The guys interview Nathan Barnes about DipCon 2019 in Seattle before shooting the breeze on diplomatic uniforms, face-to-face games, current online games and what exactly is the Florida Panhandle. Intro The guys introduce the show and flag today’s episode has an interview with Nathan Barnes who is coordinating the 50 year anniversary of DipCon at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle (0 mins 10 secs) They discuss their drinks briefly (3 mins 20 secs) Amby mentions this is the second time Natha...
Aug 28, 2019•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 44
The guys interview Zack Twamley, the host of the history podcast When Diplomacy Fails. They talk about parallels between the game and real life events. Plus Google Translate chat and their first Face to Face game in Brisbane. Intro Kaner and Amby start by forgetting to introduce themselves before celebrating their 50th episode at Gilhooley’s Irish Pub and running through their drinks (0 mins 5 secs) They then discuss their upcoming guest, Zack Twamley, host of the history podcast When Diplomacy ...
Aug 16, 2019•2 hr•Ep. 43
The guys interview jmo from webDip about all the great recent - and future - developments over there and how it relates to vDip. Chat also about Minecraft Diplomacy, playing Diplomacy in the navy and much more. Intro Show introduction and discussion about Kaner and Amby’s drinks (0 mins 5 secs) They are getting together before their first face to face game of Diplomacy in Brisbane. Amby suggests if trying to grow the game locally, perhaps reaching out to university board game clubs to facilitate...
Aug 03, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 42
The guys interview Baron von Powell, legendary Diplomacy variant developer of 1900, Ambition and Empire and the College of Cardinals. Plus an Around the Grounds and more. Enjoy! Intro The guys are still at Felon’s Brewery in a back-to-back session. Kaner talks beer yoga (0 mins 30 secs) Amby switches to a Felon’s IPA while Kaner sticks to the Treehouse cider (1 min 30 secs) They move onto introducing the interview with Baron von Powell (2 mins 50 secs) Interview with Baron von Powell Amby explor...
Jul 20, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 41
The guys interview Emmanuel du Pontavice about WDC 2019 in Marseilles, before talking about new variants including Technostar's latest massive map, Europa Renovatio, War in the Americas and 1898. Plus a bit of chatter about their current games. Intro The guys are at Felon’s Brewery and start the show talking about Amby’s clumsiness and glasses (0 mins 10 secs) Amby starts with a Felon’s Australian Pale Ale while Kaner is on a Treehouse Cider from the Granite Belt Cider Company (2 mins 10 secs) I...
Jul 05, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 40
Kaner's work has him under the pump, so this episode is just a short intro from Amby and then an interview with Ajax about Diplomacy Nexus: a community bringing players together from the various online platforms to battle it out in cross-platform Dip tournaments. Intro Amby introduces the show. Kaner is busy with real life stuff so no pub recorded episodes for a couple more weeks. Amby then introduces this episodes' interviewee: Ajax from the Diplomacy Nexus tournament (0 mins 10 secs) Interview...
Jun 16, 2019•46 min•Ep. 39
The guys squeeze a lot in a short time: Rebranding, getting the word out about diplomacy groups around the world, Amby shares his efforts to get a Diplomacy community going in Brisbane & how you can do the same, new variants, site updates, billionaires & the good ol' Australian democracy sausage. Intro The guys stuff up the podcast entry and then get into an argument about pronouncing Toowong before talking a little about the Royal Exchange hotel, known locally as the RE (0 mins 5 secs) ...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 38
Kaner & Amby start settling back into the online scene but have started applying their face-to-face Dip ninja skills to online gameplay. Plus their current games and new variants. Intro The guys introduce the show and reflect the site and podcast album art probably needs to reflect Diplomacy as a whole - online and face to face (0 mins 5 secs) They’re drinking at Finney Isles in Fortitude Valley. They talk about their drinks and settling back in. (1 min) Amby says that family commitments in ...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 37
Kaner & Amby fly to play in the Melbourne Open Diplomacy tournament. They get schooled but can they come good in the end? Intro in the airport Venue: Brisbane Airport Drinks of choice: Kaner & Amby - 150 Lashes Australian pale ale by James Squire Brewery The guys are recording initially at the Brisbane domestic airport waiting for their flight to the Melbourne Open face-to-face tournament (0 mins 10 secs) They discuss their hopes to catch up with players outside of the games (4 mins 20 s...
Mar 28, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 36
Coming to the end of summer, Kaner & Amby grab some beers and dream about what it'd be like to be a Diplomacy Man of Leisure. They talk the upcoming face-to-face tournament they're attending, Amby's experience with Versailles at Play Dip, their other games, vDip's 5 new variants and using Diplomacy in the classroom. Phew! A lot packed into this episode! Intro Kaner and Amby welcome listeners to the show and discuss their drinks (0 mins 10 secs) Face to Face talk and being a Diplomacy Man of ...
Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 35
Amby visits Edinburgh and interviews two-time interviewee CaptainMeme. They discuss deceptive tactics, the Tournament of Time and how Nuclear Diplomacy could work. Then there's a post interview analysis with Kaner and Amby. Intro The guys introduce the show and have moved to The Terrace, a rooftop bar in Southbank, Brisbane (0 mins 10 sec) Both guys admit to being a bit freaky with heights (1 min 10 secs) Kaner is now drinking a James Squire Orchard Crush cider and Amby has a really enjoyable gl...
Feb 16, 2019•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 34
Amby visits London and interviews the code guru and go-to man at PlayDiplomacy, Super Dipsy (known at PlayDip just as "Dipsy".) They talk about changes down the pipeline and afterwards Amby's toe in the water at PlayDip. Intro The guys introduce episode 40, recorded the same time as episode 39, their new drinks and Kaner tries to get his head around the name of where Amby interviewed Super Dipsy (0 mins 10 secs) Interview with Super Dipsy from PlayDiplomacy Amby learns about glass clinking proto...
Jan 31, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 33
Amby visits Seattle and interviews the hosts of the podcast DiplomacyCast, Eric Mead & Nathan Barnes in Seattle. They talk about what happened to their show, their thoughts on why face-to-face Diplomacy rocks and their variant suggestions. Plus Kaner discusses his efforts to get a face-to-face community started in Brisbane and Dip news. Intro The guys introduce the show, their drinks and the venue (0 mins 10 secs) Interview with Nathan Barnes & Eric Mead from DiplomacyCast Amby introduce...
Jan 15, 2019•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 32
Amby interviews Andrew Goff, winner of the 2018 World Diplomacy Championship in Washington DC. The guys then discuss Andrew's advice before talking about current games and playing small variant maps. Intro The guys introduce the show, their drinks and the venue (0 mins 10 secs) Interview with Andrew Goff Warning it sounds like the audio dropped off in a couple of spots in the recording for a few seconds. Amby went back to the original audio and it sounds like it was when recorded. No idea why. S...
Nov 03, 2018•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 31
Both guys drink beer. Both guys grow luxuriant beards. And most importantly both guys talk Dip: Great discussion on the perfect stab, how to decide what game to play and the Munich Uber driver. Doesn't get better than this. Intro Amby ditches red wine for an episode while Mrs Amby is away and enjoys a beer with Kaner (0 mins 10 secs) They discuss Anglo-Saxon pronunciations and how it relates to the brewery they're drinking in and start (1 mins 20 secs) Next up is an impromptu chat about the vari...
Sep 30, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 30
The guys get together for a good old fashioned Diplomacy chat, but things very much take a recurring theme of the name of the bar: Sabotage! They talk sitters, tournament rule "changes" (depending on your perspective) and alcohol sabotaging Amby's brain twice when trying to remember Diplomacy players' names. Intro After introducing their venue and drinks, Kaner jumps straight into joke time (1 min) Around the grounds Kaner asks Amby about his Crusades 1201 game and his attempt to get from one en...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 29
What is the experience of learning Diplomacy like for a newbie? The guys interview The General about his trials and tribulations in the steep learning curve of getting your head around the game of Diplomacy. Intro This is the first ever three way face to face episode, introducing Dip newbie “The General” and their drinks (0 mins 30 secs) Interview with a newbie: chat with The General The General discusses his two games he’s signed up for (3 mins 45 secs) Amby asks about how the communication is ...
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 28
Our first arse-end episode! Aired the wrong way around deliberately, Amby interviews face-to-face player Chris Martin about World Dip Con 2018 in Washington DC before they discuss their current games. Intro The guys explain this episode is recorded arse-end around (0 mins 15 secs) Kaner laments his Microsoft troubles and how it prevented him participating in the interview (0 mins 30 secs) Amby explains how the interviewee, Chris Martin, is more a face-to-face player and is the host of World Dip ...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 27
After a while between drinking sessions Kaner and Amby hook up again in a loud American bar for Independence Day before heading down to the Riverbar to throw Dip mud in each others' face. Intro Kaner and Amby celebrate Independence Day by starting off in an American themed sports bar called “Fat Angel”. Amby is drinking a Mojo shiraz from the Barossa Valley, Kaner is drinking the Feral Warthog IPA from West Australia. The guys felt when recording it was too loud and plan to move to another bar (...
Jul 05, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 26
Kaner has too much shit going on to head to the pub... the shame! But we wanted to at least share with you this interview with vDip's Dr Recommended. Everyone is drinking during the interview and its a bit of fun, especially discussion about the on again/off again relationship between Doc and Amby. Interview with Dr Recommended Amby asks Doc about where he hangs out in the online Dip world (0 mins 5 secs) Kaner asks how Doc first got into Dip (2 mins 45 secs) Kaner observes how a number of schoo...
