BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo

Tommy Anderson shares advice for getting along with your fellow players during a match of Diplomacy. 

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BrotherBored and guests discuss Diplomacy variants.

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David Maletsky explains how to identify play styles, in yourself and in your rivals.

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BrotherBored and Rony discuss guidelines for finding allies in the beginning of a game.

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05:38 When is Austria too strong?
10:15 How and why to menace France early - "In Gunboat Diplomacy, as almost any power, I would like to see France get off to a bad start. As Italy, you're in a position to reduce France's ability to get off to a good start just by menacing France."
16:00 Go-to plans for Italy (it's usually not about attacking Austria early) - "In a war for the Balkans, the player who controls Serbia has a decisive advantage."
24:16 Can Italy afford to wait to attack?
32:19 The state of the Italy-Austria-Turkey metagame

For more on Italy, check out this advanced strategy for Italy

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Tips on negotiating in Diplomacy and in life.

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Your Bored Brother and Ben (aka BunnyGo) discuss the BrotherBored Gunboat League, and a system for players to select their powers in a league game.

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Markus Ziljstra, the mind behind DiploStrats, presents the Mathematics of Stalemate Lines.

00:01:54 What is Diplomacy?
00:07:27 Stalemate Lines
00:14:32 Graph Theory
00:28:24 Graph Theory & Diplomacy
00:31:18 Problem #1: Unit Placement
00:38:22 Problem #2: Stalemate Detection
00:48:23 Problem #3: Stalemate Construction
1:00:16 Q&A

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Your Bored Brother and Chris (aka ottoploy) discuss the subtleties of face-to-face Diplomacy.

00:40 Face-to-Face vs Online Diplomacy

18:35 The skills of two-way communication 

30:10 Time, Attention, and Health are resources 

37:05 Hone your tactical mind with Gunboat Diplomacy

40:23 Closing thoughts: Interest in Variant Maps

Check out Episode 13 of the Diplomacy Dojo for more thoughts on face-to-face. Hear more from Chris in Episode 15.

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02:03 Intro: “What are Alliances Good For?”

03:19 Is a good ally a good person who never thinks of stabbing?

06:20 Background knowledge: Unit Efficiency and Strategic Efficiency

09:39 A good ally treats you as a genuine partner and not merely as a means to an end

22:23 Your primary ally is always yourself

32:16 Life lessons from Diplomacy

34:52 Q&A: Can alliance value be calculated?

41:38 Q&A: What about undermining your own alliance or kicking someone out of a three-way alliance?

44:15 Clarification on treating an ally as more than a means to an end, and further philosophy. 

After this, the discussion became open ended.

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