Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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CaptainMeme and Ezio commentate a game of Snowstorm's Lord of the Rings (or more specifically, Silmarillion) variant, 'The Breaking of Arnor'. Snowstorm submitted this map to the 2025 DiploStrats Variant Contest.

Breaking of Arnor Discord: discord.gg/MwVxcrfHXb
DiploStrats Discord: discord.gg/t7CMbpJb7s

Diplomacy is a negotiation-based board game set during World War One. 7 players each control one great power (England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, and Turkey) and fight for control of Europe, using their diplomatic skill to make covert deals with one another and to backstab their friends. The Breaking of Arnor is a diplomacy variant set in Middle Earth during the 2nd millenium of the Third Age, when Arnor splits into three kingdoms, Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur, and a war ensues. Also present in the variant are the kingdom of Gondor, the Witch-King of Angmar, the Hill Men and the Wild Men.

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro and exposition
00:27:30 S01
00:39:11 F01
00:45:28 W01
00:48:10 S02
00:58:41 F02
01:08:38 W02
01:09:38 S03
01:21:15 F03
01:32:47 W03
01:34:40 S04
01:47:35 F04
02:01:01 W04
02:03:09 S05
02:17:21 F05
02:26:50 W05
02:35:00 S06
02:40:08 F06
02:45:29 W06
02:47:54 S07
02:51:04 F07
02:55:44 W07
02:58:49 S08
03:02:22 F08
03:04:50 W08
03:05:16 S09
03:07:52 F09
03:10:53 W09
03:13:08 S10
03:16:36 F10
03:17:37 W10
03:19:06 S11
03:20:30 Game End