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  • GUEST COLUMNIST SERIES: 4. Sovereignty Within the UK Hobby

    The “Guest Columnist” series was a spoof series I created using caricatures of politicians or commentators. Some will be well-known to everyone; some infamous in the UK. I’m sure you’ll be able to recognise most! Jacob Riche Nobb For many years now the UK Diplomacy Hobby has been in decline. Numbers have been dropping off and…

  • GUEST COLUMNIST SERIES: 3. Earn Your Own Victory

    The “Guest Columnist” series was a spoof series I created using caricatures of politicians or commentators. Some will be well-known to everyone; some infamous in the UK. I’m sure you’ll be able to recognise most! Opal Winfree Why do we play Diplomacy? Surely, as with any other pastime, it’s because we enjoy it. Well, it should be.…

  • GUEST COLUMNIST SERIES: 2. Diplomacy for the Players

    The “Guest Columnist” series was a spoof series I created using caricatures of politicians or commentators. Some will be well-known to everyone; some infamous in the UK. I’m sure you’ll be able to recognise most! Jeffrey Borryn Diplomacy is a game that speaks to us of a past time. It is, of course, based on the…

  • GUEST COLUMNIST SERIES: 1. The Best Negotiator

    The “Guest Columnist” series was a spoof series I created using caricatures of politicians or commentators. Some will be well-known to everyone; some infamous in the UK. I’m sure you’ll be able to recognise most! Ronald D Fayke If you want to win at this game, this great game, a game like no other in…

  • Evolve to Survive

    In the first two issues of 34 I’ve examined articles from Richard Egan and Stephen Agar on the state of the Hobby. Here, I give my assessment of the Hobby today and the future. Does the Hobby still exist? Is there a future for the Diplomacy Hobby? Questioning the viability of the Hobby is something that many…