Birsan Teaches Diplomacy
Edi Birsan prepared these four instructional videos on Diplomacy. Watch them and learn the basics of play in about 10 minutes.
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Starting Out – Diplomacy in 1901
OK, so 1901 (or, in some variants, the first year of action) is only the first year of the game. Make a mistake here and there is still time to correct it. Games are seldom completely won or lost in 1901. Fair enough, as far as it goes, but 1901 is your springboard into the […]
Continue ReadingThe NOT TO DO list
When you begin playing a game like Diplomacy on the net, it can be frustrating, especially if you haven’t played it before. It isn’t Risk where you just need to wait for your turn to “roll” the dice and make your moves; it isn’t Supremacy (the net game, not the board game – the latter […]
Continue ReadingAnatomy of a Top Ranked Player
This post was originally posted in Strategy by gsmx. I placed it here because I think it is VERY worth noting. If you’re interested, follow the link to view replies. Coming out of a very exciting high level game “Top Thirteen Games” I’ve decided I’d like to highlight some of my observations of some attributes […]
Continue ReadingThe 10 Advisements
As a way of getting into the idea of playing Diplomacy well, I wanted to present the key aspects of the game. Diplomacy is a game which is, basically, simple. Each unit is equal in strength, so you need help to make progress; each unit can only move one place at a time (with the […]
Continue ReadingPlaying Dip Adequately – LINKS
This is a series of articles I recently wrote and posted in the STRATEGY forum. Rather than producing them all here again, I decided to simply post the links to them, which allows you to see the useful comments of others. 1. The Early Game. 2. Know Yourself, Know Your Enemy. 3. Using Diplomacy. 4. Essential Targets. […]
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