opponent disconnects during play.

I regret that the club is now closed to new members