Diplomacy Games
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The podcast about playing the strategy game Diplomacy and its variants.
Diplomacy Games
2w ago
The guys open the show and introduce the venue, Maniax, an axe throwing bar (0 mins 10 secs)
Gavin mentions a Bizarre Map originally published on X, which explains what bits of Australia are like if they were American (6 mins 15 secs)
They also discuss the old pronunciation issue for “Arkansas” (8 mins 20 secs)
The guys flag there’s no interview this episode, and an update where they stuffed up an interview (9 mins 30 secs)
Gavin talks about setting a regularly scheduled day each month so people can put it in their calendar eg second Sunday or the month (16 mins 45 secs)
They get invited to t ..read more
Diplomacy Games
2M ago
The guys interview Zach Moore about all things NADF. Plus we talk our online games.
Intro
The guys open the show talking about some recent off topic discussions (0 mins 15 secs)
They discuss their drinks and initial venue (1 mins 30 secs)
Loser's round stuff (3 mins 30 secs)
Interview with Zach Moore about NADF
The guys start introducing their interview with Zach, current NADF President who gives us a tour of his car (6 mins 30 secs)
Zach explains how he took over the presidency of NADF from Siobhan Nolen, and his purpose in the role and the Code of Conduct (9 mins)
He discusses the m ..read more
Diplomacy Games
3M ago
The guys interview Chris Brand about the upcoming 2024 DipCon/Cascadia Open in Vancouver. Plus we talk upcoming tournaments and our online games.
Intro
The guys open the show about Gavin's wife's recent interest in Ticket to Ride and talk about a number of other board games (0 mins 15 secs)
They discuss their drinks and initial venue which they last visited in episode 2 (4 mins 20 secs)
Ken's been brewing beer (6 mins 20 secs)
Interview with Chris Brand
The guys start introducing their interview with Chris Brand, WDC winner and tournament organiser for this year's DipCon/Cascadia Open ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
After almost 4 years the guys bring back creator and publisher of the Diplomacy Briefing, Umbletheheap, to see where the weekly email newsletter is at and where it's going. Plus we award the end of year Best Player award between each other, the new South of Sahara variant and progress on the Big Stick Diplomacy variant.
Intro
The guys open the show and discuss their drinks and initial venue which they last visited in episode 14. They discuss why Russia doesn't open Warsaw to Silesia more often. (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Umbletheheap
The guys start introducing their interview with Umbl ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
The guys interview Sascha Heylmann who they met and played at WDC. Plus we address the myth of Diplomacy being the favorite game of Henry Kissinger... unfortunately surprisingly timely.
Intro
The guys open the show and discuss the venue and their drinks before they introduce their interview with Sascha Heylmann, one of the behind the scenes organisers at WDC in Bangkok (0 mins 15 secs
Interview with Sascha Heylmann
The interview with Sascha begins (2 mins 45 secs)
How Sascha got into Diplomacy: both in Europe and in Bangkok. He discusses recent organising of games in Bangkok (4 mins 30 secs ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
The guys interview Bradley Grace about his love of Diplomacy. Plus they discuss a great new variant devised on a mini bus in rural Thailand and their online games.
Intro
The guys introduce themselves, the bar and their drinks for the evening (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss what life's like now back in Australia, instead of their super chill selves in Thailand. Ken talks about some of the places he visited in Thailand after Kanchanaburi (4 mins 30 secs)
Interview with Bradley Grace
They start introducting the interview for today's episode with Bradley Grace. Gavin flags they had tech issues re ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
Ken interviews Jamal Blakkarly, 2023 World Diplomacy Champion and co-host Gavin who also played the top board in Bangkok about the game and their similar styles and perspectices on Diplomacy. Plus, the podcast takes a new direction. Intro The guys introduce themselves in an entirely different way to the previous 120 episodes, with the cat out of the bag (0 mins 10 secs) They set up the interview today with Jamal, World Diplomacy Champ and Gavin who was also on the top board (2 mins 20 secs) They discuss the region and where they’re recording and flag because they’re recording on the River Kwai ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
With the guys about to head off to WDC in Bangkok, they play a face to face game & discuss their learnings to apply. Plus updates on their podcast listener game and new variants in development at vDip.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s initial venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk a little around their plans for Bangkok's WDC before a bit of an intro on their recent face to face game in Brisbane (3 mins)
Chat with Reily Chapman on their face to face game in Brisbane
The guys set up the context of their chat with Reily (previously on the show as Macca) about their recent fac ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
With just a month until the first World Diplomacy Championship in Asia we catchup with organisers Andrew Goff and Lei Saarlainen about WDC Bangkok 2023, plus lots more.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss why Italy doesn’t open more often to the west and some crazy openings (5 mins 35 secs)
Interview about WDC Bangkok with Andrew Goff and Lei Saarlainen
They introduce the interview today with Lei Saarlainen and Andrew Goff about WDC 2023 in Bangkok (14 mins)
We discuss what’s planned (16 mins 40 sec)
They discuss how language is approached ..read more
Diplomacy Games
4M ago
Kaner & Amby catch up to discuss the upcoming new official board game rules, their game with podcast listeners and much more.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s venue (0 mins 5 secs)
New board game rules & face to face
They talk about the proposed board updates and rule changes from Renegade, the new publisher (7 mins)
Amby discusses the beer taps before they move onto the last 2 rule changes (25 mins 40 secs)
They discuss whether any of the upcoming tournaments from August on, including WDC, will be playing against the rules (33 mins)
The guys talk about their plan ..read more