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WHAT IS DIPLOMACY? - Part 3: Tournaments

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...