Diplomacy Dojo Episode 19: How to Betray England and Other Intrigues
We discuss when and how France is best situated to betray an alliance with England.
Tag: Russia
Diplomacy Dojo Episode 4: The Sum-of-Squares Episode
This week we discuss tournament rules, including sum-of-squares scoring, short turns, and turn limits.
Guest Post: Is the Diplomacy Map Unbalanced?
Yes, the map is unbalanced. This is about where the imbalances are, how they’re innate, and what might be done about them.
Diplomacy Dojo Episode 3: Stalemating Russia in Gunboat
In this episode, our players discuss how to form a stalemate line against Russia in a game of Gunboat Diplomacy. (Update: now with transcript!)
Diplomacy Dojo Episode 2: Russia and England, Russia and Turkey
More Russia talk! This week our players talk about playing two alliances: Russia and England, and Russia and Turkey. (Update: now with transcript!)
Diplomacy Dojo Episode 1: Lots of Russia, a Little France
Your Bored Brother and a student discuss two questions about Russia and one about France. (Update: now with transcript!)
Solo Win Tip #6: Embrace the Powers’ Differences
BrotherBored gives specific, power-by-power advice about how you might want to alter your play style to suit the power you’ve been assigned.
Diplomacy Dojo Episode 14: The Germany-Russia Alliance
Some players say that Russia is Germany’s most natural ally? Is this true? Is Russia even a GOOD ally for Germany?
Guest Post: How to Fix Russia’s Gunboat Metagame
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.
A Winning Strategy for Russia in Gunboat Diplomacy, Part 2
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?