Diplomacy

Recommended for Ages 12 & up
2-7 Players
360 minutes playtime

This classic game of pure negotiation has taken many forms over the years.

The first The Avalon Hill Game Co version has perhaps the widest release, but Avalon Hill re-released the game in 1999, complete with a colorful new map and metal pieces. In 2008, Avalon Hill released a 50th anniversary edition with a new map and cardboard pieces representing the armies and navies.

In the game, players represent one of the seven "Great Powers of Europe" (Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Russia or Turkey) in the years prior to World War I. Play begins in the Spring of 1901, and players make both Spring and Autumn moves each year. There are only two kinds of military units: armies and fleets. On any given turn, each of your military units has limited options: they can move into an adjoining territory, support an allied unit in an attack on an adjoining territory, support an allied unit in defending an adjoining territory, or hold their position. Players instruct each of their units by writing a set of "orders." The outcome of each turn is determined by the rules of the game. There are no dice rolls or other elements of chance. With its incredibly simplistic movement mechanics fused to a significant negotiation element, this system is highly respected by many gamers.

Avalon Hill Complexity rating - 3

Re-implemented by:

Colonial Diplomacy
Diplomacy: Classical Variant
Diplomacy: Hundred Variant

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Designer(s):
Allan B. Calhamer

Artist(s):
Blake Beasley
Hugh Bredin
Vincent Dutrait
Gilles Lautussier
Janos Orban
Guillaume Rohmer
Allison Shinkle

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Bluffing
Negotiation
Political
Post-Napoleonic
Wargame

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Area Majority / Influence
Area Movement
Negotiation
Player Elimination
Prisoner's Dilemma
Simultaneous Action Selection