Diplomacy
Powers of post-Victorian Europe cooperate and clash to become master of the Continent
2–7 Players
Play Time
360 Min
Playing Time
Suggested Age
Age: 12+
Diplomacy, the classic boardgame 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, each player represents 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 must negotiate and make deals with other players in order to have any success in expanding their borders. They will make both Spring and Autumn moves each year. with two kinds of military units: armies and fleets. On any given turn, each of your military units has limited options: it 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 its position. Players instruct each of their units by writing a set of "orders." The outcome of the various orders is basically determined by the total strength of the units involved. There are no dice rolls or other elements of chance. With its incredibly simplistic movement mechanism 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
Full Credits
Primary Name
Diplomacy
Alternate Names
1914: Juego de la diplomacia
1914: O Jogo da Diplomacia
Deluxe Diplomacy
Diplomacia
Diplomatie
Тайная дипломатия
דיפלומטיה
ディプロマシー
外交
Year Released
1959
Designer
Allan B. Calhamer
Solo Designer
N/A
Artists
Blake Beasley
Hugh Bredin
Vincent Dutrait
Gilles Lautussier
Janos Orban
Guillaume Rohmer
Allison Shinkle
Publishers
The Avalon Hill Game Co
Games Research, Inc.
(Self-Published)
(Unknown)
asmodee
Avalon Hill
Banana Games
Descartes Editeur
Devir
Editrice Giochi
Gibsons
Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
Intellectual Diversions
Jedko Games
Joc Internacional
Jumbo
Kipo's
Kod Kod
Miro Company
Mondadori Giochi
Parker Brothers
Parker Spiele
Philmar
Renegade Game Studios
Waddington Sanders Ltd.
Waddingtons
Developer
Thomas Haver
Graphic Designer
N/A
Sculptor
N/A
Editor
N/A
Writer
N/A
Insert Designer
N/A
Categories
Bluffing
Negotiation
Political
Post-Napoleonic
Wargame
Mechanisms
Area Majority / Influence
Area Movement
Negotiation
Player Elimination
Prisoner's Dilemma
Simulation
Simultaneous Action Selection
Family
Components: Miniatures
Continents: Europe
Country: Austria-Hungary
Country: France
Country: Germany
Country: Italy
Country: Ottoman Empire
Country: Russia
Country: United Kingdom
Digital Implementations: VASSAL
Game: Diplomacy
Misc: BGG Hall of Fame
Misc: Dice Tower Hall of Fame
Players: Games with expansions that change player count
Region: Mediterranean Sea
War Battlespace: Land warfare
War Level of Command: Strategic