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- 11:44, 7 January 2008 diff hist +1,082 N Houseboat New page: HOUSEBOAT OPENING The Houseboat is Richard Sharp's name for any opening in which the Trieste fleet is ordered to HOLD, and Budapest is sent to Serbia. In its pure form (also known as the ...
- 11:42, 7 January 2008 diff hist +73 N Roadhog New page: Any Austrian opening that orders Trieste to HOLD and Budapest to Rumania. current
- 11:24, 7 January 2008 diff hist 0 Austrian Openings current
- 11:22, 7 January 2008 diff hist +18,185 N Help:Wikitext examples New page: For basic information see Help:Editing. {{H:h|Editor toc}} === Basic text formatting === You can format the page using Wikitext special characters. {|width="80%" border="1" cellpaddi... current
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- 11:15, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,735 N Most frequent Wiki markup New page: ==Most frequent wiki markup explained== <!--It is intended to be brief, or as an overview. Otherwise why we separate the materials into different pages? Thus it's best NOT to add new mater...
- 11:15, 7 January 2008 diff hist +35 Main Page
- 11:13, 7 January 2008 diff hist +510 N Austrian Openings New page: The Austrian openings are categorized in the following groups: *Roadhog (F Tri H, A Bud-Rum) *Houseboat (F Tri H, A Bud-Ser) *Hedgehog (F Tri-Ven) *Blue Water (F Tri-ADR) ...
- 11:04, 7 January 2008 diff hist +11 Openings
- 00:35, 7 January 2008 diff hist +17 Publications
- 00:35, 7 January 2008 diff hist +1,535 N The Turkish Hedgehog New page: by Nicholas Whyte So you thought there were only two Turkish openings, the one where you move to Con, or the one where you move to Arm? Severely wrong, my friends, very wrong. Apart ... current
- 00:34, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,763 N The Three Build Opening New page: by Scott Morris You have just started another game of diplomacy. Your fix of lies and deception is on the way. Sure, you can start the game conservatively, slowly make allies, and bu... current
- 00:34, 7 January 2008 diff hist +8,302 N Safe Openings New page: With an introduction by Larry Peery This letter/article first appeared in Graustark in March, 1964. It suggests 1901 moves for the Great Powers and discusses alternatives. Unfortunat... current
- 00:33, 7 January 2008 diff hist +8,478 N Sacrifice Openings New page: by Nicky Palmer In a recent article in issue 36 of the excellent American zine The Arena, the editor, Edi Birsan, commented, in the friendliest possible way on an analysis of openings... current
- 00:32, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,745 N Russias Northern Offensive New page: by Rod Walker Russia has two fronts, distinctly separated, and symbolised by her two distinct naval frontages, BAL/BAR, and Black Sea. Allan Calhamer gave Russia 4 units because of t... current
- 00:32, 7 January 2008 diff hist +13,925 N Playing the Key Lepanto (and living to tell the tale) New page: by Tony Swinnerton Few alliances suggest themselves so readily as the Austro-Italian marriage. The most obvious reason being their proximity and initial vulnerability to the more t... current
- 00:29, 7 January 2008 diff hist +7,415 N Opening Strategy Part III - Noteworthy Points and Summary New page: Noteworthy Points and Summary by Jake Orion This article is mostly about what to do when things have gone wrong (in year one). It's longer than I anticipated, so as promised I will a... current
- 00:28, 7 January 2008 diff hist +6,196 N Opening Strategy Part I - Philosophy New page: Introduction to the Series Welcome all. I am glad to see you have enough interest in the fascinatingly challenging and yet delicate game of Diplomacy to spend some time to read about it.... current
- 00:28, 7 January 2008 diff hist +1 The Octopus current
- 00:28, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,490 N The Octopus New page: by Richard Sharp This is the name I give to the opening I regularly play as Russia, which is very little favoured by anyone else - out of 5 recorded oases so far, 3 are mine. It's a di...
- 00:27, 7 January 2008 diff hist +6,961 N Naming the Openings New page: by Richard Sharp [When Richard published the Game of Diplomacy in 1978 he introduced to the world a system for describing Diplomacy Openings, most of which were subsequently taken up ... current
- 00:27, 7 January 2008 diff hist +2,274 N The Livonian Lunacy New page: by Mark Berch That's right, I said F(StP)sc-Lvn. Madness you say? Perhaps, perhaps not. The situation here is that you are virtually certain that Germany will stand you out of Swe. I... current
- 00:26, 7 January 2008 diff hist +8,096 N The Lisbon Leapfrog New page: by Mark Berch No country can equal France in the variety of exotic, but perfectly sensible openings. One of these is the Lisbon Leapfrog which features, in Fall 1901, Fleet Mid Atlan...
