Diplomacy : Play the Diplomacy Board Game Online

Playing on this site

There are two ways to play here:

Gunboat games (silent and anonymous) => That means you do not negotiate, and you do not know who you play against (this is a variant)
Standard games => This is the traditional way. Diplomacy is a communication game. You must talk to other players.

There are two ways to get in a game:

For this the game creator uses the link 'Create a game' from the tournament page (tournament with steering wheel)
players click on 'Join' from the page of the game (tournament with chess knight) or from the 'Available positions' page Direct link

Either it is free access and anyone may join the fun
Either it is private access and game creator sets a code the players joining the game must enter

Register to an oncoming tournament => For this go to the page 'Personal space/Handle my registration' and affiliate oneself to a tournament Direct link

There is only one way to create a game:

Create a game from the page of the tournament => For this the game creator uses the link 'Create a game' from the tournament page (tournament with steering wheel) Direct link

=> If you still need a Game Master for a game contact the Site Administrator

Options for a tournament

Anonymous

During any game within this tournament, except the game master : no player may know players identity nor post non anonymously in forum

Silent

During any game within this tournament, except the game master : no player may send a message to another player nor post in forum

Solitary

Within any game this tournament, there a human player playing against 6 AI (and enclenching adjudications)

Duellist

Within any game this tournament, there are two human players sharing the powers to play

Archive

Within any game this tournament, there is just the game master entering the orders (no player)

By team

Within any game this tournament, players are taken from a team and when a player is late part of punishment is shared within the team

Permanent

Within any game this tournament, players are taken from a waiting list and games are independant

Open to all

Within any game this tournament, players may directly put themselves in a game choosing the power to play

Open to all with code

Same as previously but there is a code (private access)

TD creates games

Only tournament director may create the games in the tournament

TD creates teams

Only tournament director may create the teams in the tournament

End year

Defines the last year of play of games within the tournament (default value is 1999)

Language

Language used for the game (English or French) (default value is English)

Scoring system

Scoring system used for the game (default value is pure : 100/number of survivors, 0 for the others)

Map

Map system used for the game (Hasbro or Descartes) (default value is Hasbro)

How to play