International prize list of Diplomacy
Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.
The World Diplomacy Championship
During the 1970s, there were very few Diplomacy tournaments outside North America. At that time, the winner of the tournament held at American DipCon was considered by the North American players as a world champion of Diplomacy. The World Diplomacy Convention (WorldDipCon or WDC) was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention ("The World Diplomacy Championship") is acknowledged as the World Diplomacy Champion (also called the WDC Champion). The location of each WDC, with the players taking the top three places in the tournament held there, are listed below:
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The 2020 event was originally scheduled for Dover, USA, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the already-selected 2020 (Dover) and 2021 (Bangkok) events were pushed back two years.
Virtual Face-to-Face
Online play with real-time voice negotiations, known as virtual face-to-face, became widespread in 2020, leading to three major annual competitions with global participation.
Virtual Diplomacy Championship (VDC)
The VDC is an open tournament held over a single weekend in December. Rounds are scheduled to be convenient to players around the world.
| Year | Champion | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | United States Morgante Pell | France Nicolas Sahuguet | United States Bill Hackenbracht |
| 2021 | France Nicolas Sahuguet | United States Farren Jane | Canada Liam Stokes |
| 2022 | Canada Riaz Virani | United States Jason Mastbaum | United States Johnny Gillam |
| 2023 | Australia Jamal Blakkarly | Australia Peter McNamara | United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis |
Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL)
The VDL is an open league with monthly gamedays and rounds convenient to players around the world. The season culminates in a championship game held in January.
| Year | Champion | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Canada Tanya Gill | United States John Anderson | United States Morgante Pell |
| 2021 | France Nicolas Taillet | United States Brandon Fogel | United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis |
| 2022 | United States Brandon Fogel | France Nicolas Taillet | United States Timothy Crosby |
| 2023 | United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis | France Nicolas Taillet | United States Matthew Totonchy |
Diplomacy Broadcast Network Invitational (DBNI)
The DBNI is an invitational tournament held annually in February. Players earn invitations based on their performance at a wide variety of Diplomacy competitions over the previous year, including in-person face-to-face, virtual face-to-face, and extended deadline online play. The champion receives the title "DBN Diplomat of the Year".
| Year | Diplomat of the Year | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Australia Peter McNamara | United States Matthew Crill
United States Russ Dennis United States Andrei Gribakov United States Farren Jane France Nicolas Sahuguet United Kingdom Markus Zijlstra |
| 2022 | United States Jason Mastbaum | United States Brandon Fogel
United States Katie Gray United States Farren Jane United Kingdom Seren Kwok United States Ed Sullivan France Nicolas Taillet |
| 2023 | United States Brandon Fogel | Canada Chris Brand
United States Noam Brown Australia Peter McNamara France Nicolas Sahuguet France Ruben Sanchez Canada Riaz Virani |
| 2024 | Australia Peter McNamara | United States Johnny Gillam
United Kingdom Seren Kwok Mexico Doug Malotte United States Ed Sullivan United States Matthew Totonchy United Kingdom Christopher Ward |
Online Diplomacy Championship
Created in 2015, the Online Diplomacy Championship occurs once every two years, rotating between a number of Diplomacy websites. The winner is considered to be the World Champion of Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments typically play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names. The players taking the top three places in each ODC tournament are listed below.
