Diplomacy Games
A podcast devoted to the board game Diplomacy and its variants. Hosts Kaner and Amby discuss the latest developments and game news, covering both virtual face-to-face and online play. They frequently mention platforms such as WebDiplomacy, vDiplomacy, PlayDiplomacy, and Backstabbr. The show offers insights for both casual and competitive players of the game.
Episodes
Wrap up of WDC 2026 in Athens
Gavin landed back in Australia just the day before recording, and he and Ken settle in for a full debrief on WDC 2026 in Athens. From the venues and the social activities to all four of Gavin's games and the top board, this one covers it all.
Intro
Ken sets up the episode – this one is going to be almost entirely about WDC 2026 Athens, because Gavin was there and has only just landed back in Aust
Interview with Spyros Dovas on WDC 2026 in Athens
After five months (maybe more?) between episodes, Gavin and Ken are back – and with WDC 2026 Athens about to happen, what better time to get the tournament organiser, Spyros Dovas, on the show to talk about everything you can expect from rocking up to Greece this year.
Intro
Gavin and Ken kick off the show with cheers and reintroduce the podcast after a hiatus of over five months (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Alex Duffy: Diplomacy AI vs Diplomacy AI
We chat with Alex Duffy who as Head of AI Training at Every Consulting run an amazing project where different AI models competed against each other in Diplomacy. Plus we discuss the upcoming Australian Open tournament.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and Gavin flags he'll be moving further away from Ken, so the show will become more online than face-to-face (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Ale
Interview with Adam Silverman: So you want to run a tournament?
We catch up with Adam Silverman and explore what to think about if you're running a tournament for the 1st time or the 21st time. Plus an overview of how the 2025 Asia Pacific Diplomacy Championship went at the Cane Toad Classic.
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys introduce the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
Gavin gives a quick update on how the Cane Toad Classic went and introduce the to
Interview with Noam Brown, WDC Champion 2025
We catch up again with Noam Brown about his World Diplomacy Championship win this year in San Francisco and get an update from him. Plus the guys talk more about the Cane Toad Classic being held at the end of August.
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys introduce the venue and their drinks in this Athens inspired venue (0 mins 15 secs)
Gavin outlines his plans for travelling on the cheap to Greece f
Interview with Robert Hillier
We interview English - now Australian player - Robert Hillier about his Diplomacy experiences and more. We also have some great Diplomacy chat about how the game compares to other board games and Gavin points out similarities between Diplomacy and the TV show "The Traitors"
Interview with Zoe Cameron
We're joined by relatively new but very experienced player Zoe Cameron as she shares great advice for new and existing players alike.
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys introduce the venue and their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
They set up this episode's interview with Zoe Cameron (3 mins 30 secs)
Interview with Zoe Cameron
The interview with Zoe kicks off who has only been playing since early 2024 b
Back in the bar
After three episodes recorded online, the guys at last get the tech working offsite at the bar again. They discuss WDC 2025, their upcoming tournament plans and their latest online games.
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys introduce the venue and their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk about the 2025 World Diplomacy Championship and congratulate Noam Brown (who we interviewed about Cicero) (2 mi
The Bangkok New Year's Tournament champion
The guys discuss one of them winning their first Diplomacy tournament and their latest games.
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys start rolling the show early before introducing the episode (after Ken encourages keeping in some pre-show discussion) (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk about their drinks (4 mins)
The Bangkok New Year's Tournament 2025
Ken won his first tournament! And also scored two best c
The fastest Diplomacy solo possible with Peter McNamara and Bradley Grace
Following on from last episode we discuss with Peter McNamara and Bradley Grace the fastest Diplomacy solo possible, all the math and all the reality of how to make it possible!
Intro
The guys introduce the episode and explain the latest comedy of errors plagueing the show. This includes recording at home again (another dumb reason why) and why Gavin is recording on his iPhone's speaker (0 mins 1
Christmas 2024 Diplomacy
The guys suffer from user error while catching up for our Christmas episode. Seasons greetings everyone!
Intro and Diplomacy chat
The guys introduce the episode and why this is the second recording of it (0 mins 15 secs)
Ken describes his own homebrewed ale before it gets their creative juices going on the most incredible Russian opening ever (2 mins 30 secs)
The greatest Diplomacy solo challenge
The 2024 Asia Pacific Diplomacy Championship and Association
The guys talk about the 2024 Asia Pacific Diplomacy Championship and the creation of the Asia Pacific Diplomacy Association. And of course have a few drinks!
