Across the Board

There are some things to remember that help you play Diplomacy better. Some of them are tactical, some of them strategic; some are about the way you communicate, or negotiate. Very few of these things are a collective of everything to do with Dip. Knowing how to take action to prevent defeat, and knowing when to carry home your advantage, are two of these. Any excuse to get a belly button on the blog. www.artistshot.com/ There are times when you'll find yourself in the position of having a Diplomacy opponent who is being very aggressive towards you. Unfortunately, this might be by being nasty; even in a game like Dip there are still those idiots who think being online is a free pass to let out the abusive side of their natures. More often it will be part of the game. They're able to press you relentlessly and they intend to take it. There's nothing wrong with this; it is part of the game. It's a tactic that enables the aggressor to grow and which means...

There is a lot written about opening strategy in Diplomacy. This isn't, perhaps, surprising; the start of a game is when it can be lost, although not won. https://salesbenchmarkindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/StrategyTactic_Chart.png Never come across this? Where've you been? The Diplomacy Archive has a section devoted to opening strategy ; each power has it's own section on the Archive, featuring named openings . Richard Sharp's book, The Game of Diplomacy , discusses openings, again under each power's chapter. There are discussions about openings in Playdiplomacy's forum, in the Strategy section . And there's a Wordpress blog devoted to Diplomacy Openings . As you might expect, Wikipedia discusses Diplomacy. WikiBooks has Diplomacy , which has some sketchy ideas.  However, as good as some of these pieces and articles are, they tend to miss the most important aspect about a good opening strategy: the diplomacy. Know Your Enemy It ...