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jwrober committed Dec 6, 2024
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#. Leave all the rest of the fields as is. Do not set the port or a start date at this time. Those will get set later.
#. Click ``Save`` in the lower right.


.. note:: The Longturn server is configured to accept incoming connections on ports ``5050`` to ``5099``. Note
that port ``5060`` can be problematic for some corporate and educational facilites and should be avoided.


Notes on the :strong:`game description`:

* Give details as to the type of game you want to play. This is especially important for Team and Experimental games.
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However, Experimental or other types are games could allow it.


The following code-block can be used to copy and paste into the Django admin site for new games.

.. code-block:: html

<b>Description: </b>This is the game description. This game will be a [team | teamless | scenario] game.<br><br>
<b>Rules: </b>This game will use [LTT | LTX] Rules.<br><br>
<b>Winning Alliance: </b>This game will use the following math formula for the winning alliance:
<kbd>round(N/4)</kbd>, where <kbd>N</kbd> is the number of confirmed players rounded down to the nearest
whole number.<br><br>
<b>Map Topology: </b>This game will use [hex | square | iso | overhead] map tiles.<br><br>
<b>Turn Length: </b>This game will have 25 hour turns.<br><br>
<b>RTS: </b>This game [will | will not] allow Real Time Strategy (RTS) player engagement.


At this point you can announce the game on the ``#new-games`` channel on the Longturn Discord server to let people know
about it. Ask a Discord Admin to create a channel for the game as well.

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