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The Grantland Discussions: A Game of Novices
If a hobby such as the Diplomacy Hobby is to survive, then it needs fresh blood. Regularly. It’s like a vampire, except – hopefully – without the killing. Killing new players isn’t going to help things. In his article “The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds” David Hill spoke to a number of Dippyists at…
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The Grantland Discussions: A Feast for Carebears
By now, unless you’re just jumping into my blog here, you’ll know that Carebearism is not my favourite part of Diplomacy. For me, it has no place at the table, real or otherwise. For others, it’s the way the game should be played. Let’s start by defining what Carebearism actually is. There are, perhaps, three…
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The Grantland Discussions: A Clash of Styles
One of the reasons Diplomacy is so successful is that it is easily adapted to playing the game in very different ways. Designed to be played face-to-face, it has been played by mail, by email, on websites, on apps, on forums and, most recently, in the virtual FTF form. The rules around deadlines need to…
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The Grantland Discussions, Introduction
I don’t know when I came across the Grantland article on Diplomacy, but I’m glad I did. I’ve read a number of articles on the game; this one, “The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds” by David Hill, is the best by far. The reason it works is that it was composed ‘at’ the 2014…
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If I thought THAT was a while…
The last post I wrote for this blog talked about a while away from the blog while organising the Online Diplomacy Championship. As it turned out, I didn’t know what I was talking about. Things happen. I have to say that this was the scariest one yet. I had a stroke. Nobody expects a stroke.…
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