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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 metagameFor 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
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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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Our players discuss the value of alliances that may not last to a draw.
00:20 The Italy-Turkey Alliance
09:00 When France can backstab an English allyVisit the BrotherBored blog
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00:52 Rallying the Board
4:29 Sincerity and Veracity
24:01 Group discourse vs One-on-one convos
28:26 Handling the player threatening a solo
30:26 Obstacles to rallying the board
40:27 Rallying the board for reasons other than to stop a solo
47:56 Stopping a solo in order to solo yourself
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01:00 Trojan horse alliance
04:24 Appreciate the strategic value of things
12:00 The England-Turkey Alliance
16:40 The Germany-Austria Alliance
24:00 Russia's alliances with northern powersVisit the BrotherBored blog
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00:45 Introduction to Central Triple
10:38 How to protect yourself from betrayal and England, as Germany
27:25 How to protect yourself from France and Russia, as GermanyVisit the BrotherBored blog
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Thanks to listeners who pointed out the audio problems with a previous upload of this episode. Sorry about taking this down and reposting it—I hope you enjoy the episode!
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Learn about Dixiecon
See the visual aid slides in this episode's YouTube video
You can check out "last night's" (May 15, 2021) speedboat games mentioned in this episode in a saved livestream on the Diplomacy Broadcast Network's YouTube channel
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4:21 Make conversation with every other player on the board
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