Diplomacy is a game of relationships, trust, cooperation and, well, diplomacy. As such, it is somewhat surprising that one of the most popular variants appears to lack all of these things. Gunboat Diplomacy is a game in which there is no communication between players. Instead, players simply command their units on the board and try … Continue reading Gunboat Diplomacy
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The Flying Dutchman
"If it's not in the rules, it's not against the rules." When Allan B Calhamer produced the prototype for Diplomacy, which he called Realpolitik, he soon realised that the rules, and the game, needed to improve. This was, as it should be for any game in development, the result of extensive game play. Diplomacy was … Continue reading The Flying Dutchman
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