Blog Posts

  • What makes a successful system for scoring Diplomacy?

    This post was inspired by a post on the Diplomacy Reddit. The post was entitled Binary Scoring System. As I was thinking about a comment on the system itself, I thought I may as well write a blog post about it. And then I realised it would make for a decent example on system for…

  • How close should online Diplomacy be to the Face-to-Face game?

    There’s an interesting momentum on Playdiplomacy at the moment for a tournament that takes tournaments back to, as they call it, the “original rules.” This got me thinking about the question above (I’m sure I don’t need to ask it again!) What are the original rules for tournaments or even online tournaments? Webplay (playing Dip…

  • Legendary Tactics – How to Win as England

    This is a weekend of YouTube Diplomacy reviews, it seems. I dunno… maybe I’m being lazy. Who cares? I have previously looked at a Legendary Tactics video, starting with their ‘Beginner’s Guide’. Today, I’m going to look at a video from their 7 Nations Series. Interestingly, there are 9 videos on this series. This is…

  • Diplomacy Academy – 2. Tempo

    Chris Martin’s Diplomacy Academy is a great – if small – resource. I’ve looked at it before and thought, today, while I’m working on a book called “The ABC of Diplomacy” I’d write a post reviewing the second video in the series. I’ve got to be honest, the second video is hard to review without…

  • 50 Tips for Playing Better Diplomacy

    As you may know, I’ve been looking to publish this book for a while – and, eventually, I’ve managed to do it. It is available on Leanpub and will cost you as little as $4.99. 50 Tips for Playing Better Diplomacy I was actually planning to publish it for free, but Leanpub wouldn’t let me.…