| Year | Host Website | Online Champion | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | webDiplomacy | United Kingdom Octavious | Canada VillageIdiot | Canada Yonni |
| 2017 | PlayDiplomacy | United States Steve Cooley & United Kingdom Bravo Papa Alpha [2] | United States Machiara | |
| 2019 | webDiplomacy | United Kingdom Brumark | United Kingdom Teccles | Australia Napoleon of Oz |
| 2022 | PlayDiplomacy | United States RedCandle | Scotland Pootleflump | Canada Yonni |
North America
DipCon
The winner of the DipCon (Diplomacy Convention) tournament is the North American champion. The title of North American champion was not given at the beginning, but since 1972 has been awarded to each winner of the convention tournament. DipCon was created in 1966 and occurred each year (except in 1967 and 1968). There was no tournament in 1966,[3] 1969[4] 1971, and 2020. The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament:
North American Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix:
| Year | Steps | Players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 58 | United States Chris Martin |
| 2000 | 14 | 125 | United States Matt Shields |
| 2001 | 34 | 166 | United States Jerry Fest |
| 2002 | 17 | 171 | United States Andy Bartalone |
| 2003 | 16 | 213 | United States Edward Hawthorne |
| 2004 | 14 | 305 | United States Doug Moore |
| 2005 | 13 | 234 | United States Andrew Neumann |
| 2006 | 12 | 200 | United States Jim O'Kelley |
| 2007 | 12 | 270 | United States Doug Moore |
| 2008 | 15 | 275 | United States Thomas Haver |
| 2009 | 10 | 182 | United States Adam Sigal |
| 2010 | 10 | 220 | United States Peter Yeargin |
| 2011 | 9 | 143 | United States Chris Martin |
| 2012 | 11 | 202 | United States Michael A. Binder |
| 2013 | 8 | 136 | United States Graham Woodring |
| 2014 | 8 | 188 | United Kingdom Dan Lester |
Europe
EuroDipCon
The location and winner of each EuroDipCon tournament is listed below:
European Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix is listed below:
| Year | Nb of steps | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | 283 | France William Attia |
| 2003 | 11 | 349 | France Yann Clouet |
| 2004 | 15 | 472 | France Yann Clouet |
| 2005 | 13 | 364 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2006 | 14 | 340 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2007 | 14 | 272 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2008 | 11 | 207 | France Emmanuel du Pontavice |
| 2009 | 11 | 175 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2010 | 8 | 172 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2011 | 6 | 108 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2012 | 5 | 76 | United Kingdom Dave Simpson |
| 2013 | 7 | 112 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2014 | 6 | 81 | France Gwen Maggi |
| 2015 | 8 | 116 | Italy Matteo Anfossi |
Australia and New Zealand
Bismark Cup
In the early 1980s the Diplomacy scene in Australia was built around several PBM Diplomacy magazines, of which the most significant titles were Rumplestiltskin, The Go Between, Beowulf, Victoriana, The Journal of Australian Diplomacy, and The Envoy. Most of the tournament players were subscribers, players and editors of these magazines. The Envoy, which was published between 1986 and 1991, ran a series of articles which were both popular and influential. Purportedly written by Arthur von Bismark and styled as lecture transcripts, the character of Arthur von Bismark became celebrated among the contemporary Diplomacy subculture in Australia. The articles were popular at a time when tournament play in Australia had become more organized, with well-attended tournaments in Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Rating systems at the time were being hotly debated and many players desired a way to assess the best player in the tournament scene for a calendar year, as a way of overcoming the perceived inconsistencies of rating systems within one event. The annual trophy concept was accepted among the then-principle organizers of these tournaments and the title Arthur Bismark Cup was suggested by The Envoy's then-editor Mathew Gibson. The real author of these Arthur von Bismark articles was never announced publicly, but was suspected as being either Harry Kolotas, Marion Ashworth, Neil Ashworth or Luke Clutterbuck. When The National Tournaments Championship was created, its perpetual trophy was named The Arthur Bismark Cup (usually referred to as simply the Bismark Cup). The title of Bismark Cup Champion is awarded by the Diplomacy Association of Australia and New Zealand (DAANZ) for the best aggregate tournament results at Diplomacy tournaments held during the calendar year. It is an annual (short term) ranking. The exact number of points awarded depends on the size of the tournaments and the person's placing in that tournament. The winner of each Bismark Cup is listed below:
