Diplomacy Games are Like Onions, Layer 1: Politics

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Re: Diplomacy Games are Like Onions, Layer 1: Politics

#21 Post by Restitution » Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:17 pm

BunnyGo wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:12 pm
Restitution wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:16 pm

@Swordsman3003, have you considered writing a BGOAT-style log for a full-press game?
He already did, it's up there (he played England in that one)
Derp! Thanks.

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Re: Diplomacy Games are Like Onions, Layer 3: Strategy

#22 Post by swordsman3003 » Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:13 am

Part 3 is out!!

Onion Layer 3: Strategy

The thrilling conclusion to a series of essays about how to see through lies.
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Re: Diplomacy Games are Like Onions, Layer 1: Politics

#23 Post by teccles » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:05 pm

Thanks, excellent as always! As a newish player, strategy is certainly the element of the game I've found hardest to develop, because so much is experience.

To your advice of "Gain Personal Experience" and "Gain Vicarious Experience", I'd add "Gain Gunboat Experience". Some of the strategic parts of Diplomacy come up in gunboat games just as they do in press games, and you can get a lot of experience of those in many fewer hours by playing gunboat.

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Re: Diplomacy Games are Like Onions, Layer 1: Politics

#24 Post by swordsman3003 » Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:03 pm

teccles wrote:
Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:05 pm
To your advice of "Gain Personal Experience" and "Gain Vicarious Experience", I'd add "Gain Gunboat Experience".
That was my advice in Part 2 “Tactics,” so I decided to suggest something siffernt in part 3 :-D

Although...I did suggest reading my gunboat guides as a starting point

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