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The New Zealand Club Diplomacy Page.

Incorporating the results of the Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington Diplomacy Clubs.

If you're interested in playing Diplomacy in New Zealand, you've come to the right place. We can put you in touch with people all over New Zealand.

Upcoming Meetings	\|	Results	\|	Rankings	\|	SC Chart for NZ club games
Rules for playing with less than seven players What is Diplomacy? The 2001 Auckland Diplomacy Championships page.
Click here for a list of instructions on how to get to each venue
Click here to go to the New Zealand Diplomacy Championships Web Page.

Diplomacy Clubs in New Zealand.

The Auckland Diplomacy Club holds regular Face to Face (FTF) games each month at the houses of members. As well as that the members can offer help for new players to understand the rules, learn how to play by post, or by email, and point you in the direction of a large number of articles that can help improve the way you play Diplomacy. If you're in Auckland and are interested in Diplomacy email Will Black at willb@esp.co.nz, or phone him on (09) 815 3546 in the evenings, or cell 021 607 153
The Hamilton Diplomacy Club runs along similar lines as the Auckland Club, and has meeting once a month, timed to be a fortnight removed from the Auckland Club meetings so members of each club can attend the other. If you're from the Waikato and want to play Diplomacy email Craig Purcell at cpurcell@lic.co.nz or phone him on (07) 853 6374
The Wellington Diplomacy Club Play Diplomacy! Conquer Europe! Betray your Friends! All equipment is provided (except provisions)! Membership is free (turning up is good enough)! Training and Help provided! Get in contact with me if you're even only a little bit interested. Pass this onto people who may be interested if you know of any. The Wellington Diplomacy Club now has it's own web page, and also runs the Wellington Diplomacy Championships - that's right! A diplomacy Tournament in Wellington!

For more information contact:

ymmij@paradise.net.nz

Other points of contact throughout New Zealand: The following people have volunteered to act as points of contact within the listed areas. Contact them if you're interested in playing Diplomacy Face to Face in New Zealand.

Area	Contact Person	Contact Details:
Palmerston North	Vacant	email: willb@esp.co.nz to fill the spot
Dunedin	David Graham, 40 Douglas St, St Kilda, Dunedin, Ph 455-5754	email: cthulhu@actrix.gen.nz
Christchurch	Scott Osprey, Phone (03) 348 1912	email: sosprey@hotmail.com

If you'd be willing to act as a point of contact for an area not currently listed, or if you know of an active Diplomacy Club somewhere else in New Zealand, please let Will Black know.

Dip Duel Tournament:

Will Black is running a Dip Duel Tournament. Click here to go to the web site...

Diplomacy Tournament Reviews:

The Don (November 1997). By Brandon Clarke.
The ADC (January 1998). By Dugal Ure.
Unfortunately no one got sufficiently motivated to write a review of the VDC in Melbourne at Easter 1998.
The NSW Champs (June 1998) by Tristan Lee.
Several reviews of the 1998 New Zealand Diplomacy Champs.
Rob Stephenson's memories, or lack thereof, of the 1999 Victorian Diplomacy Champs.
Several reviews of the 1999 NZDC, and a newspaper article that ran before the tournament in one of the local papers... and another newspaper article from another local newspaper.
My review of the 1999 A.C.T. Diplomacy Champs.
Shane Cubis wrote the following review of the 2000 Australian Diplomacy Champs for his local paper in Sydney.
Dugal Ure recounts the sordid goings on at the 2000 Victorian Diplomacy Champs
Goffy's first review of The Victoria Champs and the trip to Queensland for the Queensland Champs.
My review of my triumph at NSW 2000.
Goffy's review of each game at NSW2000. - "The Cult of Cubisology"
Edi Birsan came to Sydney for the 2000 NSW Championships all the way from the USA, and here is his review of his experience.
Benjamin as a Corollary to Cubisology - Shane Cubis reviews the 2000 Canberra Capers.

Mailing Lists for Diplomacy Players in New Zealand:

There are four mailing lists NZDC-L, DAANZ-announce, WELLDIP-L and OZDIP-L.

NZDC-L

This is The New Zealand Diplomacy Championships mailing list. Only Brandon Clarke, The NZDC Tournament Director can post to this list so traffic is light. It's the way of getting all the latest details about the New Zealand Diplomacy Championships to be held over Labour Weekend (October 21st - 23rd) in Auckland. You can subscribe to the list at anytime by sending an email to <nzdc-L-subscribe@egroups.com> and following the instructions in the email you receive back.
Once subscribed to the list you can post to the list by sending emails to <NZDC-L@egroups.com>

DANNZ-announce

This mailing list is SOLELY for the organisation of club games of Diplomacy and Diplomacy Tournaments in Australiaand New Zealand. If you are interested in discussion of the hobby, reading reviews and results of club and tournament games etc. then you should subscribe to OZDIP-L (see http://www.thingy.apana.org.au/~ozdip/ozdip-l.htm) or send an email to ozdip-l-request@thingy.apana.org.au with the word 'help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions.
This list is NOT for discussions. Some people don't want to read endless debates, but they do want to know about upcomming games and tournaments. Please respect their choice to be subscribed to this announcements only list and refrain from beginning discussions on this list. That is what OZDIP-L is for.
To subscribe to DAANZ-announce send an email to <DAANZ-announce-subscribe@egroups.com> and follow the instructions in the email you receive back.
Once subscribed to the list you can post to the list by sending emails to <DANNZ-announce@egroups.com>

WELLDIP-L

This list is specifically for the organisation and discussion of games at the Wellington Diplomacy Club. You can subscribe to the list at anytime by sending an email to <WELLDIP-L-subscribe@yahoogroups.com> and following the instructions in the email you receive back.
Once subscribed to the list you can post to the list by sending emails to <WELLDIP-L@yahoogroups.com>

AKDIP-L

This list is specifically for the organisation and discussion of games at the Auckland Diplomacy Club. You can subscribe to the list at anytime by sending an email to <AKDIP-L-subscribe@yahoogroups.com> and following the instructions in the email you receive back.
Once subscribed to the list you can post to the list by sending emails to <AKDIP-L@yahoogroups.com>

OZDIP-L

The last list is the Australasian diplomacy mailing list. Traffic can be very heavy at times and can be on all sorts of subjects. This is the list that the "movers and shakers" of the hobby post to, to talk about scoring systems, upcoming tournaments, rules debates, ethics debates and all manner of non-Diplomacy related subjects. To subscribe to this list either go to http://thingy.apana.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ozdip-l.
You can also subscribe by sending an e-mail to <ozdip-l-request@thingy.apana.org.au> with the following line in the body of the e-mail:
subscribe address=<your address>
[Note: Replace "<your address>" with your email address.]
To get more information about the commands available through the e-mail interface send an email to <ozdip-l-request@thingy.apana.org.au> with the
following line in the body of the e-mail:
help
Once subscribed to the list you can post to the list by sending emails to <OZDIP-L@thingy.apana.org.au>

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