The Embassy

In Diplomacy, you - the player - are in control of your own units and, ultimately, you can do with them what you like.  Nobody can tell you how to play the game, assuming that you're playing within the rules.  This means that the different approaches to the game that players show can't be outlawed. In this post I am going to discuss three philosophies behind the way people play Diplomacy. I think that if everyone followed the same philosophy I do, they'd enjoy the game just as much as playing to their own philosophy.  Actually, I think those who play a certain way would enjoy it more.  But I would, wouldn't I?  If I didn't like the way I play, I'd be particularly stupid to keep playing that way! There is only one principle that everyone should be following: have fun.  Diplomacy , no matter how competitive, is a game and games are meant to be fun.  If you're not having fun, then you need to change your approach or change the game you're playing. ...

There are many different tournaments if you want to play Diplomacy more competitively, both Face-to-Face and Remotely.  Here, I'm going to look at how playing in a tournament affects a game of Dip. Face-to-Face Tournaments Let's start at the top - the World Diplomacy Championship .  This is hosted at World DipCon with the 2019 tournament being held in Marseilles, France.   There were 38 competitors for this prestigious competition, and it was won by Gwen Maggi .  WDC has been held on 29 occasions.  In 2020 it will be held in Dover, Vermont, USA. Because Gwen is French, I'm going to go to Europe next and the European Diplomacy Championship .  This is hosted at EuroDipCon and was, this year, shared with World DipCon, so it isn't surprising that Gwen holds both titles right now.  Possibly because of this a separate event, the European Open Championship  and was won by Andrew Katcher. National championships are held in UK (Midcon) , Fr...