Your Bored Brother is a top Online Diplomacy player. I play on webDiplomacy.net under the username swordsman3003. I am a finalist of the 2019 Online Diplomacy Championship. I have a consistent solo win rate, and my webDip ghostrating rank is in the top 20 players. I have coached dozens of other players, many of whom have met with competitive success as a result. If you desire greater success in Online Diplomacy, heed my words!
Online Diplomacy Championship Journal
This journal follows one of my matches in the 2019 Online Diplomacy Championship. The entries include the press I exchanged with my rivals and my (extensive) commentary. Word count: approx. 138,000
“Media Wars” Video Journal
7 Diplomacy content producers got together to play a match and then discuss that match in their respective media outlets. I, of course, went completely overboard and recorded a turn-by-turn video journal. Each of my 20-minute episodes covers an in-game year.
Diplomacy Games are Like Onions
Layer 1: Politics — Diplomacy matches are like Onions because they make you cry. Wait, no! They have layers. In this article, I explain the outermost Layer, Politics.
Layer 2: Tactics — The Tactical Layer is deeper than Politics. The positions and movements of each player’s pieces tell you a truer, more accurate story than words.
Layer 3: Strategy — The deepest Layer is Strategy. Although Strategy is the most difficult to perceive, you cannot pierce deceptions without understanding Strategy.
The Top 5 Reasons You Were Backstabbed (ongoing)
#1 You were Annoying
#2 You fell for a Trojan Horse
#3 You were Servile
#4 You had Loose Lips
An Autopsy of France: Lessons from the ODC
My post-game analysis of how and why France was quickly destroyed during the match I recorded for my journal. This article is mostly about opening moves for France.