The Embassy

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...

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. ...