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
The 2024 Asia Pacific Diplomacy Championship
They begin talking about their attendance at the Asia Pacific Diplomacy Championship and Ken winning the Shane Cubis Award (1 min 30 secs)
Ga
Catching up
The guys catch up after a busy few months IRL and talk about aspects of their favourite game
Intro
The guys introduce the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
They explain why the recording schedule hasn't been so great this year (2 mins 30 secs)
Diplomacy chat
Ken shows Gavin the prototype trophy for the January 2025 Diplomacy tournament planned for Bangkok (3 mins 15 secs)
The guys get some
Interview with Jamal Blakkarly & Jacob Traeger on Diplomacy & faith
The guys interview Jacob and Jamal from the A Christian and Buddhist Walk into a Bar podcast as a cross over episode. Plus Gavin discusses WDC in Milan and more.
Intro
The guys open the show and introduce their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs)
Gavin has a cough but goes into his experience playing at the 2024 WDC in Milan (2 mins 40 secs)
Interview with Jamal Blakkarly and Jacob Traeger from the
Interview with Davide Cleopadre about WDC Milan
The guys interview Davide Cleopadre, the tournament organiser of the 2024 World Diplomacy Championship in Milan, Italy.
Intro
The guys open the show being recorded on Skype and introduce their drinks with a couple of stories along the way (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Davide Cleopadre, TD for the 2024 WDC in Milan
They start introducing the interview with Davide Cleopadre, the tournament orga
Diplomacy weapons of choice
The guys open the show and introduce the venue, Maniax, an axe throwing bar (0 mins 10 secs)
Gavin mentions a Bizarre Map originally published on X, which explains what bits of Australia are like if they were American (6 mins 15 secs)
They also discuss the old pronunciation issue for “Arkansas” (8 mins 20 secs)
The guys flag there’s no interview this episode, and an update where they stuffed up an
Melbourne Open 2024
The guys discuss their latest face to face tournament, the Melbourne Open and have an around the card table discussion with many great players. Plus Ken's shoe story. Enjoy!
Intro
The guys open the show discussing their drinks, Gavin's incredible rustiness and a little about the tournament (0 mins 15 secs)
They mention DBN is having a chat also coming up blow by blow about the tournament (9 mins
Interview with Zach Moore about NADF
The guys interview Zach Moore about all things NADF. Plus we talk our online games.
Intro
The guys open the show talking about some recent off topic discussions (0 mins 15 secs)
They discuss their drinks and initial venue (1 mins 30 secs)
Loser's round stuff (3 mins 30 secs)
Interview with Zach Moore about NADF
The guys start introducing their interview with Zach, current NADF President who give
Interview with Chris Brand about DipCon 2024
The guys interview Chris Brand about the upcoming 2024 DipCon/Cascadia Open in Vancouver. Plus we talk upcoming tournaments and our online games.
Intro
The guys open the show about Gavin's wife's recent interest in Ticket to Ride and talk about a number of other board games (0 mins 15 secs)
They discuss their drinks and initial venue which they last visited in episode 2 (4 mins 20 secs)
Ken's been
Catch up interview with Umbletheheap & a smidge of Christmas
After almost 4 years the guys bring back creator and publisher of the Diplomacy Briefing, Umbletheheap, to see where the weekly email newsletter is at and where it's going. Plus we award the end of year Best Player award between each other, the new South of Sahara variant and progress on the Big Stick Diplomacy variant.
Intro
The guys open the show and discuss their drinks and initial venue which
Kissinger & Diplomacy + Interview with Sascha Heylmann
The guys interview Sascha Heylmann who they met and played at WDC. Plus we address the myth of Diplomacy being the favorite game of Henry Kissinger... unfortunately surprisingly timely.
Intro
The guys open the show and discuss the venue and their drinks before they introduce their interview with Sascha Heylmann, one of the behind the scenes organisers at WDC in Bangkok (0 mins 15 secs
Interview w
Interview with Bradley Grace
The guys interview Bradley Grace about his love of Diplomacy. Plus they discuss a great new variant devised on a mini bus in rural Thailand and their online games.
