Solo Win Tip #7: Make Friends, then Choose Enemies
How can you cooperate with one ally without estranging the other? How can you have your cake and eat it too? I know a technique that makes this possible!
Tag: Solo Win Tips
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.
Solo Win Tip #5: Choose Your Character
There’s no “character select screen” in Diplomacy. But you can “choose your character” by adapting your style to match your assigned power.
Solo Win Tip #4: Learn to Read Minds
Among the skills tested by Diplomacy is the ability to “outguess” one’s rivals. A successful Diplomacy player anticipates their rivals’ moves.
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?
Solo Win Tip #2: There’s No Such Thing As Luck
Since Diplomacy doesn’t involve randomized gameplay, what are the players trying to describe when they say that “luck” happens during a match?
Solo Win Tip #1: Forget the Numbers Game
Weaker players overly depend on numbers-based heuristics (heuristics are mental shortcuts to simplify decision making). The shortcuts are holding you back.