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¿Question #1418?
kimbo: Is "Diplomacy" a wargame, or a "strategy boardgame"?

pricero1: It's a way to lose friends.
RealGuest: Yes, yes it is
Derang3d: I'm not touching this with 2 assists and a convoy.
Woelf: One of those, or perhaps a third thing.
Felimid: Yes.
arkibet: it's a negotiation game of backstabbign, right?
richtermarc: Diplomacy is a strategy boardgame that gives you an excuse to hate friends and family
tanis: it's a diplomacy game
larshall: Never played it, but of what I've read I'd say strategy boardgame
DHEK: I'd say it's a wargame/strategy boardgame hybrid. Or maybe a wargame that uses non-wargame strategy mechanics.
aleo09: yes
POvidiusNaso: Wargame.
Onionking: Strategy boardgame
Cmot Dribbler: strategy
Wes Robiinson: strategy
DGSI: never played it
Dweeb: Yes.
martybjsg: Yes.
cloudstalkerian: Trivia games die quickly. Other games can last years as long as the pieces are taken care of.
vampywife: i've not played it, so i'm not certain
FrozenHoHos: Entirely too long
Avatar_69: Strategy boardgame
imaraggamuffin: wargame
brainrob: The latter
Chris Page: Yes.
Helenoftroy: both at least as far as I know. I've not played but I know the concepts.
dwarf: Strategy board game.
Torquato: Thanks for the first game relating question! Diplomacy is a good way to get rid of your friends.
Critical Mass: A way to lose friends. I don't play but I have heard enough about it to know better.
bigbadsteve: strategy
jasta6: "strategy boardgame", war hasn't broke out yet.......................
ZombyDawg: It fits both categories and you could probably also categorize it as a "negotiating" game. It's abstract yet it covers a specifc period of history so you could say it was a "historic simulation" or "historic political negotiating strategy war/boardgame".
Felderin: Can't it be both?
mgringo: Diplomacy is special.
meshuggener: A wargame.
Bandit Ripshawd: Strategy Boardgame
scriptorum: A war game IS a strategy boardgame. In any case, Diplomacy is a very light wargame.
GrandpaDave: I dunno
e.c.r.: both
Legend Dan: Strategy.
Debate: strategy boardgame
Bergbau: Neither. It is a club session.
ssmooth: Both
skrutsch: Somewhere in between. I think.
The Unbeliever: 42
Lord_Prussian: It is abhorrent.
WasQ: Strategy boardgame
snoozefest: haven't played, but guess strat
nexttothemoon: Strategy boardgame I'd say.
heli: war game - you are bent on destroying the enemy
melissa: strategy boardgame.
Jern: Havn't played it
Quest22: Does it matter?
MisterCranky: It is neither. It is a giant mollusk, whose sucker attaches to your face in the most painful way.
kimapesan: Neither. It's actually a role-playing game on a board.
simon craddock: boardgame
LudesFactor: neither really, the fact that there's a board and units is a relatively small matter
2amp: yes
AWildEep: Yes
ValJor: Strategy board game. And I don't like it.
rawk: both
mrbeankc: It's a historical simulation game.
darthcliff: Strategy
ptper: it's trouble
AlorielLelyn: Strategy boardgame. You aren't necessarily fighting wars...
gnomehome: Is it even a game - I don't think so.
dietevil: It's a negotiation & war game.
chaddyboy_2000: Don't care.
Dante_Cubit: strategy BG
djlg: Its a game. I couldn't care less about its taxinomy. (Yes. Yes.)
steef: it's 2 mints in one
Chris Schreiber: boardgame
jellospike: strategy, no doubt in my mind. For me, a wargame has soldiers on a battlefield, with trees and such.
BobDodgerBlue: strategy boardgame
Reloaded: who cares...
CDRodeffer: It's a strategy war game.
Blackwind: Not a wargame.
jttm: Neither
skelebone: Abstract strategic negotiation game.
CortexBomb: Isn't it in it in the "stab everyone in the back as nicely as possible while still advancing your own ends to the max"?
ynnen: It is a strategic interaction game of warfare. Howzat?
Spielfreak: Strategy boardgame