Diplomacy isn't made to be played through e-mail, but it actually works even better that way in my opinion. I have the board game, but as one full game of it needs 7 players, about 4 free rooms and around 14 hours (!) to play, it's not the easiest game to play on a real board.
On the internet you can always find the 7 required players (or much more if needed, I'm playing in a 44-player variant at the moment), and yes, online it does take months instead of the 14 hours, but you can sleep, eat, etc. in between.
It doesn't have to be a play-by-email game I'm looking for. I also play for example Vinci online. There is no e-mail involved, but everyone still makes the turns whenever they have time. One game does take long, but I normally play something like 15 games of it at a time, so there's a bit more action every time I go to make my moves. I'm just looking for some games that I can play without spending much time every day on it. So that I could just do whatever I do most of the day and for example every 2 hours sit down at the computer for 10-15 minutes to do my moves and then continue. Vinci and Diplomacy work fine here, but I need more!
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