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• The Koniggratz Freakout
  ...cides to try. That is, this is not a prescription of the "best" or optimum opening for all occasions, but a specific solution to a tactical problem given a se [[Category:Opening]]
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• The Lapland Lurch
  "F(StP)sc-GoB? is the only reasonable opening for that unit." - Rod Walker, The Gamers Guide to Diplomacy ...n openings. But opening moves exhibit tremendous variety and the "correct" opening depends on a myriad of circumstances. The word "always", with one exception
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• The Hedgehog
  ...ll and I discovered that we had both, independently, invented the same new opening for Austria. I had gone one better and also given it a name, the Hedgehog. By far the most popular Austrian opening is the fatuous A(Vie)-Tri, F(Tri)-Alb, A(Bud)-Ser. Why fatuous? because it
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• An Introduction to English Opening Strategy
  ...le opposition and that is F(Edi)-NWG, F(Lon)-NTH and A(Lpl)-Yor. With this opening he can take Norway in the Autumn even in the face of Russian opposition fro Despite the limitations of opening moves, England must conduct a lot of diplomacy prior to the first moves bas
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• Dutch Boy Openings
  ...The Dutch Boy is also useful in combination with a Russian Northern System opening. With a Russian army in St. Petersburg after Spring of 1901, and with press
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• Sacrifice Openings
  ...would recommend, and concludes in general that we are short on theoretical opening knowledge and furthermore rather an unadventurous crowd, uninterested in wi ...sition his units better in 1902. An extreme example, called the anti-Tunis opening for reasons which will appear, is this: in Spring 1901, Italy decides to at
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• The German Attack
  The Russian opening A(War)-Sil is comparatively rare, but provided the right factors are in pla ...rican Diplomacy scribe, offered no more than this: "This is an anti-German opening." Richard Sharp, author of The Game of Diplomacy wrote, "Russia's most prom
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• The Lisbon Leapfrog
  .... That’s an impressive array and can be well worth the price paid for this opening. ...o argue that France shouldn’t be allowed to occupy the Mid Atlantic in the opening game. It’s very much like asking England not to leave a fleet in the Nort
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• The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
  The other option from this opening is F(NWG)-Nwy, A(Edi) E F(NTH), A/F(NTH)-ENG, A(ENG) D Bre or Bel. the late ...knock a country out early due to the fact that supply centres vanish. This opening gives you Wales in 1902 so it is not that bad.
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• The Turkish Hedgehog
  ...h I hove seen happen before now) there is in fact another sensible Turkish opening. It is: A(Can)-Bu1, A(Smy)-Arm, F(Ank)-Con. I like to call it the Turkish H
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• Russias Northern Offensive
  ...on one front or the other. Before putting forward the option of a northern opening I want to preface this article with some observations of a general nature: The most common northern opening is F StP(sc)-GoB?, A Mos-StP, followed in the fall by F GoB?-Swe, A StP-Nwy
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• Opening Strategy Part I - Philosophy
  ...s the name of the article suggests), the information is specifically about Opening Strategy (meaning the first year). Please do not forget this important cave ..."philosophy" pointers I think in general will get you through a successful opening for every country.....
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• Rumanian Gambit
  The Warthog is Richard Sharp's name for the rarely-used Austrian opening (0.87%): F Tri-Alb, A Vie-Gal and, A Bud-Rum. Richard writes that it is "a
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• Opening Strategy Part III - Noteworthy Points and Summary
  ...ur trek's original course. Thankfully, I am only contracted to write about opening scenarios. That helps reduce the infinite number of possibilities by at lea Unfortunately, there are no great answers when things get tough in the opening game, but there are options. Truthfully, I cannot say I am confident that a
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• On Strengthening the hand of Austria-Hungary
  ...agreement has been reached with Italy to vacate Trieste and Venice on the opening move. It has invariably failed due to a double cross by Italy. The new idea
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• An Introduction to Italian Opening Strategy
  One cannot discuss Italian opening strategy without mentioning the Lepanto Opening. This involves F(ION) convoying A(Apu) to Tun in 1901 then building a F(Nap
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• The Three Build Opening
  .... NADA. The Kaiser closed the deal zero of eight games after a three build opening. This tells us that Germany, more than any other country on the board, is s
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• Burgundy 1901
  ...French opening to this province, or to a French announcement that such am opening is in the offing even if it doesn't materialize.
