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	Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. In fact, in most versions, while unsupported units can destroy others in the field, they simply ''cannot'' remove the last defender from a territory unsupported, requiring you to have allies to gain any significant advantage. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''		Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. In fact, in most versions, while unsupported units can destroy others in the field, they simply ''cannot'' remove the last defender from a territory unsupported, requiring you to have allies to gain any significant advantage. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''

	To win, you must control 18 of the 34 "supply centers", each of which is named after a city or ~~province~~. You'll want as many as you can get your hands on anyway, as you can only have as many units in the field as you have supply centers. Everyone starts with ~~two~~ "home supply centers", and ~~if you don~~'~~t control yours~~ you can~~'t get~~ new units. If you run out ''entirely'', you have until the next Winter phase to get hold of a supply center or you're fucked.		To win, you must control 18 of the 34 "supply centers", each of which is named after a city or smaller country. You'll want as many as you can get your hands on anyway, as you can only have as many units in the field as you have supply centers. Everyone starts with the same number of "home supply centers" as starting units, and they're the only place where you can raise new units. If you run out ''entirely'', you have until the next Winter phase to get hold of a supply center or you're fucked.

	Every player moves at the same time, with orders handed to the GM on slips of paper/mailed via post to the GM/sent to the GM via private message as the case may be. Naturally, the only way to know before the board gets updated what your opponent plans to do is to ask them about it. Equally naturally, if you believe a word out of that fucker's mouth you're a goddamn moron.		Every player moves at the same time, with orders handed to the GM on slips of paper/mailed via post to the GM/sent to the GM via private message as the case may be. Naturally, the only way to know before the board gets updated what your opponent plans to do is to ask them about it. Equally naturally, if you believe a word out of that fucker's mouth you're a goddamn moron.

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	== Gameplay ==		== Gameplay ==
	Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. In fact, in most versions, an unsupported ~~unit~~ simply ''cannot'' ~~win~~ a ~~fight~~, requiring you to have allies to gain any significant advantage. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''		Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. In fact, in most versions, while unsupported units can destroy others in the field, they simply ''cannot'' remove the last defender from a territory unsupported, requiring you to have allies to gain any significant advantage. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''

			To win, you must control 18 of the 34 "supply centers", each of which is named after a city or province. You'll want as many as you can get your hands on anyway, as you can only have as many units in the field as you have supply centers. Everyone starts with two "home supply centers", and if you don't control yours you can't get new units. If you run out ''entirely'', you have until the next Winter phase to get hold of a supply center or you're fucked.

			Every player moves at the same time, with orders handed to the GM on slips of paper/mailed via post to the GM/sent to the GM via private message as the case may be. Naturally, the only way to know before the board gets updated what your opponent plans to do is to ask them about it. Equally naturally, if you believe a word out of that fucker's mouth you're a goddamn moron.

	==The Countries==		==The Countries==

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	== Gameplay ==		== Gameplay ==
	Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''		Military action is diceless, requiring simply that one side outnumbers the other side with defender winning ties. This would result in constant stalemates, but forces can have orders to "support" other forces, increasing their strength. In fact, in most versions, an unsupported unit simply ''cannot'' win a fight, requiring you to have allies to gain any significant advantage. Naval units can support forces on the coast, or convoy armies across the seas. Everyone starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet except for Britain, who starts with 2 fleets and 1 army, and Russia, who starts with 2 of each, so you will still need to ask for help in your aggressive manoeuvres, which means ''asstards like James'' will help you out ''[[Just As Planned\|until it turns out he likes it up the ass from France so he stabs you in the back.]]''

