Cambridge University Diplomacy Society

The Society exists to play Avalon Hill's Diplomacy, a tactical board game. Each of the seven players take the part of a Great Power at the start of the 20th Century: Austria-Hungary, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia or Turkey. The board is shown above.

Your aim is to become the dominant power in Europe. But to do this you will need to persuade -- and sometimes deceive -- your rivals into helping you achieve your military objectives. You are given three armed units to start with, each an army or a fleet. By annexing first neutral (yellow) territory, then that of your rivals, you gain more resources to construct new units.

The Diplomatic Pouch WebZine gives a more detailed outline of how the game works.

We meet every Monday evening at 8pm in the Erasmus Room, Queens' College to play Diplomacy or its variants. The game can be played on any map, and we have a number representing different areas of the world in different historical periods, including variants designed here in Cambridge. We run various email games, and publish a termly newsletter, The Gunboat.

If you're interested in coming along, contact Duncan Richer, or just turn up on a Monday night.

• Society information (committee, constitution)
• League Table for 1999-2000 Season
• League Table for 1998-1999 Season
• Member's homepages and variants
• Links to other sites
• Return to the Societies Page