Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's my overview of the Southern Defense opening for Russia, which I think should probably be renamed the Southern Opening or the Southern Strategy.
My general links are as follows: floridamandiplomacy.wordpress.com discord.gg/9NQedWzFng
patreon.com/floridamandiplomacy
ko-fi.com/floridaman
And credit for any subtitles belongs to Perygl, for Romanian, to pompodopompom, for French, and to Sploack, for Italian.
This video is about the game of Diplomacy, an American strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 based on the European Great Powers in the years leading up to World War I. The game was the favorite of John F. Kennedy and Henry Kissinger. Seven (7) players control the respective powers of England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, and Turkey and fight for world domination (control over Europe), using negotiations, diplomatic skill, tactics, and grand strategy to establish covert deals, attack mutual enemies, and backstab established allies. A "stab" is the word for betraying your ally.
TL;DR: Diplomacy is basically Risk without the dice, or chess with seven players on a world map.
Here's my overview of the Southern Defense opening for Russia, which I think should probably be renamed the Southern Opening or the Southern Strategy.
My general links are as follows: floridamandiplomacy.wordpress.com discord.gg/9NQedWzFng
patreon.com/floridamandiplomacy
ko-fi.com/floridaman
And credit for any subtitles belongs to Perygl, for Romanian, to pompodopompom, for French, and to Sploack, for Italian.
This video is about the game of Diplomacy, an American strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 based on the European Great Powers in the years leading up to World War I. The game was the favorite of John F. Kennedy and Henry Kissinger. Seven (7) players control the respective powers of England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, and Turkey and fight for world domination (control over Europe), using negotiations, diplomatic skill, tactics, and grand strategy to establish covert deals, attack mutual enemies, and backstab established allies. A "stab" is the word for betraying your ally.
TL;DR: Diplomacy is basically Risk without the dice, or chess with seven players on a world map.
