Battle of the Loyalists - DIPLOMACY Board Game - After Action Report

I’ll take you through the early and mid game fairly quickly and point out when and where the stabs likely should have happened. If you hang around until the end, you can see how the tactics played out.

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0:00 Battle of the Loyalists
4:28 Mid Game
4:53 His Stab?
6:42 My Stab?
9:55 3 Minute Puzzle
15:57 Twilight - End Game
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[timezone]

I have been patiently waiting for this episode for two months
Definitely worth it

[ironmask]

Lol as someone who continually winds up being a Loyalist in Diplomacy (i know it's not the best way to play, but i genuinely enjoy the positioning of being a loyalist. especially when i play with people who know my playstyle, at which point it becomes a bit of a contest to see who i commit to since i'm a known Loyalist player in my circle), i loved this. there's something just so fun about sticking by your allies, imo. i hardly win, but the respect that comes with Loyalist play rules.

plus, the initial turns of positioning and propositioning alliances? always thrilling imo. it's a lot of fun. loved this video :) subscribed!

[bcpravel]

Dramatic end-games with forced solos are always fun to study. Thanks for this video! I learned a few things. 😎

[theophileburtz]

Yay! I did predict Austria would win :D I must admit that there was a moment I was scared for you but England finally acted as I thought he would

[zacharykrawczyk]

I am actually currently in a loyalist GR game in the Nexus preliminaries right now! Our friendship started when I offered him Sweden no-strings-attached in Spring '01, which was a tip I picked up from Doug Moore in your 7 nations series! I can't say anything more without breaking tournament rules since the games are ongoing.

[CaptainFritz]

Oh, how I envy those who can find loyal and honorable allies! Time after time, I make an alliance, fully intending to be honest, and time after time I am stabbed. Meanwhile, my enemies stubbornly hold on to their alliances, even when all indication is that they should stab. Oh well, maybe one day...

[geoffyoung]

I would've offered a 3-way draw back in 1910. I love draws because it means that I've kept my country from being conquered.

[geoffyoung]

You did the right thing by not stabbing Turkey.

[eloichicoine]

ooh my friend and I are currently working on making diplomatic online and automate everything :), would this be something you use?
I also considering making it into a discord bot, so the whole game can be played form discord

[AM-wees]

Cool tactical endgame aside, what and why was that German opening?