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The board is nicely presented in swish 3D, the visuals are crisp and well defined and the game's principle setup remains intact. What doesn't quite work so well is the interface. Cumbersome, sometimes unnecessarily so, especially in the all-important diplomacy sections. Which is a pisser, given the game's fundamental reason for existing. ‎A podcast about playing the game Diplomacy and its variants. Kaner and Amby discuss the latest developments and game news in virtual face to face and online eg WebDiplomacy, vDiplomacy, PlayDiplomacy, backstabbr and more. Description of Avalon Hill's Diplomacy. 1999, the year Avalon Hill's Diplomacy was released on Windows. Made by Meyer Glass Interactive Ltd. And published by Hasbro Interactive, Inc., this strategy game is available for free on this page. Diplomacy is the computer version of the classic board game of the same name. In it, seven European powers vie for dominance, or at least until a stalemate has occurred. The layout of the board is the same every time, and you can play as any of the seven countries which makes for some great replay va.

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Map

The map is divided into 75 different provinces on water and land. Land provinces may be coastal or inland.

34 provinces have a supply center and are marked with a dot/star.

St. Petersburg, Bulgaria and Spain, there are split coasts. A fleet in those provinces must be on one coast or another.

(Big Map)

Setup

Diplomacy should best be played by 7 players. Every player chooses one of the 7 major powers in Europe: England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia and Turkey.

All Players start with 3 or 4 supply centers and these are called 'home centers'.

Rookie players best choose for France or Turkey as these powers are more forgiving of tactical mistakes than the inner powers (Austria, Germany and Italy).

Less than seven players

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For 6 players, I advise you to play the Chaos Italy Variant. For less than six players the Escalation Diplomacy Variant is an option.

Alternative ways

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1. Two Players

   This version can be played as a World War I simulation.

   • One player controls England/France/Russia while the other plays Austria/Germany/Turkey.

   • Italy is neutral and Italian territory can't be entered.

   • The game begins in 1914. Before the Fall 1914 adjustments, flip a coin.

   • Italy joins the winner of the toss in Spring 1915. The first player to control 24 supply centers wins.

   This is also an enjoyable way for two new players to learn the rules.

2. Three Players

   • Player 1 plays England/Germany/Austria

   • Player 2 plays Russia/Italy

   • Player 3 plays France/Turkey

3. Four Players

   • Player 1 plays England

   • Player 2 plays Austria/France

   • Player 3 plays Germany/Turkey

   • Player 4 plays Italy/Russia

4. Five Players

   Eliminate Italy and Germany (as described for Italy below).

5. Six Players

   Eliminate Italy.

   Italian units hold in position and defend themselves, but don't support each other.

   Units belonging to any of the players can support them in their holding position.

   If Italian units are forced to retreat, they're disbanded.

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As it is a computer rendition of what was originally a classic board game, Diplomacy takes a very primitive approach to its graphical layout to ensure ease of accessibility. The game board really looks like a board that you would lay out on your dining room table (with the addition of some simple water effects), and the pieces look as if they had just been snipped off of their sprues. The downside to all of this is how the game is presented and how the camera is handled during the transition of turns. Camera movement is jerky at best, and when actions take place on the board, the camera instantly jumps to it but gives no indication as to what is going on.

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In a video game adaptation of a board game, sound is usually the least of anyone’s worries. A couple of original musical tracks will normally suffice, but in this case, the added score and effects do more to hurt the game than to help it. While the music isn’t bad, it definitely isn’t anything to write home about. Of more consequence are the sound effects. Every action on the board is signified by that country’s avatar making a constipated grunting noise. These cryptic audio clips are difficult to get used to and convey no sense of the action that is taking place. Apart from that there is little else to listen to, which drags the overall experience back into that of a board game instead of an interactive video game.