Diplomacy board game BEGINNER'S GUIDE / 13 Tips to get you started / Basic Strategy for Diplomacy

Great video. I would add:
14) Adjust your goal. If you can't win anymore, try to get into a strong draw. If you can't draw, try to survive as a janissary. If you can't survive, take revenge.
15) Be gracious in defeat. Take revenge with your moves, not with your words.

Good stuff, man

What website are you using

Have you ever played Civilization 5? I bet you would love the game.

I want in.

Where do we go to download this?

"If your fleet is in Rumania, it can't attack or support a unit in Budapest for instance."

Well, theoretically, with the Danube connecting the Black Sea, it might be possible in real life, but in game terms, that would be as silly as putting a fleet into Moscow because of the Caspian Sea.

Any clue how I can play with other people? Perhaps a discord? I got on diplomacy. Com but no one really lets me join

Thanks for the video, just did my first online game of diplomacy as Russia and I managed a solo at the end of 1907.

Admittedly I had a bit of luck as some other players either abandoned the game(England and Italy) or had crucial NMR’s(Germany).

Managed to ally with Germany and Turkey early while not really committing to attacking Austria(just bouncing in Galicia), Austria let Turkey take Greece because they believed Turkey was their ally but then Turkey attacked him right after, Austria thus maddened allied with me against Turkey(I originally wanted to Juggernaut with Turkey but they were building way too many armies for my liking and Austria was mad enough at him that I could trust him), so me and Austria murdered Turkey together with me getting the majority of the spoils(Bulgaria and the Turkish home centers while Austria just regained Serbia and got Greece)

In the north the alliance with Germany paid off massively as he didn’t go Denmark turn 1 letting me into Sweden with ease and with an extra fleet in north coast st.pete combined with England getting teamed up on by Germany and France I was also able to secure Norway.

By this point(around 1904-1905) I had reached 10 centers and was pretty strong, and Germany had a crucial NMR missing out on 3 builds while all but one of his remaining units were in the west fighting France and I took the massive oppurtunity to stab Germany securing Denmark and Berlin, from this point Germany got skewered by France and me with France regaining Belgium while I secured Kiel and Holland with Austria grabbing Munich with my help.

At this point I’m on 14 centers and in an excellent position, Austria had stayed loyal all game after I saved him from Turkey and I stabbed him securing Munich and Serbia putting me at 16 centers and making the solo impossible to stop due to other players still fighting each other(even to the end France was fighting a single English army in England and Austria was finishing off Italy)

In retrospect choosing to ally with Austria and betray Turkey won me the game, Austria loved me for it and even offered to help me solo a turn before I stabbed him(didn’t take him up on it in case it was some trick)

While the German NMR sped things up I don’t think it would have changed the result since Germany was committed westward and Austria was more than willing to help me stab Germany.

is the first edition game any different as i just found this in my cupboard from 1976

in a fair fight, gg
if you screw me, I'm your alloha snackbar
my win/loss is avg at best, but my doctrine boils down to "I'm your best friend or your worst nightmare"

Now FINALLY my friends will have no excuse to not play this! Muahahahha!

Would it be distasteful to use some basic photo editing skills to edit what someone said to you and send it to someone else? hahaha though if you get caught you would become highly untrustworthy

When you’re so new to the game the beginners guide feels too advanced
I just got the game (14) And am now starting to realise how complicated this game is

I wish I had seen this when I first played. I gave up after a stab. Never forgave myself.

Thanks for the awesome video. Just heard about diplomacy and your video gave me a good hint on what to consider in my games.

On a sidenote: You sound like Dwight Schrute from the office in how you pronounce and express certain statements and that just makes it so much better.

This game is a great way to ruin friendships lol

Several years ago, I listened to a podcast from This American Life where a guy brought an actual Diplomat as an advisor. Can't recall how he did. Also, IIRC the podcast was postgame.

What's the 3D Diplomacy game featured in the video?

Putting a toe back into the world of Diplomacy! I played ftf once with the TRS80 version, the other players were much more experienced and I was blown away

Best war game ever

Hey, I'm planning on playing a face to face game of this using tts, thanks for this video!

A great (and much needed) video. Thanks for making this! As a follow-on, I'd love to see a series of beginner videos for each of the Great Powers that could give a new player a brief (5 minute or so) overview of the power they are playing, common openings, and important things to watch out for.