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. Yes, stubborn players are frustrating. Equally frustrating are those players who seem to be insane. These tend to be the players who play erratically. They do make for an interesting game, though. The Hippo I didn't know this until comparatively recently, but the hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive animals on the planet - certainly one of the most unpredictable and probably the most dangerous. You - maybe it's just me - think of them as being gentle giants, wallowing peacefully in African rivers. Nope; when roused you'd better be about half a mile away. In Diplomacy a Hippo is a player who is aggressively acquisitive and opportunistic. "See a centre, grab a centre," is her motto. It doesn't matter who the SC is stolen from, a...
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