Comparison With Other War Games
Diplomacy differs from the majority of war games in several ways:
- Players do not take one turn each, instead all players secretly write down their moves after a negotiation period, and then all moves are revealed and put into effect simultaneously.
- Social interaction and interpersonal skills make up an essential part of the game's play.
- The rules that simulate combat are strategic, abstract, and simple—not tactical, realistic, or complex—as this is a diplomatic simulation game, not a military one.
- Combat resolution contains no random elements — no dice are rolled, no cards are drawn.
- The game is especially well suited to postal play, which led to an active hobby of amateur publishing.
- Internet Diplomacy is one of the few early board games that is now played on the web.
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