BrotherBored's Diplomacy Dojo

Brandon Fogel is an organizer with the Windy City Weasels, a cofounder of the Diplomacy Broadcasting Network, and the winner of Dixiecon 36.

Show Notes

02:03 Intro: “What are Alliances Good For?”
03:19 Is a good ally a good person who never thinks of stabbing?
06:20 Background knowledge: Unit Efficiency and Strategic Efficiency
09:39 A good ally treats you as a genuine partner and not merely as a means to an end
22:23 Your primary ally is always yourself
32:16 Life lessons from Diplomacy
34:52 Q&A: Can alliance value be calculated?
41:38 Q&A: What about undermining your own alliance or kicking someone out of a three-way alliance?
44:15 Clarification on treating an ally as more than a means to an end, and further philosophy. 
After this, the discussion became open ended.

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