In this series, I'm going to take a brief look at the seven powers in the game of Diplomacy. This will be not much more than a brief introduction to each power, looking at their position on the board, their neighbours and the pros and cons of playing them. More detailed strategy will follow in future posts. Austria-Hungary is the third and last of the central powers. She is a tough power to play. She has three immediate neighbours, and Turkey just the other side of the Balkans. She's cut off from England and France, and therefore has to ensure that she isn't attacked by more than one power at a time. Austria has to be played aggressively if she is to do well, but aggressively-defensively... which makes no sense, I know. Her problem is that, if she ignores her defence, she is easily swamped but, if she doesn't attack, she is slowly swamped. It's a fine balance. There is, of course, the Venice/Trieste issue to deal...
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