Jun 23, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 25
Amby fucked up. This was recorded over a month ago but with too much real life shit it's only going up now. Consider it a point in time episode as half the games discussed finished. But we guess its better to get it out anyway and try to get better. Good philosophy for Dip anyway! Apologies on the general drunkedness. Intro After a post-production issue the guys open at the Brewski, just down the road in Caxton St. The guys give their diplomacy drinks analysis (0 mins 45 secs) They move onto dis...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 24
Today we're going back, way back. 2004 and Kestas' creation of the code based that got WebDip, vDip, PlayDip and many more up and running. Plus a discussion on Bourse progress and the odd tangent or two. Intro The guys discuss Anzac Day in Australia and their family connections to Australia’s military participation (0 mins 10 secs) Then it’s time to discuss their drinks and Caxton Street (6 mins 45 secs) Interview with Kestas Kestas talks about playing the game and why he’s not the guy to talk s...
May 12, 2018•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 23
So many variants, so many games and too little time. Intro The guys planned to keep the “Shit Cake” theme going from last episode by going to a cake shop bar called “Cakes and Shit”, but it wasn’t that good. Instead they’re recording from the APO (1 min) They discuss their drinks and announce the Diplomacy Games podcast, playDip, vDip and webDip have been featured in an article by Jason4747 in the Diplomacy World quarterly magazine (1 min 30 secs) They digress a little and talk about playing Dip...
Apr 07, 2018•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 22
The guys keep the drinking going and Diplomacy chats rolling on Bourse, variant testing and a Conspiracy app update. Plus the odd history lesson from Amby and discussion on shit cake. Intro Kaner discusses how CaptainMeme and a few webDip folks recently hosted a live vidcast of an online Dip game (0 mins 30 secs) They get around to introducing the Euro restaurant and their drinks. Amby gets a bit carried away with his wine and shares a story about his brother-in-law's bad drinking habits and how...
Mar 21, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 21
The guys interview Technostar, creator of the "Divided States" variant and discuss their in-game experience with it so far. Intro The guys introduce the Buffalo Bar and how Australia doesn't do American bars or pretending to be America in movies very well (0 mins 10 secs) They set the scene about this episode focusing on the interview with Technostar and about Divided States (5 mins) Amby apologises about the last episode's poor audio quality and they discuss plans for anyone dead keen to donate...
Mar 09, 2018•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 20
The guys discuss the cool Android app "Conspiracy", recent Diplomacy variants being tested and talk shop. Intro The guys introduce the NEXT Hotel Pool Terrace and Bar, discuss the weather, Kaner's take on the book about the Trump administration in "Fire and Fury" and move onto their drinks (0 mins 10 secs) Amby talks about his first ever time as tournament director for the 1066 tournament at vDip. He then goes onto discuss how the tournament is being organized and his thoughts on having access t...
Jan 30, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 19
It's Christmas time! The guys exchange Diplomacy related presents, talk variants in development, the Kaner & Amby Book Club and the Colonial 1885 variant. Intro The guys introduce the Osbourne Hotel in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley and their drinks (0 mins 05 secs) Amby explains the last podcast was late due to work business and then going on holiday. The guys then discuss their planned holidays including Amby's trip late 2018 to North America (2 mins 50 secs) Kaner discusses how the mobile in...
Dec 23, 2017•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 18
The guys get into some serious Diplomacy chats and boozy rants covering new variants, Dip news on the web, current games (including a special guest!) & mouth off about a range of Dip topics. Intro The guys introduce Riverland - a bar based around shipping containers - and their excellent view before describing their drinks (0 mins 05 secs) We have received feedback that the last podcast was a bit too quiet. Amby apologies and also mentions that things have been busy for Kaner which has cause...
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 17
The guys go to another fancy pants drinking joint and jump from one Dip topic to another. Get ready for a wild ride talking rule changes to the Pirates variant and other variant development, around the grounds, the Viking variant and surrendering. Intro The guys introduce the Cloakroom bar, while the bartender joins them to serve orders in the JFK Room and educate the guys on glasses. This is the first time Kaner grabbed a glass of red instead of beer or cider. Plus they get a mouth cleanser ros...
Oct 27, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 16
A new Diplomacy variant Renaissance dawns! The guys talk about all the new variants coming down the pipeline at vDip, "Balkans 1860", wrap up the recent massive Bourse game and talk Online Dip Pet Peeves about metagaming. The new Dip variant Renaissance! BIg news at vDip with variant development ramping up. The guys declare a new Renaissance while Kaner reflects on many vDip players probably never on the site when it was pumping variants out every week or two (3 mins) Oli is updating the code ba...
Sep 27, 2017•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 15
