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- 01:35, 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
- 01:34, 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
- 01:34, 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
- 01:33, 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
- 01:32, 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
- 01:32, 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
- 01:29, 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
- 01:28, 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
- 01:28, 7 January 2008 diff hist +1 The Octopus current
- 01:28, 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...
- 01:27, 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
- 01:27, 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
- 01:26, 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...
- 01:26, 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
- 01:25, 7 January 2008 diff hist +22 Publications
- 01:25, 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
- 01:24, 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 ...
- 01:24, 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...
- 01:23, 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
- 01:23, 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