In this series, I'm going to take a brief look at the seven powers in the game of Diplomacy. This will be not much more than a brief introduction to each power, looking at their position on the board, their neighbours and the pros and cons of playing them. More detailed strategy will follow in future posts. England - not Britain, or even the UK, mainly due, I suspect, to the ignorance of the fact that a significant proportion of the UK population are distinctly unimpressed with being called English - is a tricky power to play well . If you take a look at her position on the board, you can see that she is described as a corner power. Her immediate neighbours are France, Germany and (stretching a point) Russia. These are the powers she comes into contact with at the start of the game. The unique thing about England is that she has two fleets and one army at the start. This isn't really that surprising as, to get into contact wi...
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