Diplomacy

    Upcoming Tournaments and Conventions

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

    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 23-25, Steel Showdown, Middlesbrough, UK.
  • January 31-February 1, Cascadia Open 2026, Vancouver, Canada.
  • March 13-15, Melbourne Open, Melbourne, Australia
  • March 27-29, Whipping, San Francisco, USA.
  • April 11-12, Netherlands Diplomacy Championship, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • April 24-26, Hung Parliament Handicap, Canberra, Australia
  • May 22-24, WDC Greece.
  • June 27-28, Sydney Cup, Sydney, Australia
  • July 10-12, DiploRat Mischief>, New York, USA.
  • July 30-August 2, DipCon at Armada Regatta, Denver, CO, USA.
  • November 13-15, Australian Open, Canberra, Australia
  • TBA, EDC, UK.

    2027:
  • TBA, WDC, Chicago, USA.

    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

  • Email: Please send additions, corrections and questions to this email address.
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