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  • Harbingers of Betrayal

    I first read this some time ago and wrote about it then. It’s such a good report that I thought I’d write about it again here. This is another example of Diplomacy being used as a tool to look into something that happens a lot in real life: betrayal. Dip is a great tool for…

  • A Diplomacy DeepMind?

    A long time ago, I made the mistake of buying Mindscape’s Diplomacy PC game. And, yes, it was a mistake! Now, if you’ve tried it, you probably know what I mean. From the point of view of a proper Dip game – you know, with communication – the “AI” in the game is, well, pathetic.…

  • What is your strategy to solo?

    I was browsing Reddit and came across this question (in a slightly different form). I’ve seen similar questions before. After all, it’s very usual for a game of Diplomacy to end in a draw. This isn’t surprising. There are seven players, with seven approximately equal starting positions, all trying to achieve the best they can…

  • Naming the Alliances

    I’ve done this a number of times in a number of places. I get to the point where I don’t really feel happy with some of the names. Some alliances don’t really need naming because they’re pretty remote possibilities, frankly, but I’m quite happy to keep plugging away at it. A lot of alliances already…

  • The Peloponnesian Key

    So, I’ve thought about the Key Lepanto as an opening strategy. There are a number of variants of this but the main aspect of them all is that Italy travels through Trieste to Serbia in 1901. I’ve seen a number of explanations of this on Dip forums and sites, but if you want to know…