Intro
The guys introduce themselves, the bar and their drinks for the evening (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss what life's like now back in Australia, instead of their super chill selves in Thailand. Ken talks about some of the places he v
Interview with Jamal Blakkarly, 2023 World Diplomacy Champion
Face to Face with Reily Chapman
With the guys about to head off to WDC in Bangkok, they play a face to face game & discuss their learnings to apply. Plus updates on their podcast listener game and new variants in development at vDip.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s initial venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk a little around their plans for Bangkok's WDC before a bit of an intro on their recent face to face g
Interview about WDC Bangkok 2023 with Andrew Goff and Lei Saarlainen
With just a month until the first World Diplomacy Championship in Asia we catchup with organisers Andrew Goff and Lei Saarlainen about WDC Bangkok 2023, plus lots more.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss why Italy doesn’t open more often to the west and some crazy openings (5 mins 35 secs)
Interview about WDC Bangkok with Andrew Goff and Lei Sa
Even longer between drinks
Kaner & Amby catch up to discuss the upcoming new official board game rules, their game with podcast listeners and much more.
Intro
The guys introduce their drinks and tonight’s venue (0 mins 5 secs)
New board game rules & face to face
They talk about the proposed board updates and rule changes from Renegade, the new publisher (7 mins)
Amby discusses the beer taps before they move onto the last 2
Long time between drinks
Lots of stuff been happening in the guys' lives, so they catch up to discuss the game.
Intro
The guys give some context for the delay in podcast episodes (0 mins 10 secs)
Kaner gives Amby his belated Christmas gift (1 mins 50 secs)
They discuss their face to face game in January, their first game since Covid. They discuss having another game in mid-April (5 mins 20 secs)
The guys move onto discuss
Interview with Noam Brown from Meta
The guys interview Noam Brown from Meta about all the things you don't know about Cicero. Plus a good old Diplomacy chat.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and venue. Amby explains his screw up pre-recording (0 mins 10 secs)
Amby asks for listener's feedback on the Christmas show and they discuss their drinks (6 mins)
Interview with Noam Brown from Meta
The guys start introducing today's intervie
The 2022 Christmas Diplomacy Trivia Show
The guys celebrate the festive season with Round 2 of Diplomacy Trivia, some Christmas gift giving and much, much more.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, venue and drinks. They throw in a bit of weather talk (0 mins 10 secs)
The guys introduce the 2022 Christmas Diplomacy Trivia game and contestants: reigning champ Markus Zijlstra/CaptainMeme, 3rd place 2022 WDC player Peter McNamara, variant
Interview with Stephen Agar on Dip zines, the Variant Bank and much more
The guys interview Stephen Agar, creator of the Diplomacy Archive for zines and the Variant Bank, on getting back into the hobby. Plus the guys talk cheese and languages. Oh and their games too.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, venue and drinks. They grab some lunch and then return (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Stephen Agar
The guys start setting the scene for their interview with Stephen Aga
vDip & webDip love match? An interview with Kestas
The guys interview Kestas about his suggested options for how vDip and webDip could better work together or possibly merge. Plus how their games are going.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, venue and drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Kestas on vDip and webDip
Kestas is welcomed back to the show and starts by discussing his thoughts on how vDip and webDip could possibly work better together
Interview with BlueDog on rediscovering Diplomacy
The guys interview BlueDog, an old school Diplomacy player who got back into the game after many decades. Plus Diplomacy chat, entering the Australian Podcast Awards and more drinking.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and an ongoing apology for the break in episodes. Before they go onto discuss what Kaner's reading, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with BlueDog
The start dis
Interview with Traci Brown on detecting deception
The guys interview Traci Brown, leading expert in detecting deception using body language. Plus two new variant maps are making the rounds. Kaner keeps on winning. And Amby screws up the tech.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and an apology for the break in episodes. Before they go onto the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Traci Brown
The start discussing the interview toda
Interview with Joren on Diplomacy maps
The guys interview Joren, one of the Diplicity app's incredible map creators. They talk all things Diplomacy maps. Plus all the cool updates over at webDiplomacy will blow your mind. And Kaner picks on Amby's 1066 variant.
