Back in the bar
From Diplomacy Games by Diplomacy Games.com - Kaner and Amby
April 15, 2025 · 46 min · Episode 136
About this episode
The hosts discuss various topics related to Diplomacy games, including upcoming tournaments and their experiences with online play.
After three episodes recorded online, the guys at last get the tech working offsite at the bar again. They discuss WDC 2025, their upcoming tournament plans and their latest online games. Intro and Diplomacy chat The guys introduce the venue and their drinks (0 mins 10 secs) They talk about the 2025 World Diplomacy Championship and congratulate Noam Brown (who we interviewed about Cicero) (2 mins) We talk about the upcoming WDC's planned for 2026 (Athens) and 2027 (Chicago) and whether there will be another Asia-Pacific WDC in 2028 (7 mins) They get back to how their beers would be as Diplomacy openings (9 mins 30 secs) A little admin update on the podcast (15 mins) They talk about the challenge of getting 7 players for a local game (16 mins 30 secs) Gavin discusses trying to *maybe* get a family game of Diplomacy happening in Christmas-New Years (19 mins) Gavin gives an update on the Cane Toad Classic for 2025 - that said, since recording we have finalised details. The tournment will be run Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August, with social activities starting Friday night. Check out the details at the Cane Toad Classic web page (21 mins) Ken talks about visiting webDiplomacy and saw…
People in this episode
Guest: Noam Brown
Topics covered
- WDC 2025
- upcoming tournament plans
- online games
- local game challenges
- Cane Toad Classic 2025
- webDiplomacy forum
- vDiplomacy issues
Keywords
- Diplomacy
- tournaments
- games
- bar
- WDC
- Cane Toad Classic
Mentioned in this episode
Products: the Cane Toad Classic, Cane Toad Classic, Zeus, Caxton Street Brewing IPA, Stitcher, webDiplomacy, vDiplomacy
Books & works: Diplomacy Games
Places: Athens, Chicago, Holland, Brisbane
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