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A highly strategic war-game which focuses on negotiations between players. Many opportunities to form, manipulate, and break secret alliances.

A highly strategic war-game which focuses on negotiations between players. Moves are not dice-based and the negotiation aspect provides many opportunities to form, manipulate, and break secret alliances.

The game starts in 1901 with 7 players who play as the 7 Great Powers of Europe: England, France, The German Empire (Referred to as Germany), Italy, The Austro-Hungarian Empire (Referred to as Austria), The Russian Empire (Referred to as Russia), and The Ottoman Empire (Referred to as Turkey). Each may negotiate with eachother and all unit commands are revealed by the players at the same time. Good Diplomatic skills are useful to prevail in this World War I themed game.

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In Diplomacy, Should You Have Separate Country "Draws" For Players of Different Experience?

Once I was in Diplomacy game with two experienced players, one intermediate (me), and four people who had never played the game before. As it were, the two best players drew England and Turkey, and ran all over the board. Two of the new ones ended…
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Timing a backstab in Diplomacy

When is a good time to backstab an ally in Diplomacy? Should I backstab if I can grab a Supply Centre or two, or should I wait for an opportunity to eliminate an enemy?
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In Diplomacy, is it good strategy to have a primary alliance with a country on the opposite of the board?

The countries I'm thinking about are England and Turkey (northwest and southeast). This type of alliance seems unlikely to develop "naturally" in the real world, since they're nowhere near each other, but they have a common enemy, Russia. I have to…
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Are "Diagonal" Attacks More Deadly in Diplomacy?

As France, for instance, it's fairly easy to defend against an extended "frontal" attack in the north by England and Germany, by covering the connected zones, Burgundy, Picardy, and Brest. Fortunately I've never had to do this, but it seems harder…
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What happens if two forces of unequal strength attacks the same province?

I'm the gamemaster for a diplomacy game played between a couple of friends, and we encountered a situation where we didn't really agree. I've looked through the rules and searched the internet, but I still couldn't find an answer. What happens if…
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In Diplomacy, will I be "cornered" as Turkey if I don't use the "juggernaut" opening?

Turkey is fairly easy to play in an alliance with Russia (the "juggernaut"). The two of them partition the Balkans and Austria-Hungary, possibly with the help of Italy. Then they go their separate ways with Russia fighting Germany and/or England,…
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In Diplomacy, How Would England Identify Its First Target?

England, being an island, has an enviable defensive position. This same fact makes it hard for it to get a foothold on the European Continent, where most of the remaining 31 supply centers lie. There are three countries that immediately block…
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Diplomacy solo practice site

Are there any sites online that will allow me to practice a) submitting orders accurately. b) allow me to run through attack scenarios online, to see how they end up going?
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Preventing early elimination from ruining someone's first game of Diplomacy?

I'm planning a game of Diplomacy with my friends for this weekend. The problem is, none of us have ever played before, so I'm trying to fill the gaps in my understanding so that our inexperience doesn't reduce the fun. One of the issues I'm worried…
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What is a winning strategy for Italy with Diplomacy

Italy is almost the worst country to start with. But that makes it a nice challenge. What is your winning strategy with Italy?
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In Diplomacy, is it possible for an army to be convoyed by two countries if both write the appropriate orders?

There are numerous possibilities, but this one comes to mind. Italy and Austria are allies in a "Lepanto" opening (against Turkey). In the spring of 1901, Italy moves a fleet, Naples to the Ionian Sea, and Austria moves its fleet, Trieste to…
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Have I Been Misplaying France in Diplomacy?

France is considered one of the "better" countries to play in Diplomacy. That's true insofar as it a "corner" and not a "center" country like Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. In descending order, my favorite strategies are 1) Go for the…
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Conspiracy (Diplomacy Android app) possible bug or rules misunderstanding?

I am using the app Conspiracy for Android to play Diplomacy with my friends. I would like to know whether there is a bug or I am misunderstanding rules. Spring 1901 Germany F kie-hol A ber-kie France F bre-ENG Fall 1901 Germany F hol-NTH A…
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In Diplomacy, how does a time limit per round affect overall gameplay?

I want to introduce a group of people to the game Diplomacy. To make it manageable, I want to impose a 10 minute time limit per round (7 player game). I heard this type of limits are sometimes used in Diplomacy tournaments. How would this time limit…
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All armies and fleets destroyed - Still in Game?

Quick Diplomacy question. If a country has had all armies and fleets destroyed but still have a home supply centre that hasn't been taken are they still in the game ? I believe yes but not sure. Cheers
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