Intro & webDiplomacy awesomeness
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks. They then go through how the show will run this episode (0 mins 15 secs)
Kaner introduc
Interview with Tejas Patel from DARPA
The guys interview Tejas Patel, who is DARPA's the project lead for SHADE: an AI research initiative using Diplomacy to better understand the nuance of communication intent behind actions. Plus the guys games and how does a famous UK Diplomacy player get himself a novice rank in Australia's Diplomacy association.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
They d
Happy accidents
The guys get into the new Bourse game, talk Amby's happy little accident, games and much much more.
Intro & Diplomacy talk
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
Bourse 2022
Kaner kicks off discussions on the new Bourse game he's adjudicating and Amby is playing. Kaner reminds listeners if they missed previous shows what a Bourse game is (5 mins 45 secs)
They dis
PoppyCon 2022
The guys discuss Amby's attendance at PoppyCon in Melbourne with round the table interviews, tournament results and a live Wilsonian game of Diplomacy.
Intro & Diplomacy talk
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
They give a quick run down of how today's episode is going to work this episode, and Kaner provides a pronunciation correction for the Mayans. Amby shar
Interview with Macca
The guys interview face to face Macca, a local vDiplomacy player over a drink about all things Diplomacy.
Intro & Diplomacy talk
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
They discuss being involved in the most recent DBN Deadline News as guests in a panel discussion about Diplomacy variants (3 mins)
Amby recently got Covid and talks briefly on that (4 mins 40 secs)
Interview with Kestas: webDip’s Facebook friend
The guys invite Kestas back onto the show to discuss webDip's partnering with Facebook. Plus lots of Diplomacy chat, including variants and Kaner's great game result.
Intro & Diplomacy talk
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 15 secs)
They reflect on last episode where they misheard what was happening in Ukraine at the time (4 mins)
Interview with Kestas
Amby welcomes
The calm before the storm
With flooding forecasted and too long between episodes, the guys catchup online to talk PoppyCon, Ukraine, What the Dr Recommended and lots of Diplomacy talk.
Intro & Diplomacy talk
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and their situation for the evening. They talk about concerns about flooding and pooh-pooh it, only for a couple of days later (after recording) for the rain to start bucketing
Diplomacy Wives Club
We interview Mrs Kaner and Mrs Amby about being Diplomacy wives. Plus we talk current games.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and tonight's venue (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Mrs Kaner & Mrs Amby
The guys introduce today's interview: their partners (6 mins 50 secs)
The interview starts with Kaner starting to talk detail about a game which quickly turns to him asking Mrs Kaner wh
Interview with tobi: saving a Diplomacy website
We interview tobi, who saved vDiplomacy. Plus we celebrate Christmas and discuss our games.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and tonight's venue (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with tobi
The guys introduce today's interview. Tobi is a developer who saved the day when vDiplomacy ground to a halt. Even if you're not on vDip, there's still some lessons here for other Diplomacy sites (3 min
Interview with Matt Calkins
The guys interview game designer, World Boardgaming Champion and CEO Matt Calkins about his love of Diplomacy.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and tonight's venue (0 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Matt Calkins
The guys introduce today's interview (6 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks when Matt first got into Diplomacy and which aspects of the game's design he likes (7 mins)
They discuss some o
The 100th episode Diplomacy Trivia Extravaganza
The guys celebrate their 100th podcast by inviting Andrew Goff, Brandon Fogel, Brother Board and CaptainMeme on to play their Diplomacy Trivia Extravaganza.
Intro
The guys introduce their 100th show, their drinks and tonight's venue, including a story or two (0 mins 15 secs)
They start introducing the Diplomacy Trivia Extravaganza with Andrew Goff, Brandon Fogel, Brother Bored and CaptainMeme as c
Squid Game
The guys discuss their games and Amby reflects on the similarities between the hit Netflix series Squid Game and Diplomacy.
Intro & Around the grounds
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and tonight's venue (0 mins 15 secs)
Amby admits he's hit his limit in how many games he's joined up. They discuss the Dawn of the Enlightenment game they're both in (5 mins 15 secs)
Amby is playing France
Interview with R. Jamie Langa, Diplomacy novelist
Kaner & Amby catch up with Diplomacy novelist R. Jamie Langa, talk about the new recorder & lots of Diplomacy stuff.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and discuss the new audio recorder they've had to buy thanks to our Patreon supporters (0 mins 15 secs)
You can provide a one-off contribution of $5 towards buying the new recorder at our Diplomacy Games Patreon feed (5 mins)
Amby talks about how he
Crab shells & faultlines
The guys catch up for some drinks to discuss their games, with Kaner sharing his Diplomacy theory of crab shells and faultlines. Plus the Middle Earth variant.
