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BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo
by BrotherBored
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.
Episodes
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"Being Charming and Likeable" with Tommy Anderson (vWDC Masterclass)
Tommy Anderson shares advice for getting along with your fellow players during a match of Diplomacy. Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining the vWDC Discord server https://discord.gg/jbdZtRFMTA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Introduction to Variants
BrotherBored and guests discuss Diplomacy variants. Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most podcatchers, as well as on the…
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"Identifying Play Styles" with David Maletsky (vWDC Masterclass)
David Maletsky explains how to identify play styles, in yourself and in your rivals. Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining the vWDC Discord server https://discord.gg/jbdZtRFMTA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Forming a Genuine Connection
BrotherBored and Rony discuss guidelines for finding allies in the beginning of a game. Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most...
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Italy Concerns
05:38 When is Austria too strong? 10:15 How and why to menace France early - "In Gunboat Diplomacy, as almost any power, I would like to see France get off to a bad start. As Italy, you're in a position to reduce France's ability to get off to a good start just by menacing France." 16:00 Go-to...
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Pure Negotiation
Tips on negotiating in Diplomacy and in life. Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most podcatchers, as well as on the BrotherBored...
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A Fair System for Choosing Powers
Your Bored Brother and Ben (aka BunnyGo) discuss the BrotherBored Gunboat League, and a system for players to select their powers in a league game. Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review...
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"The Mathematics of Stalemate Lines" with Markus Zijlstra (vWDC Masterclass)
Markus Ziljstra, the mind behind DiploStrats, presents the Mathematics of Stalemate Lines. 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:...
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Return to Face-to-Face Diplomacy
Your Bored Brother and Chris (aka ottoploy) discuss the subtleties of face-to-face Diplomacy. 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…
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"What Are Alliances Good For?" with Brandon Fogel (vWDC Masterclass)
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...
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A Temporary Alliance
Our players discuss the value of alliances that may not last to a draw. 00:20 The Italy-Turkey Alliance 09:00 When France can backstab an English ally Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review...
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"Rallying the Board" with Chris Brand (vWDC Masterclass)
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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How to Betray England and Other Intrigues
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 Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy…
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Central Triple, the German Perspective
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 Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe...
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"Outguessing Opponents" with BrotherBored (vWDC Masterclass)
Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining the vWDC Discord server at https://discord.gg/jbdZtRFMTA Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is...
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"Detecting Lies" with BrotherBored (vWDC Masterclass)
Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining the vWDC Discord server at https://discord.gg/jbdZtRFMTA Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is...
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A Distorted Mirror
Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most podcatchers, as well as on the BrotherBored YouTube channel. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Crossing the Stalemate Line
Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most podcatchers, as well as on the BrotherBored YouTube channel. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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"Resisting Groupthink Meta" with David Hood (vWDC Masterclass)
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 Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining...
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Talk the Talk
Topic(s) of Discussion: 4:21 Make conversation with every other player on the board Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most…
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The Germany-Russia Alliance
This is another episode where we focus on just the one topic, so listen on! Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on most podcatchers, as…
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"Who Do You Need to Kill?" with Dave Ainsworth (vWDC Masterclass)
Read Dave's write-up and see the chart on the BrotherBored blog. Participate in future Masterclass sessions by joining the vWDC Discord server https://discord.gg/jbdZtRFMTA Episode Structure: 00:58 Analysis and Insights from the Data 15:43 Q&A 31:15 Roundtable Discussion Visit the BrotherBored…
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Grand Strategy with David Maletsky (vWDC Masterclass)
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…
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How to Succeed at Face-To-Face Diplomacy
We just tackle the one topic in this episode, so start at the beginning and listen until the end! Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a review letting us know! The Diplomacy Dojo is available on...
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Do You (Germany) Think You're Better Off Alone?
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 Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy...
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Increase Your Solo Win Chances by Taking Far Centers First
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...
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Games, The Universe, and Everything
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 Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon If you enjoy BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo, please subscribe and leave a...
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Reading the Board
1:41 Signaling in Gunboat 18:27 Mindful spectating Learn about the "Media Wars" game here, where you can find my video journal as well as links to the other participants' journals. Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon Please subscribe and review on iTunes or your...
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How to be a Homewrecker (in Diplomacy)
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...
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Soloing as Italy
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.…
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Stabbing in the West
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...
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Risk in Diplomacy
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...
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The Sum-of-Squares Episode
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...
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Stalemating Russia in Gunboat
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) Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon Please subscribe and review on iTunes...
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Russia and England, Russia and Turkey
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? Visit the BrotherBored blog Support Your Bored Brother on Patreon Please subscribe and review on iTunes or your…
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Lots of Russia, a Little France
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…
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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.
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