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Diplomaticon Books
While I’m on a divergent path at the moment, here’s another interruption. Diplomacy is, I would say, my first hobby. But it is not just who I am. Oh, no, this writer has a depth deeper than something very deep indeed. Honest. My other love is reading. Fantasy, Science-Fiction, non-fiction (mainly history), crime (OK, I…
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Could do Better: The Goon’s defence
We interrupt our normal blogging to bring you something that burns. As usual. Well, when I say it ‘burns’ I mean it can be frustrating that a lot of Diplomacy players these days seem to think it’s a good strategy when, actually, it simply shows poor play. In my opinion, that is. I’ve written a…
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The Broomstick Alliance
Powers England & Turkey Game stage Early Game; Mid-Game Primary target Russia Alternative names Anglo-Turkish England and Turkey are known, in Diplomacy, as the ‘Witches’, although not exactly wicked ones. This isn’t because they’re magic to play – neither power wins many games. Witches, in fiction at least, are hard to kill. Of course, they…
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The Hadrian Alliance
Powers England & Italy Game stage Mid-game Primary target France; Germany; Russia Alternative names Anglo-Italian This can be an Early Game alliance, but there’s very little that England and Italy can do on their own. This alliance is better as part of a triple alliance at this stage of the game, so I’ll discuss that…
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The Castlereagh Alliance
Powers England & Austria-Hungary Game stage Mid-game Primary target ??? Alternative names Anglo-Austrian There really isn’t very much to say about this alliance. What on earth are you doing forming an alliance with the other player in this scenario in the Early Game? How – HOW! – do you intend to help each other??? This…
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