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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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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In this week's Briefing, I focused in on using flattery in your diplomacy games.

What was your most shameless time that you used flattery?

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This week, dib details out how he won the recent MaccCon tournament - https://mailchi.mp/c243cfab795c/diploma ... -poppycock

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This week, Powa details out the defining move that won him Nexus' Season 3 Finals - https://mailchi.mp/33950da27407/diplomacy-biff-bam-powa

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Boo! I was expecting current examples from the finals

The Champions Corner is a new series where recent tournament winners share a specific move or strategy that they believe helped them to emerge victorious. In this week's Briefing , Siobhan Nolen (the winner of the recent 2019 Cascadia Tournament) describes her win. Also, be sure to subscribe to foll...

Made a short video about the boards I own and the progress of diplomacy sets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7mldJ0VCPA.

Over the course of the Season 3 Nexus Finals, gohornsgo and myself did video analysis. If interested, here's the video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQY0wwqoyY&list=PLq_yXaRvZeP64DIXf7-KAf9bwdSYJmATE. If you want just the recap go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaQWieZkVQ Sponso...