BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo: Recent Episodes
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Every week, Your Bored Brother convenes his Diplomacy Dojo, where players of all skill levels come together to discuss their most "pressing" Diplomacy questions. To participate in the Diplomacy Dojo, contact Your Bored Brother through his website, brotherbored.com, or make a pledge on Patreon at bit.ly/supportybb for instant access to the discord server.
00:01:54 What is Diplomacy?
00:07:27 Stalemate Lines
00:14:32 Graph Theory
00:28:24 Graph Theory & Diplomacy
00:31:18 Problem #1: Unit Placement
00:38:22 Problem #2: Stalemate Detection
00:48:23 Problem #3: Stalemate Construction
1:00:16 Q&A
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00:40 Face-to-Face vs Online Diplomacy
18:35 The skills of two-way communication
30:10 Time, Attention, and Health are resources
37:05 Hone your tactical mind with Gunboat Diplomacy
40:23 Closing thoughts: Interest in Variant Maps
Check out Episode 13 of the Diplomacy Dojo for more thoughts on face-to-face. Hear more from Chris in Episode 15.
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02:03 Intro: “What are Alliances Good For?”
03:19 Is a good ally a good person who never thinks of stabbing?
06:20 Background knowledge: Unit Efficiency and Strategic Efficiency
09:39 A good ally treats you as a genuine partner and not merely as a means to an end
22:23 Your primary ally is always yourself
32:16 Life lessons from Diplomacy
34:52 Q&A: Can alliance value be calculated?
41:38 Q&A: What about undermining your own alliance or kicking someone out of a three-way alliance?
44:15 Clarification on treating an ally as more than a means to an end, and further philosophy.
After this, the discussion became open ended.
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00:20 The Italy-Turkey Alliance
09:00 When France can backstab an English ally
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00:52 Rallying the Board
4:29 Sincerity and Veracity
24:01 Group discourse vs One-on-one convos
28:26 Handling the player threatening a solo
30:26 Obstacles to rallying the board
40:27 Rallying the board for reasons other than to stop a solo
47:56 Stopping a solo in order to solo yourself
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01:00 Trojan horse alliance
04:24 Appreciate the strategic value of things
12:00 The England-Turkey Alliance
16:40 The Germany-Austria Alliance
24:00 Russia's alliances with northern powers
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00:45 Introduction to Central Triple
10:38 How to protect yourself from betrayal and England, as Germany
27:25 How to protect yourself from France and Russia, as Germany
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Thanks to listeners who pointed out the audio problems with a previous upload of this episode. Sorry about taking this down and reposting it—I hope you enjoy the episode!
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Learn about Dixiecon
See the visual aid slides in this episode's YouTube video
You can check out "last night's" (May 15, 2021) speedboat games mentioned in this episode in a saved livestream on the Diplomacy Broadcast Network's YouTube channel
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Topic(s) of Discussion:
4:21 Make conversation with every other player on the board
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This is another episode where we focus on just the one topic, so listen on!
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Read Dave's write-up and see the chart on the BrotherBored blog.
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Episode Structure:
00:58 Analysis and Insights from the Data
15:43 Q&A
31:15 Roundtable Discussion
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David Maletsky is a top flight face-to-face player who has competed in over 100 tournaments. He has 7 tournament wins, 23 top-3 finishes, and reached the top board at the 2016 World Diplomacy Championship in Chicago, IL. He is a well respected master tactician with a fantastic philosophical mind - and is well known for his generous personality, his relentless efforts to expand the hobby, and for his trademark sombrero.
David will also be the host of the 2022 World Diplomacy Championships at Carnage Gaming Convention in Vermont.
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Topics of Discussion:
00:41 What is Grand Strategy?
03:41 Pay Attention to the Entire Board
05:24 Stay Flexible with a Reserved Opening
15:48 Q&A
16:00 How to Develop Early Relationships without Teaming up on Someone Else
22:16 How do I Time a Stab?
