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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…
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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,…
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The Leviathan Alliance
Powers England & France Game stage Early Game and beyond Primary target Germany Alternative names Anglo-French; Entente; Entente Cordiale The Anglo-French alliance has gained popularity in recent years, as it has proven to be a beneficial alliance for both powers to reach the Endgame. The traditional name for the E/F alliance is the ‘Entente’ or…
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Alliances: an introduction
I started a series on alliances some time back but thought, to kick off my blog yet again, I’d start again. In all honesty, the first series didn’t get very far. I started hot and hard, and then moved on to a different series. Which is what I tend to do a lot of, in…
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Kicking things off… again
It’s been a while… and longer than I expected. There’re reasons it’s taken me a while to get back to writing this blog. I had a bit of an inspiration following buying a hard copy of Richard Sharp’s “The Game of Diplomacy“. And, when I’m writing about Diplomacy, I need that inspiration. What was it?…
THE DIPLOMATICON 