This is a sticky one, frankly. If you want to win a game of Diplomacy what isn't allowed? Some of the stuff that isn't allowed should be obvious and I've discussed much of it in previous posts in this series. That leaves things that you can do to win that are questionable and, in the final analysis, come down to personal choice. How far are you prepared to go to win at Diplomacy ? That is probably what defines whether you think something is "gamesmanship" or not, and whether you think it is acceptable. Slow Play Some players in the online game are what I call Pussycats . They want to play as quickly as possible and they want to move the game on. Some will hassle through Public Press. "Has everyone finalised yet?" "Who hasn't finalised?" "Come on - FINALISE!!!" Now this, itself, is something that becomes annoying. If you join a game with certain deadlines, you need to expect to play to those deadlines. If you...
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