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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Navarino Alliance

    Powers England & Russia Game stage Early Game Primary target Germany Alternative names Anglo-Russian; Top of the World I’ve looked at all sorts of names for the E/R alliance. I’m not particularly a fan of the “Top of the World” alliance name, although it has some appeal. “Lion and Bear” alliance is nice… although, if…

  • The Anglo-Saxon Alliance

    Powers England & Germany Game stage Early Game and beyond Primary target France; Russia Alternative names Anglo-German I like the Anglo-Saxon alliance, even if I don’t really like the name. I get it, the name: the name ‘England’ comes from the name of one of the Germanic peoples that settled in Roman, and post-Roman Empire,…