Most people that know the wider hobby would say this last year has been the greatest growth in the hobby creatively and even numbers in years. There have been the rise of Diplomacy discord, f2f virtual tournaments, virtual Diplomacy leagues, multiple new broadcasts and podcasts, many new online tour...

Two questions: 1. When does the 2nd gunboat game start? It seems to me that after the 1st has gone on for a few weeks the next should start up that way everyone isn't waiting for the 2nd game to finish. 2. Are gunboats scored the same as the full press games? I think they are just wanted to double c...

Is there going to be an update that shows who the participants are that are in each of the games and from what teams?

Any particular reason our game is paused?

How many are we at now?

I'm in Michigan and will do a gunboat one if someone is putting together a Midwest or Great Lakes team or something along those lines.

The Briefing is looking to add some more tournaments to our calendar since currently the online hobby has 0 tournaments going for any sign ups. Is webDip going to step in to fill the void?

What aspiring moderator has an idea or what is coming down the pike we could start advertising?

Teccles - You didn't make a poor impression on me at all. Quite the contrary. I was very impressed by your handiwork. I was just making a comment on the press side with my limited information. Also, I definitely understand why you wouldn't want to waste a lot of mental energy on me.

New Austria / umbletheheep (1906-1907) There’s nothing like getting an opportunity to substitute into a finals when you didn’t even play the tournament. You get all the prestige with 0 of the effort or time commitment. I happily accepted being the trust fund baby of the ODC. Obviously, it was a huge...

Congratulations Brumark! If anyone is interested in hearing the thoughts of a lowly substitute player who eased my nation into humiliation and defeat, I'll throw mine in. - New Austria (1906-1907)

Hey everyone. This last issue was our 52nd edition. That's 52 Diplomacy strategy articles, tournament updates, and other hobby news.

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The latest issue of the Briefing highlights a review of Richard Sharp's Game of Diplomacy: https://mailchi.mp/3f2f22188a1d/staying-sharp.

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Wait a minute Deinodon! That's the reason I didn't get 3rd. Yes you absolutely should have not let that happen :)

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So in the last issue of the Briefing, Enriador wrote an article on the E/T alliance: https://mailchi.mp/5bd8f12006c1/lion-and-the-crescent

Curious on what you guys would add to it. What other ways can they help each other in the early and mid-game?

Gohornsgo and myself are doing video analysis of the Nexus Finals. Here's the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UrfqiGhwGE.

We'll be doing an episode usually after each turn with another dropping tonight.

In this week's Briefing, I focused in on using the ability to makes friends in your diplomacy games:

Do you find Diplomacy is a good place to make friends and when have you used that to your advantage? How did it turn out?

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This week, Conrad Woodring details out how he won the recent CoronaCon tournament - https://mailchi.mp/3fde19d48f02/enter-the-dojo

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