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Diplomacy: the art of saying "Nice
doggy"
until you can find a stick-- Wynn
Catlin
The Society exists to play Avalon Hill's Diplomacy, a tactical board game. Each of the seven players take the part of a Great Power at the start of the 20th Century: Austria-Hungary, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia or Turkey. The board is shown above.
Your aim is to become the dominant power in Europe. But to do this you will need to persuade -- and sometimes deceive -- your rivals into helping you achieve your military objectives. You are given three armed units to start with, each an army or a fleet. By annexing first neutral (yellow) territory, then that of your rivals, you gain more resources to construct new units.
Diplomacy can be played on any map, and we have a number representing different areas of the world in different historical periods, including variants designed here in Cambridge. The Diplomatic Pouch WebZine gives a more detailed outline of how the game works.
During full term we normally meet weekly to play Diplomacy or its variants. Our next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Thursday 4 February in the Fisher building in St John's College. All interested are welcome, including complete novices. If you're interested in playing, contact the committee at soc-dip-committee[at]lists.cam.ac.uk.removethis, or subscribe to our e-mail list in order to get updated information about our meetings
Copyright © 2010 Cambridge University Diplomacy
Society.
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Inc.
Diplomacy is a trademark of The Avalon Hill Game Company.
These pages were last updated on Wednesday 3 February 2010 by Johannes Nordström.
Thanks to the SRCF for
providing the web space.