Solo Win Tip #3: Get Strong Without Getting Scary
How do you position yourself in the early game to go for a solo without drawing too much attention and having alliances form against you?
How do you position yourself in the early game to go for a solo without drawing too much attention and having alliances form against you?
I’ll keep this simple. I made a video version of my ever-popular Gunboat Solo Win strategy guide.
If you use these techniques, the players so influenced will not feel deceived. They may not even perceive that they have been manipulated.
Your Bored Brother appeared on the Diplomacy Broadcast Network to discuss Gunboat Diplomacy.
Draw a connection between Marshall Rosenberg’s book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (1999) and how to approach press better in Diplomacy.
It is common knowledge to anyone who has played a few games of gunboat that, if you draw Russia, you are destined to an uphill battle. The real blame in the whole situation actually lies on the greedy and misguided English.
In this article I discuss the most advanced Diplomacy tactics. These are useful in getting ahead on the competition, and some are just plain fun!
Perceiving Italy’s position as vulnerable to a Russian attack, I decided to backstab my ally Italy and go for the win. What was my plan?
In this series of articles, I will explain why it is such a big deal to solo win as Russia in a high-level Diplomacy match—and what I believe I did to help me achieve this win. If you learn from me, you will be able to win as Russia too!
“I’ve noticed that it’s often hard for me to manipulate the other players through press at a level even close to yours. Do you have any tips or tricks you could share that would help me with my press?”