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• The Sealion Opening in Action
  ...s. Therefore, I was very interested to read [[Edi Birsan]]'s [[The Sealion Opening]] in the Spring 97 Movement issue. [[The Sealion Opening in Action: The Moves#Spring 1901|Spring 1901]]
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• Opening Strategy Part II - Regarding Fellow Players
  ...y country you may play. In part one, we learned ways to present oneself in opening diplomacy, in order to optimize one's chances for future success. Part two, ...s sequence will get involved with more peripheral points regarding general opening strategy. I plan to make it a short topic and then tie in all three parts o
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• The Diplomacy Survival Guide
  players are and who the fools are. Then make standard opening moves in the 9. '''Brush up on your opening moves and best alliance statistics.'''
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• Across the Whole Board
  ...being used. Later in this article we will describe and discuss the Lepanto Opening directly. ...appears to benefit Italy and Austria-Hungary and harm Turkey. The Lepanto Opening might be one such development. Listing the Powers in the first column (see
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• Colonia VIIb
  === Opening Positions === The powers and their opening positions differ from the standard, as one would expect. They are as follow
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• Black Sea Strategy
  ...on Russian is F(Ank)-BLA, A(Smy)-Arm, A(Con)-Bul. This is not an ambiguous opening! Assuming Russia has let you into the Black Sea, you can make a supported a ...e F(Sev)-BLA, an alliance with Germany (to deny Russia Sweden), a northern opening from England, a tactical alliance with Austria, but an expectation that Ita
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• Playing the Key Lepanto (and living to tell the tale)
  ...your tactics show glaring examples of co-operation. Also, the conventional opening for the Austro-Italian is fairly reactive not proactive and can easily get ...e cunning use of guile. In no other opening is this more true than the Key Opening. It is truly a ride on the razors edge with all caution thrown to the wind.
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• Blitzkrieg
  Coasts: Leningrad is divided into North and South Coast. The only opening play possible from the Fleet in (LEN) is to (LAP) or (BAR). The province Ro
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• In the Beginning
  My Opening Theories are quite generic. They form the basis of all my Diplomacy play at
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• An Introduction to Russian Opening Strategy
  ...ntion having one more unit than anyone else at the start. Furthermore, the opening moves of France and Italy can have repercussions on Russian strategy. Altho
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• Part 2
  ...are usually captured by the same Great Power during 1901. The most common opening move is also mentioned, but remember that tactics are subordinate to strate A common French opening is F Brest-Mid Atlantic (heading for Iberia), A Paris-Burgundy, A Marseille
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• Art Of Negotiation Part 2
  ...are usually captured by the same Great Power during 1901. The most common opening move is also mentioned, but remember that tactics are subordinate to strate A common French opening is F Brest-Mid Atlantic (heading for Iberia), A Paris-Burgundy, A Marseille
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• Heptarchy IV
  === Opening theory and tactical advice ===
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• Dark Ages
  ...ses 99.9+% of the human race) with a brief overview of the variant and its opening strategies. ...luable in Breton hands, or traded away for friendship with a neighbor? An opening stab to Hwicce that threatens Hamptonshire can damage Anglo-Saxon growth tr
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• Renaissance
  ...er's get into conflict right from the outset. Makes for a very interesting opening few turns. Otherwise, it plays just like regular diplomacy. The inspiration
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• Introduction to Diplomacy
  ...of the minor powers, which are not represented by players in the game; the Opening, which continues roughly until one great power is knocked of the game; the The Early Opening
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• On the Play of Postal Diplomacy
  ...etty successful game for Germany, and the serious mistakes were not in the opening.
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• Arctic
  With the recent opening of the Northwest Passage due to global warming, Canada has been part of an
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• Europe 1615 - Payola Variant
  ...ers, then the game will resume for another year, and VPs reassessed at the opening of 1622. This will continue until a break in the tie.
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• 1648 v4.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  27 KB (3,880 words) - 10:25, 23 January 2015
• 1648 v4.4
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  27 KB (3,891 words) - 17:19, 26 December 2014
• 1648 v4.3
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• The Tactics of Diplomac
  There have been many opening variations, as well as other concepts, developed in the course of play here
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• The Tactics of Diplomacy
  There have been many opening variations, as well as other concepts, developed in the course of play here
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• 1648 v4.8
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  27 KB (3,923 words) - 06:07, 11 February 2015
• 1648 v4.9
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  27 KB (3,978 words) - 17:03, 12 March 2015
• 1648 v3.7
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  27 KB (3,968 words) - 14:43, 14 October 2014
• 1648 v5.0
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  28 KB (4,029 words) - 06:01, 16 March 2015
• 1648 v5.5
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  28 KB (4,034 words) - 14:07, 4 June 2015
• 1648 v5.1
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  28 KB (4,053 words) - 15:37, 17 April 2015
• 1648 v5.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
  28 KB (4,094 words) - 12:52, 5 September 2015
• 1648 v5.7
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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