How to Win at Diplomacy
How to Win at Diplomacy
Strategy for Face-to-Face, Online, and Tournaments
About the Book
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Includes 77 common mistakes and commentary on 28 popular openings.
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Best -Erik
About the Author
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- How You Think > What You Think
- Also by the Author
- Environment
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Playing Diplomacy Online
- The Game Conditions
- 2020 Minnesota Diplomacy Club Game on Backstabbr
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The Fundamentals
- The Nature of Diplomacy
- Stealing Your Destiny
- Notation
- Tactics
- Coordination
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Scoring Systems
- Draw-Size Scoring (Winner Take All)
- Sum of Squares
- My Preferred, for a Club League System (Tribute)
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Beautiful Imbalances
- Unit Mix at Game Start
- Relative Position of Neutrals
- Why Austrian A Bud - Rum (Mostly) Doesn’t Work
- Why Italy and France Don’t Fight
- Supply Center and Unit Density
- How to Solo
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77 Common Mistakes
- No. 77 Not Speaking To All Players
- No. 76 Not Speaking Equally to All Players
- No. 75 Speaking to Players in the Same Order
- No. 74 Deciding What Your Orders Are Prior to Negotiating
- No. 73 Not Changing Your Orders Based on New Information
- No. 72 Not Paying Attention to Time Spent Negotiating
- No. 71 Oversimplifying a Player Read
- No. 70 Ignoring Underlying Motivations
- No. 69 Not Making Your Own Intentions Clear
- No. 68 Disregarding the Scoring System
- No. 67 Making Alliances Too Obvious
- No. 66 Not Finding a Neighbor with whom to Collaborate
- No. 65 Giving Up on a Bad Position
- No. 64 Clinging to Ally
- No. 63 Refusing to Make Good with an Ally Post Stab
- No. 62 Failing to Commit
- No. 61 Not Listening
- No. 60 Inviting a Brutal Stab
- No. 59 Not Using a Received Stab to Your Advantage
- No. 58 Not Looking Inside Yourself
- No. 57 Missing the Chance to Tell a Story
- No. 56 Pretending Not to Suffer
- No. 55 Running from the Truth
- No. 54 Ignoring Asks
- No. 53 Not Surprising People
- No. 52 The Inability to Make Someone Believe You
- No. 51 Losing Your Self-Discipline
- No. 50 Losing Track of the Board Position
- No. 49 Not Saying Thank You
- No. 48 Opening to the English Channel…
- No. 47 Not Having a Plan
- No. 46 Staying within Your Limits
- No. 45 Missing the Flow of the Game
- No. 44 Letting One Mistake Blow Up Your Game
- No. 43 Refusing to Consider Alternatives
- No. 42 Ignoring Country-Specific Dynamics
- No. 41 Avoiding Risk
- No. 40 Not Eavesdropping
- No. 39 Oversharing
- No. 38 Judging People
- No. 37 Missing Non-Verbals
- No. 36 Opening to Silesia
- No. 35 Not Owning Your Narrative
- No. 34 Not Gaining Knowledge About Stalemate Lines
- No. 33 Forgetting to Share Your Concerns
- No. 32 Refreshing Your Perspective
- No. 31 Failing to Adjust Player Reads
- No. 30 Letting Yourself Get Angry
- No. 29 Not Staying Hydrated and Fed
- No. 28 Pretending to Be Someone You’re Not
- No. 27 Coming Across as Less than Confident
- No. 26 Celebrating Too Much
- No. 25 Being a Cad
- No. 24 Playing Too Much Online without Playing Face to Face
- No. 23 Accepting Conventions
- No. 22 Waiving Builds on Purpose
- No. 21 Waiving Builds on Accident
- No. 20 Building Too Many Fleets or Too Many Armies
- No. 19 Not Throwing the Game…Sometimes
- No. 18 Refusing to Give Gifts
- No. 17 Not Shaking Hands
- No. 16 Not Mixing in a Smile
- No. 15 Leaving Charm Behind
- No. 14 Being Dislikable
- No. 13 Not Joking
- No. 12 Refusing to Say Sorry
- No. 11 Not Writing Down Your Orders
- No. 10 Playing the Same Way with Each Player
- No. 9 Missing the Morning Shower
- No. 8 Deciding Not to Reflect on Your Game
- No. 7 Forgetting There Are 7 Players in the Game
- No. 6 Not Embracing the Warrior Mentality
- No. 5 Let him have revenge…or he’ll take his revenge later.
- No. 4 Stabbing Weakly or Indecisively
- No. 3 Not Understanding Realpolitik
- No. 2 Thinking You’ve Got it Figured Out
- No. 1 Stealing Another Player’s Destiny
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28 Openings
- AUSTRIA
- Balkan Gambit (Austria)
- Galician Gambit (Austria)
- Hungarian Houseboat (Austria)
- Southern Hedgehog (Austria)
- ENGLAND
- The Splits (England)
- Western (England)
- Southern (England)
- Northern (England)
- FRANCE
- Atlantic, The Vineyard (France)
- Atlantic, Gascony Variation (France)
- English Attack (France)
- Atlantic, Maginot Variation (France)
- GERMANY
- Dutch, Burgundy Variation (Germany)
- Anschluss (Germany)
- Rhineland (Germany)
- Blitzkrieg, Danish Variation (Germany)
- ITALY
- Alpine (Italy)
- Panther / Shuffle (Italy)
- Tyrolia Attack (Italy)
- Tyrolian Lepanto (Italy)
- RUSSIA
- Southern System, Rumanian (Russia)
- Northern System, The Squid (Russia)
- Livonia System, Ukraine Variation (Russia)
- Ukraine System, Souther Variation (Russia)
- TURKEY
- Turkish Hedgehog (Turkey)
- Ship of the Desert (Turkey)
- Crimean Crusher (Turkey)
- Balkan Concentration (Turkey)
- Endgame
- Further Reading
- Why There is Still No Game like Diplomacy
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