I thought it might be fun to have a look at some types of player you're likely to come across when playing Diplomacy . Well, OK, it's not all fun in this series... but I'll do my best. In this post we look at those players who display positive attitudes to the game, players who play in a Calhamerian way. Well, sort of... most of them. There aren't many holds barred in Diplomacy and a general rule is that if you can get away with it, then you can do it. On the whole, though, there are certain ideas that players ought to be carrying into Diplomacy. A Dippyist, by the way, is someone who plays Diplomacy ... Yes you'd probably already worked that out but I thought I'd make it clear. Just in case. The Bagger After the US Civil War, people travelled from the northern states to the southern to make money from the reconstruction process. These people were given the derogatory name of 'Carpetbaggers'. Here, I've simply whipped the carpet...
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