| Year | Nbr of steps | Nbr of players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Australia Robert Wessels | ||
| 1990 | Australia Harry Kolotas | ||
| 1991 | 3 | 75 | Australia Robert Wessels |
| 1992 | 5 | 123 | Australia Steve Gould |
| 1993 | 6 | 93 | Australia Harry Kolotas |
| 1994 | Australia Craig Sedgwick | ||
| 1995 | Australia Rob Stephenson | ||
| 1996 | 5 | 65 | Australia Craig Sedgwick |
| 1997 | 5 | 74 | Australia Bill Brown |
| 1998 | 7 | 92 | Australia Rob Stephenson |
| 1999 | 8 | 117 | New Zealand Brandon Clarke |
| 2000 | 9 | 111 | Australia Rob Stephenson |
| 2001 | 10 | 104 | Australia Tristan Lee |
| 2002 | 7 | 84 | Germany New Zealand Rob Schöne |
| 2003 | 6 | 52 | Australia Geoff Kerr |
| 2004 | 8 | 56 | New Zealand Grant Steel |
| 2005 | 8 | 65 | Australia Tony Collins |
| 2006 | 10 | 76 | Australia Sean Colman |
| 2007 | – | – | Not organised |
| 2008 | 7 | 58 | Australia Andrew Goff |
| 2009 | 7 | 69 | Australia Shane Cubis |
| 2010 | 7 | 69 | Australia Thorin Munro |
| 2011 | 5 | 49 | New Zealand Grant Steel |
| 2012-2015 | – | – | Not organised |
| 2016 | ? | ?? | New Zealand Tim Jones |
As the Cup has not been awarded since that year, the 2016 winner Tim Jones is still considered the "current holder of the Bismark Cup".[21]
Diplomacy World Cup
The Diplomacy World Cup is a team-based tournament in Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments often play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names. Two different tournaments, the Diplomacy National World Cup and the webDiplomacy World Cup, are grouped together in this category. The Diplomacy National World Cup only ran twice, once in 2007 and once in 2010. The webDiplomacy World Cup had its first iteration in 2010, and runs once every two years, with the exception of 2014 as the 2012 World Cup was still ongoing. WebDiplomacy World Cup teams are not country-specific, and can instead be from regions.
| Edition | Members of the World champion team | Members of second team | Members of third team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 [22] | France France Emmanuel du Pontavice France Fabrice Essner France Jean-Luc Granier France Fabien Grellier France Michel Lacroix France Gwen Maggi France Jean-Pierre Maulion France Nicolas Sahuguet France Spain Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid France Cyrille Sevin |
Italy Italy Enrico Agamennone Italy United States Alessio Cei Italy Giovanni Cesarini Italy Davide Cleopadre Italy Marco Noseda Pedraglio Italy Luca Pazzaglia Italy Roberto Perego Italy Leonardo Quirini Italy Andrea Ziffer |
Argentina Argentina Leonardo Colangelo Argentina Pablo Echevarría Argentina Mike Goldfeld Argentina Martin Kaplan Argentina Marcelo Larroque Uruguay Ismael Puga Chile Felipe Sanchez Argentina Ariel Max Sanchez Romero |
| 2010 [22] | Ireland Republic of Ireland Mike Cosgrave Republic of Ireland Brian Dennehy Republic of Ireland Aidan Duggan Republic of Ireland Conor Kostick Republic of Ireland Cian O'Rathaille Republic of Ireland Nigel Phillips United Kingdom Rick Powell |
United States United States Kevin Dietz United States Jim Green United States Melinda Holley United States Brian McCain United States Pete Marinaro United States Charles Mullin United States Kyra Olson India Yashwant Parmar United States Eric Sorenson |
France France Frédéric Coste France Fabrice Essner France Gwen Maggi France Jean-Pierre Maulion France Jean-François Mougard France Reynald Nicod France Vincent Reulet France Nicolas Sahuguet France Spain Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid France Cyrille Sevin |
| 2010 [23] | South America Brazil Rubetok (Captain) Argentina Xapi Brazil JesusPetry Brazil rdrivera2005 |
