Diplomacy: The Board Game

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1. The game of Diplomacy is best played by seven players each representing one of seven Great Powers of pre-World War I Europe. Which of the following countries is not one of these seven Great Powers? Turkey All of these are Great Powers Austria-Hungary Spain

2. Which Great Power starts the game with the most units? Russia Austria-Hungary Spain All Great Powers start with an equal number of units

3. Which of these opening plays is employed by Italy in league with Austria-Hungary to bring about Turkey's demise? Bosphorus Balkan Gambit Lepanto Southern Hedgehog

4. Which of the following is a territory pictured on the Diplomacy game board that cannot be occupied? Switzerland Greenland North-Africa Clyde

5. What is the result of the following set of orders issued by England and Germany, assuming no outside interference? England: F Nth Holds, F Nor-Nth, F Lon S F Nor-Nth Germany: F Bel-Nth, A Hol S F Bel-Nth, F Den S F Bel-Nth (Nth = North Sea, Nor = Norway, Lon = London, Bel = Belgium, Hol = Holland, Den = Denmark) The unit in the North Sea is not dislodged, and all units remain in place The unit in the North Sea is dislodged, and the territory remains vacant The unit in the North Sea is dislodged, and the German fleet in Belgium moves in The unit in the North Sea is dislodged, and the English fleet in Norway moves in

6. Which of these territories does not share a border with Vienna? Tyrolia Bohemia Silesia Galicia

7. The object of Diplomacy is to control a given number of Supply Centers (18 of 34 is standard). At the conclusion of each Fall turn, a Great Power gains or loses units depending on how many Supply Centers that Power controls. There are several conditions governing where new units can be deployed. Which of the following is not one of these conditions? A unit can only be deployed on an original Supply Center A unit cannot be deployed on an unoccupied territory controlled by an enemy force A unit cannot be deployed on an occupied territory A unit cannot be deployed on a territory that was contested in the immediately preceding attack phase

8. An English fleet in the North Sea (Nth) supports a French army in Picardy (Pic) in an attack on a German army stationed in Belgium (Bel). The German army holds with support from another German army in Ruhr (Ruh). If the only other available units in the area are a third German army in Munich (Mun) and a French army in Burgundy (Bur), what order must the French army in Burgundy receive to guarantee the capture of Belgium? A Bur S A Pic-Bel A Bur-Bel A Bur-Mun A Bur-Ruh

9. Which of the following rules applies when a unit is forced to retreat? A unit cannot retreat to a territory that was contested in the immediately preceding attack phase Both of these rules apply A unit cannot retreat into an unoccupied territory controlled by an enemy force Neither of these rules applies

10. Which is the only Great Power to start the game with more fleets than armies? Russia England Italy Turkey