- 00:26, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,154 N The Lepanto Opening New page: by Edi Birsan By most means of statistical analysis, Italy is the weakest power on the Diplomacy board. this could be attributed to several factors, a weak position between Austria a... current
- 00:25, 7 January 2008 diff hist +22 Publications
- 00:25, 7 January 2008 diff hist +5,173 N The Lapland Lurch New page: by Mark Berch "We can leave out of consideration any move for the northern fleet except that to GoB?: the move to Fin achieves nothing the normal move does not." - Richard Sharp, The... current
- 00:24, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,681 N The Koniggratz Freakout New page: by Edi Birsan As with other openings that I have written on, this one is an outline for a course of action that the player decides to try. That is, this is not a prescription of the ...
- 00:24, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,432 N The Jutland Gambit New page: by Edi Birsan The keynote for German foreign policy should not be sounded on the securing of Belgium, Holland and Denmark in the first year of play. The Germans must take an over vie...
- 00:23, 7 January 2008 diff hist +5,221 N The Italian Attack Against France New page: by Michael Adams While reading issue 35 of Spring Offensive last night I read the article espousing an Italian attack on France (How to Play Italy by Scott Kauzlarich), not Austria. I ... current
- 00:23, 7 January 2008 diff hist +2,456 N Is The Alpine Chicken A Tasty Bird New page: by Stephen Agar Richard Sharp christened the Italian Opening A(Ven)-Pie, A(Rom)-Ven, F(Nap)-ION as the Alpine Chicken "Because it shows the desire to attack Austria unsupported by th... current
- 00:22, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,411 N An Introduction to Turkish Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall Like England, Turkey has a corner position on the board, and this has both advantages and disadvantages. It is difficult for Turkey to be winkled out if he is for... current
- 00:21, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,610 N An Introduction to Russian Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall This is the country with the best win record and consequently is the most popular to play. Although I have won both my games as Russia I still rate is second to A... current
- 00:20, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,154 N An Introduction to Italian Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall Ask a cross-section of hobby members which country they least like to play and the answer would probably be Italy. Why is this? Ok so Italy has the worst record o... current
- 00:20, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,709 N An Introduction to German Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall Germany is the third member of the Northern Trio (together with France and England) and as mentioned earlier Germany usually tries for an alliance with one of the... current
- 00:20, 7 January 2008 diff hist +5,109 N An Introduction to French Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall No doubt I am an exception, but France is the country I like playing least of all. L don’t know why this should be so, as it has a good track record for postal ...
- 00:19, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,354 N An Introduction to English Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall England is in the unique position of starting the game with more fleets than armies, and it is this factor that is his greatest strength and his greatest weakness... current
- 00:19, 7 January 2008 diff hist +4,220 N An Introduction to Austrian Opening Strategy New page: by Richard Hucknall Austria is by far the most vulnerable country on the board. All too often it is subject to attacks from Italy, Russia and Turkey and therefore is regularly elimin... current
- 00:18, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,451 N In the Beginning New page: by Noel Weer The importance of the first year of a Diplomacy game is all too often overstated. It is also far too often understated. There is rarely a point in a game that is so flui... current
- 00:18, 7 January 2008 diff hist +5,860 N The Iberian Indecision New page: by Gregory M Ellis Imagine, if you will, the most impossible of all scenarios: you are playing France with England, Germany, and Italy all wanting your alliance. Furthermore, reports...
- 00:17, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,462 N The Iberian Gambit New page: by Chris Warren The history of French openings reads with two sets used overwhelmingly, both set for A Par-Bur and F Bre-Mid. One is the "Maginot" opening A Mar S A Par-Bur, and the ot...
- 00:16, 7 January 2008 diff hist +20 Publications
- 00:16, 7 January 2008 diff hist +6,047 N The Hedgehog: An Asset or a Liability for Austria New page: by Richard Hucknall It is now 31/2 years since Richard Sharp documented the Austrian Hedgehog openings in Dolchsto? issue 47. Richard introduced it by explaining that because Austria...
- 00:15, 7 January 2008 diff hist +16 Publications
- 00:14, 7 January 2008 diff hist +1 The Hedgehog current
- 00:14, 7 January 2008 diff hist +5,264 N The Hedgehog New page: by Richard Sharp One long ago morning, standing outside the East India Arms in Fenchurch Street and discussing the imbecility of most Diplomacy players, Tony Bull and I discovered that...
- 00:14, 7 January 2008 diff hist +23 Publications
- 00:13, 7 January 2008 diff hist +6,429 N German Variations New page: by Geoff Challinger I guess most Diplomacy players have their own favourite country and I have for a long time enjoyed playing Germany more than any other nation on the Diplomacy boa... current
- 00:12, 7 January 2008 diff hist +6,533 N The German Attack New page: by John Dennett The Russian opening A(War)-Sil is comparatively rare, but provided the right factors are in place, underrated. The pundits' advice over the years has been to advise R... current
- 00:11, 7 January 2008 diff hist +3,888 N The Fiafranchetto New page: An opening to remember or regret by by Felix Kam-Chung The Fiafranchetto came to be during the Diplomatic Corp invitational. It was designed to bring England and Germany to their k... current
