Diplomacy

    Upcoming Tournaments and Conventions

    The Briefing also maintains a list of upcoming events which may or may not be more complete than mine

    2025:
  • January 10-12, Virtual Diplomacy Championship, online, vWDC discord server (with top board the following weekend)
  • January 24-26, SEA Diplomacy NY Tournament 2025, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • February 1-2, Cascadia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • February 7-9, SpireCon, Chesterfield, UK.
  • March 7-9, Melbourne Open, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • April 4-6, WorldDipCon at Whipping in San Francisco, USA.
  • May 10-11, Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2025, Groningen, the Netherlands.
  • May 23-25, DixieCon, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  • June 21-22, Sydney Cup, Sydney, Australia.
  • June 28-29, RegensCon, Regensburg, Germany.
  • July 12-13, Anjou Feu XIV, France.
  • July 25-27, Jameson Hand ARMADA Regatta, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • July 26-27, Norwegian Diplomacy Championship, Oslo, Norway.
  • August 8-10, Boston Massacre, Boston, USA.
  • August 30-31,Cane Toad Classic, Brisbane, Australia.
  • September 6-7, Swiss Diplomacy Championship, Sierre, Switzerland.
  • September 19-21, UK National Diplomacy Championship, Warrington, UK.
  • October 3-5, Dipcon at Weasel Moot XIX, Chicago, USA.
  • October 11-12, Hechtstechen 2025, Dresden, Germany.
  • October 24-26, Carnage, Killington, VT, USA.
  • November 7-9, EDC, EDC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • November 21-22, Championnat de Bretagne, Rennes, France.
  • November 21-23, Australian Open, Canberra, Australia
  • December 5-7, International Paris Open, Paris, France.

    2026:
  • weekend of January 10-11 (exact dates may depend on your timezone) with top board the following week, VWDC, virtual FtF tournament, vWDC Discord server
  • January 17-18, BlazeCon, Baltimore, USA.
  • January 23-25, APAC Diplomacy Championship 2026, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • January 31-February 1, Cascadia Open 2026, Vancouver, Canada.
  • March 27-29, Whipping, San Francisco, USA.
  • April 11-12, Netherlands Diplomacy Championship, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • May 22-24, WDC Greece.

    Local Face to Face groups

  • vWDC Discord link
  • Virtual Diplomacy League, (online, real time play with voice negotiation).
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • North America
  • Chicago, USA
  • The Netherlands (fb)
  • United Kingdom

    Software

  • DipAssist, a Chrome extension for backstabbr providing audio countdowns.
  • Diplomatic-Timekeeper, Brendan Hickey's browser based timer.
  • Diplomacy UI Improver, Chrome extension for backstabbr convoy graphics.
  • DipTimer, David Norman's classic (windows) software, as well as Brian Shelden's Mac clone.

    Zines

  • The Diplomatic Pouch
  • Diplomacy World
  • The Briefing
  • Owls Diplomacy News

    Links

  • List of diplomacy discord servers
  • Strategy and Tactics articles. My curated collection.
  • World Diplomacy Database
  • Diplomacy Adjudicator Test Cases (older versions)
  • WDC 2018 top board
  • EDC 2022 top board

    Files

  • The Gamer's Guide to Diplomacy, (pdf, 1979 edition)
  • The Gamer's Guide to Diplomacy, (pdf, 1993 edition)

    Podcasts

  • DiplomacyGames
  • DiplomacyCast

    Contact, etc

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