Diplomacy
2–7 players • Miro Company • 1959
- Publisher
- Miro Company
- First published
- 1959
- Players
- 2–7 players
- Genre
- Board wargame
How it plays
Diplomacy plays 2–7 players.
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Where it came from
Diplomacy was created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and first commercially published in 1959 by the Miro Company. Born from Calhamer’s fascination with history and geopolitics while attending Harvard, the game was designed to strip away the reliance on dice or chance found in traditional board games, instead favoring a system of purely social interaction, negotiation, and shifting alliances set in a fictionalized pre-World War I Europe.
The 1959 Miro Company edition established the game's stark, map-based aesthetic, which emphasized tactical clarity over ornate decoration. While it initially struggled to find a mass-market audience due to its intense social demands and long play time, it gained a devoted following among intellectuals and strategy enthusiasts, eventually becoming a cult classic that influenced the development of modern board game design.
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About Diplomacy
Diplomacy is a game in the Board Games catalog on collecto.rs. 2–7 players • Miro Company • 1959. It's filed under board wargame. The catalog entry lists game board, move, negotiation and role-playing game as its mechanics. Catalog data is sourced from Wikidata. No public games collectors track this one yet — adding yours would make you the first on collecto.rs.
How do you play Diplomacy?
Diplomacy is a board game for 2–7 players, filed under board wargame. The catalog entry lists game board, move, negotiation and role-playing game as its mechanics. collecto.rs catalogues the game, not its rules — for the full rulebook, use the copy in the box or the publisher's own site.
How many players is Diplomacy for?
Diplomacy is built for 2–7 players. That count comes from this catalog entry alone — nothing from an expansion or a spin-off is folded into it.
Who publishes Diplomacy?
Diplomacy is published by Miro Company. The catalog gives its publication year as 1959.
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