What is the original 'Diplomacy' of the 'Friendship Destruction Game' where the person who played it mutters 'I don't want to play again'?
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History of board games such as 'Dungeon & Dragons ', the oldest RPG, 'Catan Pioneers', the pioneer of modern board games, and 'Magic: The Gathering ', the world's first trading card game. There are many games that can be used as epoch making. Among them, overseas news site Grantland explains 'Diplomacy ', which is one of the most historic board games.
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'Diplomacy' is a board game set in Europe during World War I, and the players are the seven European powers of England, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Italy and France, with 56 lands and 19 sea areas. It is a game of competing for boards divided into two. It is famous as a game that takes a very long time, with one play time of 4 hours or more.
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'Diplomacy' means 'diplomatic' in English, and the feature is that players proceed with the game only by diplomatic negotiations, not dice or cards. In other words, there is no element of luck, and it is a game where the bargaining ability of the player is purely important. 'Diplomacy' is also called a 'friendship-destroying game' because it has a very long play time and is a game in which players betray each other.
Also, instead of taking turns, the player writes down his movements on a piece of paper and puts it in a box, and while reading this paper, all the pieces move on the board at the same time. Therefore, it is possible to play not only on the actual board but also by exchanging mail and email.
Diplomacy was developed in 1954 by Alan Calamer , a Harvard Law student. Kalmer launched his own 'Diplomacy' in 1959 at toy stores around New York. Diplomacy became a very well-known game when the game was picked up by a small game publisher called Games Research in 1961.
In 1964, John Boardman, a big fan of 'Diplomacy' and an editor of amateur sci-fi doujinshi, devised to exchange 'Diplomacy' by exchanging letters, and wrote 'Diplomacy' in his sci-fi douujinshi. I posted an advertisement calling for play. This method, which can be called a primitive network play, has ignited the popularity of 'Diplomacy'.
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Also, those who wanted to play 'Diplomacy' as a face-to-face game gathered in the backyard of their house to hold an informal tournament. This informal tournament grew little by little and eventually grew into an event called 'DipCon' that is regularly held on university campuses.
In 1976, the rights to 'Diplomacy' were purchased by Avalon Hill, a well-known publisher of strategic board games and wargames. Avalon Hill is holding a game-related event called 'Origins' and invited DipCon to this Orgins. As a result, about 230 players gathered to play 'Diplomacy'.
'Diplomacy' was born in the United States, but its popularity has skyrocketed in the United Kingdom since then. The play group of 'Diplomacy' is mainly concentrated in the community of 'Editors of SF Doujinshi and their readers', and since many people play by mail exchange, exchanges not only in the United States but also overseas. Was also actively done.
In 1988, the first ever world competition, World DipCon, was held in Birmingham, England. The World DipCon is still attended by 10 countries today, and the winner is praised by 'Diplomacy' fans around the world as a world champion.
The problem with such 'Diplomacy' is that the number of new players does not increase easily. 'Diplomacy,' which is even called a 'friendship destruction game,' has a strong tactical element in that players must directly confront each other, and tends to be shunned by tabletop RPG players who likewise focus on conversation. That's right.
Shoban Noren, a female college student who participated in the 2020 World DipCon, seems to have fallen in love with 'diplomacy' due to her father's influence. Noren, who has been playing 'Diplomacy' since the age of 13, said, ''Diplomacy' is, in a sense, the originator of board games, a game that attracts very intelligent people. Also,'Diplomacy' is an introvert. It's not good for people who like it. This game attracts people who like conversation, but if you're not good at speaking, you lose quickly. '
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Noren says he is trying to increase the number of female players due to the bias of the 'Diplomacy' community, but he says it is having a difficult time. Once, Noren took his best friend to the 'Diplomacy' event, but because of the gameplay that was so squeaky, his best friend after the event said, 'I don't want to play again ... again ...' It seems that he only tweeted. 'It's easy to get new players into Diplomacy, but it's very difficult to get them to play again,' said Dave Maretsky, who has been playing Diplomacy for many years.
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