	==The Countries==		==The Countries==

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	{{topquote\|...Since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\|Thucydides, upon invading Berlin via Prussia}}		{{topquote\|...Since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\|Thucydides, upon invading Berlin via Prussia}}
	{{Topquote\|An American friend once told me of what must be the most perfect position a Diplomacy player could possibly find himself in: he was playing Germany in a game where France had for some time been enjoying the clandestine favours of England’s wife. Germany knew this, and France knew he knew; England, however, did not know. It was no surprise to me to learn that Germany won this game in record time, with the devoted assistance of France, and to the astonishment of the other players who knew France as a ruthless, win-or-bust merchant who would knife his old mother in spring 1901 if he thought he could get away with it.		{{Topquote\|An American friend once told me of what must be the most perfect position a Diplomacy player could possibly find himself in: he was playing Germany in a game where France had for some time been enjoying the clandestine favours of England’s wife. Germany knew this, and France knew he knew; England, however, did not know. It was no surprise to me to learn that Germany won this game in record time, with the devoted assistance of France, and to the astonishment of the other players who knew France as a ruthless, win-or-bust merchant who would knife his old mother in spring 1901 if he thought he could get away with it. <br> Some non-players to whom I have recounted that story have expressed shock at the thought that Germany would have blown the whistle on his friend France if things had gone against him: ‘It’s only a game, after all.’ Is it, though?\|Richard Sharp, ''The Game of Diplomacy''}}

	Some non-players to whom I have recounted that story have expressed shock at the thought that Germany would have blown the whistle on his friend France if things had gone against him: ‘It’s only a game, after all.’ Is it, though?\|Richard Sharp, '''The Game of Diplomacy'''}}
	[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]		[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]
	A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.		A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.

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	{{topquote\|...Since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\|Thucydides, upon invading Berlin via Prussia}}		{{topquote\|...Since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\|Thucydides, upon invading Berlin via Prussia}}
			{{Topquote\|An American friend once told me of what must be the most perfect position a Diplomacy player could possibly find himself in: he was playing Germany in a game where France had for some time been enjoying the clandestine favours of England’s wife. Germany knew this, and France knew he knew; England, however, did not know. It was no surprise to me to learn that Germany won this game in record time, with the devoted assistance of France, and to the astonishment of the other players who knew France as a ruthless, win-or-bust merchant who would knife his old mother in spring 1901 if he thought he could get away with it.

			Some non-players to whom I have recounted that story have expressed shock at the thought that Germany would have blown the whistle on his friend France if things had gone against him: ‘It’s only a game, after all.’ Is it, though?\|Richard Sharp, '''The Game of Diplomacy'''}}
	[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]		[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]
	A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.		A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.

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	==The Countries==		==The Countries==
	===Austria===		===Austria===
	Austria is the country that should most be focused on defence early on, with a fat drunkard to the east, an vampiric wop to the west and a heathen alien to the south. The four ~~balkan~~ centres may seem tempting, but Bulgaria and ~~Rumania~~ are likely to be taken by the Turk and the Russki by the winter of 1901 respectively, and a combined Italian Russian attack against you can see you conquered faster than any other country in the game. But a great country for those dudes who like to talk to (and to take centers from) everyone on the board.		Austria is the country that should most be focused on defence early on, with a fat drunkard to the east, an vampiric wop to the west and a heathen alien to the south. The four Balkan centres may seem tempting, but Bulgaria and Romania are likely to be taken by the Turk and the Russki by the winter of 1901 respectively, and a combined Italian-Russian attack against you can see you conquered faster than any other country in the game. But a great country for those dudes who like to talk to (and to take centers from) everyone on the board.

	===England===		===England===
	England is one of the two most defensive countries in the game, and like with many games around Europe will build more fleets than any other, they suffer from a lack of expansionism, with getting armies on the continent a task. Utterly incompatible with the slimy baguette ~~devourers~~, and don't get fooled by St Petersburg, France is always one season away from putting a fleet in the Irish Sea.		England is one of the two most defensive countries in the game, and like with many games around Europe will build more fleets than any other, they suffer from a lack of expansionism, with getting armies on the continent a task. Utterly incompatible with the slimy baguette devourer, and don't get fooled by St Petersburg, France is always one season away from putting a fleet in the Irish Sea.