Intro & Around the grounds
The guys kickoff and Kaner outlines why he dislikes playing England (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss the venue and their drinks (3 mins 50 secs)
They talk about the lockdown that never happened and a general Austral
Interview with Bryan Pravel & Zach Moore about Diplomacy at the Olympics
The guys interview Bryan Pravel and Zach Moore from DBN about Diplomacy at the Olympics and where the game is going.
Intro
The guys are in pre-lockdown. They expect the government will do a lockdown when they planned to record so catch up on Skype instead. (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Bryan Pravel & Zach Moore from DBN
The guys welcome Bryan and Zach to the show, before jumping into the 2032
A young player's view of Diplomacy: an interview with Osbert
The guys interview Osbert, a high school student on a younger player's perspective on the game Diplomacy. Plus podcast drinking game ideas, Diplomacy chat & Kaner's games.
Intro
The guys are at X-Cargo. They flag the first half of the show will be PG rated and discuss their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
They set the stage for today's interview with Osbert, a younger person who plays Diplomacy (3 mins 3
Interview with Primacy app creators Matt & David
The guys interview Matt and David, creators of the Primacy app which is playable on Apple and Android platforms. Plus 2032 Olympics talk, around the grounds and Amby's Summer Classic experience.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys are at the Guilty Rogue and discuss Brisbane officially hosting the 2032 Olympics. So its time to make Diplomacy an Olympic sport (0 mins 10 secs)
Amby asks if Diplomacy w
Interview with Ed Sullivan/GoHornsGo and Village Idiot/Ewok on Media Wars 2
The guys unpack Amby's draw in Media Wars 2 and get the take of the board topping Ed Sullivan/GoHornsGo and Village Idiot/Ewok in an interview. Plus much more.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys begin at Bar Brutus and do a mea culpa (0 mins 10 secs)
With some clever editing we've removed all the fucking train noises. They talk about their recent holidays that have partly delayed episodes (2 mins 1
Interview with Isabelle Vladoiu
The guys interview Isabella Vladoiu from US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights about how the game relates to real life Diplomacy. Plus they discuss their games and a public service announcement from all Mods.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys are still at the Empire Hotel. Amby disses Google. They do a drinks update (0 mins 10 secs)
They give a Diplomacy face to face update and ideas to get
Kaner vs Brother Bored
Kaner takes on Brother Bored in a live France vs Austria game and learns a few lessons. Amby is also "learning lessons" in his Media Wars 2 game.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys discuss the venue, drinks and set the scene for today's episode (0 mins 10 secs)
Kaner discusses the Summer Classic virtual tournament being held 23-25 July (2 mins 35 secs)
They discuss work and life commitments have b
Coming off a small break
The guys have had a small break and come back re-energised for the game. They discuss an upcoming face to face game, Media Wars 2 and test unbreakable alliances.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys discuss the venue and throwing stones (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss they're out of lockdown and Kaner explains how he'd taken a break from the game for a little while. He talks about his decision making p
Podcast scheduling update
No show due to real life stuff. Back in two weeks.
Face to Face is back! Interview with Jamal Blakkarly winner of PoppyCon 2021
The guys interview Jamal Blakkarly, winner of PoppyCon 2021, the first face to face Diplomacy tournament since Covid (excluding that 7 player European championship.) Plus they chat about Media Wars 2 and much, much more.
Lockdown intro and Diplomacy news
The guys set the scene about the most recent lockdown in Brisbane and their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
They're going to do their first live intervi
Interview with Peter McNamara
The guys interview winner of the DBI Invitational, Peter McNamara about his gameplay. Plus Bronze Age Diplomacy, variant ideas from the guys and much more.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys talk about their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Peter McNamara
Kaner & Amby begin to introduce the interview with Peter McNamara and what's coming up (2 mins 30 secs)
The interview starts wit
Diplomacy Chat
The guys catch up for some drinks and a chat around their current Diplomacy endeavors and games.
