tips on a web-based board game ui

[ecoli]

So I invented a turn-based board game with some buddies based on monopoly and I'd like to implement a version that's playable online, since we're no longer all living in the same town. I'm thinking I could implement the back-end in Python, or possibly java, but i'd need user accounts, some way to restrict timing for user-turns, do in-game auctions, display pieces moving across a simple game board. A simple user-interface would be perfect - my goal is to have a feel somewhat similar to this version of Diplomacy: http://webdiplomacy.net/

 

I have programming experience but have never created a game and haven't done much web-based stuff besides for static html pages.

 

Any advice on how to get started?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

With Python you could look at something like Django, which includes all the various parts you'd need: templating, database connectivity, user authentication, and so on.