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. Diplomacy can be frustrating - just when you think you're in a position to do well, something goes wrong. That ally that you've been trundling through the game happily with stabs you and it all goes to pot. More frustrating are those players who do something that doesn't seem to make sense. These are those player who are so stubborn you'd expect them to be bent over at a children's party with some little guy stabbing them with a long pin that has a bit of grey material dangling from it. Or that could just be wishful thinking... The Armoured Duck I think it was Richard Sharp who first called this player an Armoured Duck. I may be wrong but he certainly uses it in his book The Game of Diplomacy (it's in chapter 2 under the heading "Revenge...
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