Intro and Diplomacy news
The guys talk about their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They were hoping to play a face to face game on Sunday but have failed to get the numbers again (3 mins 45 secs)
They also provide an update about their now non-attendance at PoppyCon in Melbourne, the first post-Covid
Interview with John Dansie
The guys interview Australian Defense Force chaplain John Dansie on using Diplomacy in professional military education of officers. Plus they talk about upcoming face to face games, their online games and Kaner makes a helluva mess.
Intro
The guys restart talking about other podcasts and Amby gives a big thumbs up to Brother Bored's Diplomacy Dojo (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk about their drinks (1 m
The Juggernaut Victorious!
The guys record a back-to-back rather drunk episode. They talk about their (at the time) current games and prove the slow but effective Juggernaut alliance, before starting on an Anschluss alliance game.
Intro & Diplomacy chat
The guys restart on their 3rd drink at Brisbane Brewing Co and talk about their planned Diplomacy Wives Club interview they planned that never happened (0 mins 10 secs)
Amb
Interview with Edi Birsan
We catchup with legend of the game, Edi Birsan, around so, so much about Diplomacy. Your head will spin! Plus the guys discuss their virtual WDC experience and webDip 2020 World Cup.
Intro
The guys introduce today's venue and location before discussing their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Edi Birsan
They start introducing the interview with Edi Birsan (3 mins 40 secs)
Amby asks Edi how he
Happy New Year and holidays
Due to holidays our next normal episode will be out in two more weeks.
The Lying Interview
What makes a good Diplomacy lie and can you pick one when you hear it? The guys catchup with academics Jordan Boyd-Graber and Denis Peskov about their paper on lying and Diplomacy. Plus Sloth, a player in the study, also joins us. And don't forget Christmas 2020 and much more.
Intro
The guys have got the recorder working again, although they're trying something different so it doesn't cut out agai
RIP Recorder
The guys discuss their current and upcoming games, try finishing off their unbreakable Juggernaut alliance before the recorder packs it in.
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks, venue and proximity to the train line (0 mins 10 secs)
They flag there's no interview this episode. They talk about producing the show (4 mins 45 secs)
Kaner starts a discussion on having a face to face game, but it looks l
Interview with David Hood
The guys catchup with David Hood and talk about his role in DBN's Deadline News and much more. Plus a bumper amount of Diplomacy news and an Around the grounds. Enjoy!
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks and venue... which apparently they've drunk at before. They discuss their rule on not recording in the same venue twice and whether it counts if the bar has changed hands/changed names (0 mins 10
Interview with Legendary Tactics
The guys interview Legendary Tactics, receive a variant question from Brother Bored and continue their Juggernaut game.
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks, the big draw card for recording the show and venue. (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss the upcoming interview with Legendary Tactics and question from Brother Bored (3 mins 15 secs)
Interview with Legendary Tactics
They guys welcome Legendary Tac
Media Wars interview with Brother Bored, Legendary Tactics & CaptainMeme
The guys wrap-up the Media Wars game in an interview with Brother Bored, Legendary Tactics & CaptainMeme. They go onto talk about gender bias in the online game, broken websites and Kaner's final pitch to be elected President of the United States.
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks and venue. They talk about the amount of content being put out by the players, particularly Brother Bored, Legendary
Interview with Dave Maletsky about eCarnage and WDC
The guys catch up with Dave Maletsky about eCarnage and what's happening with the World Diplomacy Championship. Plus talk about Diplomacy news and discuss variant development.
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks and venue. Amby mentions how he met well known Diplomacy player, Peter McNamara at the Fox very early on in the podcast (0 mins 10 secs)
Amby introduces an interview with Dave Maletsky abo
Interview with David E. Cohen
The guys interview renown Diplomacy variant creator David E. Cohen before they test out an alliance for the ages: The Juggernaut.
Intro
The guys discuss their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs)
They introduce the interview with David E. Cohen (3 mins 40 secs)
Interview with David E. Cohen
The interview starts badly with lots of technical issues - both in the initial connection and also the quality
Trainspotting
Under the never-ending clickity-clack of the train line, the guys catch up in a brewery for a little Diplomacy chat... and the odd drink or two!