	===France===		===France===
	A nice balance between the defensive abilities of Turkey and England and the proximity to centres of Germany, Russia and Austria. France can afford to largely sit out negotiations at the very beginning, seeing how the games going, before siding with either Germany or England against the other. Often has the problem of correct timing when to decide to one side or another. Also, has a port in Marseille and an sometimes anxious, sometimes daring neighbour to the southeast. Both are sources of temptations, misunderstandings and binding power.		A nice balance between the defensive abilities of Turkey and England and the proximity to centres of Germany, Russia and Austria. France can afford to largely sit out negotiations at the very beginning, seeing how the games going, before siding with either Germany or England against the other. Often has the problem of correct timing when to decide to one side or another. Also, has a port in Marseille and a sometimes anxious, sometimes daring neighbour to the southeast. Both are sources of temptations, misunderstandings and binding power.

	===Germany===		===Germany===
	~~Sat~~ in the centre of the map, with Scandinavia (that will be split between the one with crooked teeth and the one with the bottle of vodka) to the North and the Low Countries (Beret wearing dinner) to the west, Germany is a favourite of some of the greatest [[Creed\|Tactical Genii]] of the game, because you aren't as horribly fucked as Austria from the get go and yet still have an excuse to talk to everyone, and have a finger in every Diplomatic pie. Encourage Turkey, play France and England against each other, threaten Russia, beat up Italy, do everything you can to help Austria, because if they go, you go.		Sit in the centre of the map, with Scandinavia (that will be split between the one with crooked teeth and the one with the bottle of vodka) to the North and the Low Countries (Beret wearing dinner) to the west, Germany is a favourite of some of the greatest [[Creed\|Tactical Genii]] of the game, because you aren't as horribly fucked as Austria from the get go and yet still have an excuse to talk to everyone, and have a finger in every Diplomatic pie. Encourage Turkey, play France and England against each other, threaten Russia, beat up Italy, do everything you can to help Austria, because if they go, you go.

	===Italy===		===Italy===

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	~~[[category:Board Games]]~~		{{topquote\|...Since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\|Thucydides, upon invading Berlin via Prussia}}
	[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]		[[Image:diplomacy_map.png\|thumb\|right\|Your hate will make you strong...]]
	A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.		A wonderful/horrific board game that people mistake for [[Risk]], despite the absence of dice and cards.

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	When [[Neckbeards\|elegan/tg/entlemen]] tell you this game destroys friendships, they are not exaggerating.		When [[Neckbeards\|elegan/tg/entlemen]] tell you this game destroys friendships, they are not exaggerating.

	Developed by Alan B. Callahamer, the game takes place on the eve of WWI, and seven players assume the roles of the seven Great Powers (Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) as war breaks out all over Europe. Unlike most board games, turns are played simultaneously with each player writing down his moves for a judge to read. This means you only find out if someone breaks a promise when it's too late... especially if they flank the same armies they promised to support like that one time when James was playing Italy and I helped him against Austria but when I needed him with me against France [[Not as planned\|the motherfucker ''took my supply depot in Munich just before the winter]] and I will '''never trust that shitsucker again'''!!!''		Developed by Alan B. Callahamer, the game takes place on the eve of WWI, and seven players assume the roles of the seven Great Powers (Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) as war breaks out all over Europe. Unlike most board games, turns are played simultaneously with each player writing down his moves for a judge to read. This means you only find out if someone breaks a promise when it's too late... especially if they flank the same armies they promised to support like [[Kingmaker problem\|that one time when James was playing Italy and I helped him against Austria]] but when I needed him with me against France [[Not as planned\|the motherfucker ''took my supply depot in Munich just before the winter]] and I will '''never trust that shitsucker again'''!!!''

	== Gameplay ==		== Gameplay ==