Stephen Worthy’s Diplomacy website

 

This web page is solely used as a reference site for games I’m playing or GM’ing within the Cat23 web community

Click on any game hyperlink for details of the games (including EOG statements)

 

Current Games

 

Number

Variant

Variant Description

Position

 

 

 

 

Gunboat

Various

Various

 

 

 

Games I’ve run

 

Number

Variant

Variant Description

Position

Winner(s)

Final season

 

Dip 926

Stab!

A blind variant

GM

Charlie Clarke (Russia)

Fall 1911

 

Dip 1006

Intimate

2-player tactical variant with bidding for mercenary powers

GM

Charlie Clarke (Turkey), Baltasar Cruz (England)

Fall 1907

 

Dip 921

Fleet Rome

Standard diplomacy, but with a fleet in Rome instead of an army

GM

Robin Yang (Germany)

Fall 1912

 

Dip 902

Sengoku

An 8-player Japanese variant

GM

Bill Heyse (Hojo Ujimasu)

Fall 1582

 

Dip 1004

Stab!

A blind variant with revised rules

GM

Charlie Clarke (Turkey), Jamie Shutzer (France), Alex Amann (England)

Fall 1909

 

Dip 1003

Escalation

Variable player game (6 players)

GM

Jamie Shutzer (Pink)

Fall 1908

 

Dip 1062

Heptarchy IV

An Ancient Britain variant starting in Spring 650

GM

Andy Bandit (Anglia), Vaughn McCurry (Scotland), Andrew Rae (Wales).

Fall 655

 

Dip 1061

Escalation

Variable player game (5 players)

GM

Jamie Shutzer (Grey)

Fall 1912

 

Dip 1063

Armed Neutrals

All neutral centres start with armies in civil disorder

GM

Jorge Cisneros (England), Vincent Carry (France), Tim Beaman (Austria), Steph Mabie (Germany)

Fall 1914

 

Dip 1101

Setup

2nd gunboat playtest in which you build in any owned region

GM

Jorge Cisneros (Turkey)

Spring 1913

 

Dip 1192

Colonial

Official variant centring on Asia, with a couple of special rules

GM

Randolph Ruff (Britain), Carleton Harris (China)

Fall 1877

 

Dip 1083

Intimate

2-player tactical variant with bidding for mercenary powers

GM

Joe Janbu (Russia)

Winter 1904

 

Dip 1198

Escalation

Variable player game (8 players)

GM

Adam Kuehn (White), Darryl Atkinson (Green), Keith Archer (Yellow), Troy Unruh (Cyan), Randall Shane (Brown)

Fall 1910

 

Dip 1194

1900

A slightly expanded map of Europe with a few rule changes

GM

John Lalis (Britain), Shane Armstrong (Germany) and Chris Dziedzic (Turkey)

Fall 1911

 

Dip 1196

1900

A slightly expanded map of Europe with a few rule changes

GM

Don Mclenaghen (Germany)

Fall 1914

 

Dip 1084

Amphibious

Standard but with only one unit that moves amphibiously

GM

Suzanne Castagne (Austria), Jim Burgess (England), John Hughes (France), Don McLenaghen (Germany), Mark Hancock (Russia), Adam Silverman (Turkey)

Winter 1907

 

Dip 1233

Stab!

A blind variant with revised rules

GM

Chris Morse (Turkey)

Fall 1907

 

Dip 1232

Stab!

A blind variant with revised rules

GM

Rodolphe Boulanger (Turkey)

Fall 1912

 

Dip 1096

Sengoku

8-player medieval Japanese variant

GM

Benjamin Hester (Chosokabe), Henri Bodart (Uesugi), Luis Aldamiz (Oda), Joseph Schmidt (Shimazu)

Winter 1584

 

Games I’ve played:

 

Number

Variant

Variant Description

Position

Winner(s)

Final season

 

Dip 860

Chaos

34-player variant on the Standard map

Edinburgh

Lost to 5-way draw between Martin Gilbey (Ankara), Joel Grea (Kiel), Paul Brilliantes (Liverpool), Scott Troemel (Marseilles) and Thomas Franke (St Petersburg) in Winter 1920

Winter 1902

 

Dip 865

Standard

Theoretically acting as William Wallace in a Braveheart theme

Turkey

Won

Fall 1910

 

Dip 919

Alpha

Playtest in which one designated unit can create new home SC's

France

Lost to Bill Heyse (Turkey)

Fall 1909

 

Dip 755

Standard

Took over Italy in Autumn 1907 when it was on 3 centres

Italy

Won

Autumn 1916

 

Dip 869

Standard

Anaxagoras in a Philosopher’s Theme

Russia

5-way draw with Deepak Mohoni (Turkey), R.J (Austria), Sam Norton (France) and Graham Sayer (Germany)

Winter 1908

 

Dip 1010

Intimate

2-player tactical variant with bidding for mercenary powers

Italy

Won

Winter 1906

 

Dip 968

Setup

Playtest in which players can build in any owned region

France

3-way draw with Kendahl Johnson (Russia) and Ben Hothem (Turkey)

Fall 1914

 

Dip 1069

Intimate

2-player tactical variant with bidding for mercenary powers

Italy

Won

Spring 1904

 

