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The Board Game
- Character Tiers: Expect a fair number of posts on any Diplomacy forum to discuss about which power is the best.
- In press games, the tiers from bottom to top are Italynote , Austria, Germany, England/Turkey (disputed), France/Russia (ditto).
- In no-press or "Gunboat" games, Italy moves up a few tiers, England moves down a few, and Russia moves into the garbage can.
- Funny Moments:
- Many (the most common would be a fleet ending up in very odd place, as an Italian fleet in St. Pete, which has happened), but the best of them all is probably The Coast of Moscow
, as recorded by the game's creator. (If you're confused, here's a map◊.) - In The Game of Diplomacy, Richard Sharp reports an American game where Germany was in the most perfect position a player could be in: he was aware that France's player had been schtupping England's wife behind his back, and France knew that he knew. The rest of the players, who knew France to be a ruthless and ambitious backstab-merchant were flabbergasted when he meekly supported Germany to the hilt, enabling Germany to win in record time.
- Many (the most common would be a fleet ending up in very odd place, as an Italian fleet in St. Pete, which has happened), but the best of them all is probably The Coast of Moscow
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: While an American game, the early heart of the hobby was in English postal 'zines, and a lot of the original lingo and strategy were developed by English players.
- Memetic Mutation: Diplomacy: Destroying friendships since 1959! Explanation
The Fanfic
- The Scrappy: Apparently, Weila agrees with 95% of the WoW fanbase about a certain Hellscream....Queue 100 fanboy Squees of joy at the (light) bashing.
