We start with some specific advice about patterns in the middle and end of a Diplomacy match, then we talk about “types” of players and how those types might act. Finally, we widen our scope and consider how games like Diplomacy allow players to practice the skills of contest.
This week, we discuss two different instances of interpreting moves without being able to discuss the moves with other players.
How do you break up an alliance that’s going against you? And what’s the value in making demands of other players?
Why do experts love Italy and noobs hate Italy? We talk about one weird trick to win as Italy in press or gunboat Diplomacy!
This week we talk about how and when to backstab Germany when playing as England and—shockingly—how and when to backstab England when playing as Germany.
No, we’re not talking about that other board game. This week we discuss when and how to take risks in Diplomacy!
This week we discuss tournament rules, including sum-of-squares scoring, short turns, and turn limits.
In this episode, our players discuss how to form a stalemate line against Russia in a game of Gunboat Diplomacy. (Update: now with transcript!)
More Russia talk! This week our players talk about playing two alliances: Russia and England, and Russia and Turkey. (Update: now with transcript!)
Your Bored Brother and a student discuss two questions about Russia and one about France. (Update: now with transcript!)