Southeast Europe Greece hellalt (Captain) Slovenia Kompole Croatia Dejan0707 Greece Ouraguinus |
Iberia SpainUnited States JECE (Captain) Spain Silver Wolf United States StevenC. Portugal Troodonte |
| 2012 [23] | California A United States The Hanged Man (Captain) United States uclabb (Assistant Captain) United States Tasnica United States Mujus |
Iberia SpainUnited States JECE (Captain) Portugal Troodonte (Assistant Captain) Spain gantz PortugalSerbia MuadDib |
The Balkans Greece hellalt (Captain) United KingdomGreece Hellenic Riot (Assistant Captain) Hungary rokakoma Slovenia Kompole |
| 2016 [23] | Cascadia United States ghug (Captain) Canada VillageIdiot (Assistant Captain) United States MadMarx United States Balki Bartokomous United States thatwasawkward |
Dixie United States Gen. Lee (Captain) United States ckroberts (Assistant Captain) United States eturnage United States The Czech United States DrCJG |
Sweden Sweden Vixol (Captain) Sweden Seichuto (Assistant Captain) Sweden AronAmbrosiani Sweden SunRa |
| 2018 [23] | Cascadia United States Balki Bartokomous Canada VillageIdiot United States ghug United States cspieker United States MadMarx |
Greatest Lakes United States Tom Bombadil Canada Durga United States Yigg United States Yoyoyozo United States peterwiggin United States jmo1121109 |
California United States ezio United States micha United States slypups United States Ogion United States The Hanged Man |
| 2020 [23] | Yorkshire Puddings United Kingdom CaptainMeme (Captain) United Kingdom Brumark United Kingdom Scarabus United Kingdom desdemona22 United Kingdom teccles |
Eastern Canada Canada Hamilton Brian (Captain) Canada cdngooner Canada Yonni Canada Peregrine Falcon Canada Lando Calrissian |
Prosecco Italy gimix (Captain) Italy Riccardo Falconi Italy Babbo Natale Italy Superwerty Italy Randaz20 |
See also
Diplomacy List of world championships in mind sports
Notes
- ↑ Originally scheduled to be in Hunt Valley, but moved when the original host convention moved from Hunt Valley to Lancaster.
- ↑ Tournament scoring in ODC 2017 allowed for a tie for first place.
- ↑ DipCon I held in Youngstown, and hosted by John Koning in his home, 31 August 1666.
- ↑ DipCon II held in Youngstown, because "...we had so much fun last time, let's do it again."
- ↑ Held as part of Origins, which was in San Mateo, but held in a separate hotel because of space limitations
- ↑ We can see in Diplomacy World 35 that the name of the winner is Joyce Singer.
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Marc Hurwitz, finished 2nd.
- ↑ Hohn Cho won the 1989 DipCon Diplomacy tournament, but that year's "DipCon Champion" was decided by a number of events.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 This year, the DipCon was the WorldDipCon.
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Matthew Shields, finished 3rd.
- ↑ Played during a cruise from Galveston United States and with several stops: Progreso Mexico, Cozumel Mexico and Belize City Belize.
- ↑ DipCon status was removed from the Bangor event by the NADF on 30 July 2008.
- ↑ Results Disputed. Under normal hobby practice, the Tournament Director is ineligible for prizes due to real or perceived conflicts of interest. David Webster acted as TD, but still declared himself the winner.
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Jim O'Kelley, finished 3rd.
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Chris Martin, finished 2nd.
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Doug Moore, finished 2nd.
- ↑ DipCon 2020 reported in 2021 (COVID-19).
- ↑ The best North American player, United States Michael A. Binder, finished 2nd.
- ↑ First European: United Kingdom Gihan Bandaranaike (second of the tournament).
- ↑ First European: Italy Filippo Lonardo (second of the tournament).
- ↑ "Diplomacy Results and Rankings". daanz.org. Diplomacy Association of Australia and New Zealand. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
The current holder of the Bismark Cup (the 2016 winner) is Tim Jones.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 This tournament was an iteration of the Diplomacy National World Cup.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 This tournament was an iteration of the webDiplomacy World Cup.