29:37 What Countries are a Good Match for Each Other?
34:37 How to Manage Relationships with Countries you are Neither Attacking nor Allied To
36:48 Should I Give Advice to Other Players?
39:54 Thoughts on Adventure Units?
44:28 Wrap-Up
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We just tackle the one topic in this episode, so start at the beginning and listen until the end!
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Topics of Discussion:
4:12 What to do When a Friendly Power Goes Down
12:49 How Germany Can Go On When Austria is Eliminated Fast
21:07 Hostility Between Germany and Austria vs Anschluss Theory
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Topics of Discussion:
2:55 Germany's Quest to the Far East
11:24 Should Germany Try to Make Italy and Austria be Friends?
23:21 How to Win as Turkey on Your Own Merits
To learn more about assigning value to supply centers beyond "one point per center," read "Solo Win Tip #3: How to Get Strong Without Getting Scary" on the BrotherBored blog.
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Topics of Discussion:
2:13 Recognizing Patterns in the Mid- and End-Game
16:27 Types of Diplomacy Players and How to Recognize Them
29:07 Games as Pedagogy
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1:41 Signaling in Gunboat
18:27 Mindful spectating
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00:50 How to break up an alliance going against you:
-Make one power stronger than the other, being judicious about the centers you give up 00:50
-Just outplay them 6:01
-Look for a diplomatic weak point 7:25
-Treat them very differently 9:27
-Ask outright, but you probably have to make a good offer 11:03
-"Use far barbarians to fight near barbarians" 16:28
20:27 Issuing ulitmata and demands
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Read the article I mentioned, Solo Win Tip #3: Get Strong Without Getting Scary on the BrotherBored blog: https://brotherbored.com/solo-win-tip-3-get-strong-without-getting-scary/
NOTE: Unfortunately, in this and a couple other episodes, only BrotherBored's audio made it into the recording. That's a shame, because these were discussions with good input by participants other than Your Bored Brother. I've started using a new recording method since then. Thanks to the players who contributed to these Dojos.
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00:50 How and When to Stab Germany as England (and vice-versa)
24:20 Is Italy Doomed if a France-England Alliance Forms?
Read "Solo Win Tip # 1: Forget the Numbers Game" on the BrotherBored blog: https://brotherbored.com/solo-win-tip-1-forget-the-numbers-game/
NOTE: Unfortunately, in this and a couple other episodes, mostly just BrotherBored's audio* made it into the recording. That's a shame, because these were discussions with good input by participants other than Your Bored Brother. I've started using a new recording method since then. Thanks to the players who contributed to these Dojos.
*We get a bit of audio from Hunter right at the start, and then lose it. Computers sure are mysterious!
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NOTE: Unfortunately, in this and a couple other episodes, only BrotherBored's audio made it into the recording. That's a shame, because these were discussions with good input by participants other than Your Bored Brother. I've started using a new recording method since then. Thanks to the players who contributed to these Dojos.
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How much difference can tournament rules make to the way Diplomacy is played? Well, a lot!
NOTE: Unfortunately, in this and a couple other episodes, only BrotherBored's audio made it into the recording. That's a shame, because these were discussions with good input by participants other than Your Bored Brother. I've started using a new recording method since then. Thanks to the players who contributed to these Dojos.
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We go deep into Gunboat endgame where Russia is ascendant! Around 18:15, we also discuss a solo strategy for Austria.
(Note: This episode was recorded during the same dojo session as episode 2)
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00:46 Tips for the Toby Harris England-Russia opening
12:40 Alternative openings for an England-Russia alliance
23:40 Should Turkey help Russia make progress toward a solo win?
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00:49 How to Influence Western Alliances as Russia
09:43 Solo Winning as Russia or Turkey
18:53 Getting Italy's Home Centers as France
Unfortunately, this particular session comes with a minor audio issue that I wasn't able to completely eliminate in editing. I've taken steps to avoid this issue in the future, but I wanted to share this discussion with you all despite the issue!
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