Dip 1014

SFRJ

6-player variant based on the former Yugoslavia

Bosnia

Won

Fall 2012

 

Dip 857 

Standard

 

Germany

4-way draw with Stuart Evers (Italy), Sean O’Shea (France) and Felix Wagner (Russia)

Spring 1916

 

Dip 1076

Versailles

Each player secretly controls a minor and major power

France / Yugoslavia

Lost to Doug Bourgoyne (Russia/Czechoslovakia)

Fall 1936

 

Dip 1043

Standard

Black press gunboat

Austria

Lost to Adam Kuehn (Turkey)

Winter 1908

 

Dip 928

Standard

No press gunboat

Germany

Lost to Steve Ray (France)

Fall 1927

 

Dip 1066

Escalation

Variable player game (8 players)

Pink

4-way draw with Rodolphe Boulanger (Purple), Cristiano Corte Restitutti (Yellow) and Andrew Rae (Black)

Winter 1911

 

Dip 1057

Standard

Took over England after Winter 1907

England

Won

Fall 1914

 

Dip 1144

Sail Ho!

Gunboat 4-player, 7 year sudden death tournament

West

Won

7th year

 

Dip 1161

Sail Ho!

Gunboat 4-player, 7 year sudden death tournament (final)

South

Lost to Jake Edge (West)

7th year

 

Dip 1131

Standard

No press gunboat

Germany

Won

Spring 1910

 

Dip 1142

Winter War

6-player variant based on the Winter War between Finland and Russia in the 1920's - 30's

Germany

Won

Fall 1924

 

Dip 1152

Standard

Invitational DipKnights game for extra credit

Germany

Won

Fall 1909

 

Dip 1186

Shift Left

Gunboat. Each player starts far from his home country

France

Won

Fall 1912

 

Dip 1129

Maharajah’s Diplomacy

7-player map variant with a ‘Famous Indians’ theme.  Took over in Spring 1504

Dehli Sultinate

Lost to Mike Morris (Vijayanagar)

Fall 1512

 

Dip 1154

Standard

Black Press gunboat

France

5-player DIAS

Fall 1910

 

Dip 907

South America 3.2

Gunboat 4-player map variant

Brazil

3-player DIAS

Spring 2013

 

Dip 1195

Standard

 

Austria

3-player draw with Adam Bushashia (England) and Thomas Franke (France)

Winter 1906

 

Dip 1211

Standard

 

Russia

Won

Spring 1910

 

Dip 1204

Ambition & Empire

A 10-player variant with mercentary armed neutrals

Spain

4-player draw with Ray Bruce (Turkey), Robert Stein (Denmark & Norway) and Patrick Surry (Prussia)

Fall 1576

 

Dip 1216

Standard

No Press Gunboat

France

Won

Fall 1915

 

Dip 1223

Standard

No Press Gunboat

Austria

5-player draw with Marcelo Morandini (France), Isaac Zinner (Italy), Rami Younes (Russia) and Keith Archer (Turkey)

Spring 1918

 

Dip 1231

Standard

 

Austria

Won

Fall 1910

 

Dip 1230

Crowded 1898

11-player game on the standard map, starting with 1 centre each

Russia

Lost to Adam Silverman (Austria)

Fall 1914

 

Dip 1242

Standard

 

England

Won

Fall 1909

Dip 1238

Standard

Haiku Broadcast Gunboat

Germany

4-player draw with Chris Morse (Russia), Jon Knight (Italy) and Sean Cable (France)

Winter 1911

 

Dip 1257

Standard

Gunboat

Germany

Lost to Nathan Deily (Turkey)

Fall 1910

 

Dip 1250

Standard

 

France

Lost to Phil Ward (Russia)

Fall 1912

 

Dip 1241

Standard

 

Italy

4-player draw with Randall Shane (France), Ben Hines (Turkey) and Steve T (Russia)

Spring 1916

 

Dip 1253

Milan

Slightly altered Standard designed to help Italy

Germany

4-player draw with Tim Miller (France), Mark (Italy) and Chris Morse (Russia)

Spring 1910

 

Dip 1269

Standard

 Gunboat

Turkey

Won

Fall 1913

 

 

Information

 

My House Rules – Please check these before playing a game I'm GM'ing.

Teaching Diplomacy - A very simple 5-minute tutorial on Diplomacy I nabbed from somewhere.

Diplomacy Quotes - For use/interest's sake!

TransEurope rules – The rules for a variant I’m hoping to playtest.

 

Links

 

Cat23 - The Cat23 community where I play my games

Diplomacy Knights – The rankings (by games finished, rather than success) of many cat23 players

Diplomacy Pouch - My main resource for internet diplomacy

Diplomacy Player's Technical Guide – Guide for adjudications (265kb - I suggest right-clicking and "Save Target as")

Intimate Diplomacy rules - It's a 2-player tactical variant, by far my favourite. If anyone wants to play, contact me!

 

Editable Powerpoint Maps

 

Standard – Found at Diplomacy Pouch

Sengoku - I designed this for dip902

Heptarchy IV – I designed this for dip1062

Stab! – I adapted this from the Standard map for dip926

1900 – I adapted this from the Standard map for dip1194

 

Realpolitik files

 

Sengoku – This represents the new map, slightly changed from dip902, used for dip1096

 

 

 

E-mail: Stephen Worthy