Intro
The guys introduce the show, the venue and their drinks (0 mins 10 secs)
They talk about surfing, waterskiing and serenity (2 mins 45 secs)
Around the grounds
They flag there may be a bit of train noise in the background as they're near a rail line
Interview with Harry Turtledove
The guys interview renown alternate history author Harry Turtledove about his love of the game Diplomacy, Amby laments his Liberty Cup gameplay, more Media Wars chat and a Declaration of War experiment.
Interview with Harry Turtledove
The guys introduce the show to new listeners as they may be Harry Turtledove fans. Harry is a renown alternate history author (0 mins 10 secs)
Amby and Kaner give a
Diplomacy grab bag
The guys grab some beers and discuss a bunch of Diplomacy stuff including the Diplomacy Broadcast Network, Amby's Media Wars game and losing streak. We play "Where's Kaner?" and get back to some good old Diplomacy chat.
Diplomacy news
The guys discuss their beers, the venue and playing some face-to-face Diplomacy there in the future. Amby suggests a game on 9 August [Note: due to a flare up in Cor
Play by play interview with Zach Moore
The guys interview Zach Moore for a play-by-play breakdown of his Boston Massacre game with Amby. They discuss some games they're in, Kaner's Squirrel Diplomacy variant idea and an unusual England-France alliance.
Intro
The guys discuss their beers, including an earlier cheeky pint by Kaner. Plus more boom box guy discussion and Australian money (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Zach Moore
Amby giv
Interview with Martin Bruse, Diplicity app creator
Kaner & Amby interview Martin Bruse, creator of the Android Duplicity app. A bit of Diplomacy chat and an update on Amby's variant development plans. And who is that boom box guy?
Intro
The guys discuss their beers, the ban on dancing and everything else being totally open now there's practically no Coronavirus in Queensland (0 mins 10 secs)
Kaner & Amby are recording two episodes back to back in
Interview with Oliver Lugg, Diplomacy Youtuber extraordinaire
The guys interview Oliver Lugg, a Diplomacy loving guy who has created an awesome Youtube video about the game. They also discuss stupid greedy vs smart gains, the Western Europe 1300 variant and Amby's Diplomacy variant development plans.
Intro & news
The guys are recording at Malt, a serious proper bar. Kaner quickly picks on Amby's handwriting. Then they get onto drinks. Amby laments a little C
Interview with Brother Bored
The guys interview prolific Diplomacy writer Brother Bored and discuss other Diplomacy stuff including the Scottish Clan Wars variant before Amby stuffs up.
Intro & news
The guys are still at Red Hook (a back to back recording) (0 mins 10 secs)
Interview with Brother Bored
The guys introduce the interview with Brother Bored, who plays as swordsman3003 at webDip (2 mins 40 secs)
Brother Bored disc
Interview with Chris Martin on the Diplomacy Academy
The guys are back to drinking face to face as Australia starts coming out of Coronavirus lockdown. They interview Chris Martin about his Diplomacy Academy videos on Youtube. Plus they discuss Kaner's big points draw in EU IV and more.
Intro & news
Isolation is starting to lift in Australia as the guys introduce their venue and drinks for the episode (0 mins 10 secs)
They discuss the pronounciation
Never bored with boards
The guys take a deep dive into different Classic Diplomacy boards. Amby now owns three and so does Kaner, so we compare and contrast them all!
Intro & news
The guys are getting closer to isolation being lifted with talk that the pubs will be open soon. They then discuss their drinks and Amby's Larry can (0 mins 10 secs)
Kaner asks about Amby's quarantine beard (3 mins)
Tournaments seem to be all o
Still in Lockdown
The guys are still stuck at home. Amby discusses playing in the Minnesota Diplomacy Club's online game and an around the grounds with Kaner getting a really good draw while Amby is eliminated from the Order of the Dragon.
Intro
Its been so long since the guys were in the pub they can't remember how to start the show. Kaner is missing pubs and massages. They discuss their drinks and Kaner prepares
Playing to win: interview with kevdog8, rannjohnson & Dr Recommended
With Coronavirus still rolling, the guys interview kevdog8, rannjohnson and Dr Recommended on Amby's soloed Undivided States game - the biggest SC count of all time. Plus lots of current games discussed. As much fun as you can have at home during self-isolation!
Intro
The guys introduce the show from home with all pubs still closed due to Coronavirus. They discuss their drinks and Kaner's doomsday
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