International prize list of Diplomacy
Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.
WorldDipCon
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 WorldDipCon (World Diplomacy Convention) was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention becomes the world champion of Diplomacy.
The players taking the top three places in each WorldDipCon tournament are listed below:
| Year | Host City | Host Country | World Champion | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Birmingham |  | | | |
| 1990 | Chapel Hill |  | | | |
| 1992 | Canberra |  | | |  |
| 1994 | Birmingham | | | | |
| 1995 | Paris | | |  | |
| 1996 | Columbus | | |  | |
| 1997 | Gothenburg | | | |  |
| 1998 | Chapel Hill | | | | |
| 1999 | Namur | .svg.png){kind=small} | | | |
| 2000 | Hunt Valley | | |  | |
| 2001 | Paris | | | | |
| 2002 | Canberra | | |  | |
| 2003 | Denver | | | | |
| 2004 | Birmingham | | |  | |
| 2005 | Washington[1] | | | | |
| 2006 | Berlin |  | | | |
| 2007 | Vancouver |  | | | |
| 2008 | Lockenhaus |  | | | |
| 2009 | Columbus | | | | |
| 2010 | The Hague | | | | |
| 2011 | Sydney | | | | |
| 2012 | Chicago | | | | |
| 2013 | Paris | | | | |
| 2014 | Chapel Hill | | | | |
| 2015 | Milan |  | |  | |
| 2016 | Chicago | | | | |
| 2017 | Oxford | | | | |
| 2018 | Washington, DC | | |||
| 2019 | Marseille | | |||
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,[2] 1969[3] and 1971.
The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament:
| Year | Host City | Host Country | North American Champion | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Oklahoma City | | | |
| 1972 | Chicago | | | |
| 1973 | Chicago | | | |
| 1974 | Chicago | | | |
| 1975 | Chicago | | | |
| 1976 | Baltimore | | | |
| 1977 | Lake Geneva | | | |
| 1978 | Los Angeles | | | |
| 1979 | Chester | | | |
| 1980 | Rochester | | | |
| 1981 | Burlingame | | | [4] |
| 1982 | Baltimore | | | |
| 1983 | Detroit | | | [5] |
| 1984 | Dallas | | | |
| 1985 | Seattle | | | |
| 1986 | Fredericksburg | | | [6] |
| 1987 | Madison | | | |
| 1988 | San Antonio | | | |
| 1989 | San Diego | | | [7] |
| 1990 | Chapel Hill | | | [8] |
| 1991 | Scarborough | | | |
| 1992 | Lenexa | | | |
| 1993 | San Mateo | | | |
| 1994 | Chapel Hill | | | |
| 1995 | Baltimore | | | |
| 1996 | Columbus | | | [8] |
| 1997 | Seattle | | | |
| 1998 | Chapel Hill | | | [8] |
| 1999 | Columbus | | | |
| 2000 | Hunt Valley | | | [8][9] |
| 2001 | Denver | | | |
| 2002 | Chapel Hill | | | |
| 2003 | Washington | | | |
| 2004 | Portland | | | |
| 2005 | At Sea |   | | [10] |
| 2006 | Charlottesville | | | |
| 2007 | Vancouver | | | [8] |
| 2008 | Tysons Corner[11] | | | [12] |
| 2009 | Columbus | | | [8][13] |
| 2010 | San Francisco | | | |
| 2011 | Fairlee, Vermont | | | |
| 2012 | Chicago | | | [8] |
| 2013 | Silver Spring | | | |
| 2014 | Seattle | | | [14] |
| 2015 | Philadelphia | | | |
| 2016 | Chicago | | | |
| 2017 | Killington, Vermont | | |
North American Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix:
| Year | Steps | Players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 58 | |
| 2000 | 14 | 125 | |
| 2001 | 34 | 166 | |
| 2002 | 17 | 171 | |
| 2003 | 16 | 213 | |
| 2004 | 14 | 305 | |
| 2005 | 13 | 234 | |
| 2006 | 12 | 200 | |
| 2007 | 12 | 270 | |
| 2008 | 15 | 275 | |
| 2009 | 10 | 182 | |
| 2010 | 10 | 220 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 143 | |
| 2012 | 11 | 202 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 136 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 188 | |
Europe
EuroDipCon
The winner of each EuroDipCon tournament:
| Year | Host City | Host Country | European Champion | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Paris | | | |
| 1994 | Linköping | | | |
| 1995 | Cirencester | | | |
| 1996 | Oslo | | | |
| 1997 | Namur | | | |
| 1998 | Bedford | | | |
| 1999 | Turku |  | | |
| 2000 | Paris | | | |
| 2001 | Dublin | | | |
| 2002 | Malmö | | | |
| 2003 | Dogana |  | | |
| 2004 | Darmstadt | | | [15] |
| 2005 | Utrecht | | | |
| 2006 | Cheshunt | | | |
| 2007 | Marseille | | | |
| 2008 | Brunate | | | |
| 2009 | Bonn | | | |
| 2010 | Paris | | | |
| 2011 | Derby | | | |
| 2012 | Serravalle | | | |
| 2013 | Namur | | | |
| 2014 | Rome | | | [16] |
| 2015 | Leicester | | | |
| 2016 | Paris | | | |
| 2017 | Milan | | |
European Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix:
| Year | Nb of steps | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | 283 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 349 | |
| 2004 | 15 | 472 | |
| 2005 | 13 | 364 | |
| 2006 | 14 | 340 | |
| 2007 | 14 | 272 | |
| 2008 | 11 | 207 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 175 | |
| 2010 | 8 | 172 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 108 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 76 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 112 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 81 | |
Australia and New Zealand
Bismark Cup
The National Tournaments Championship – comprising the perpetual trophy known as the Bismark Cup – is awarded 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 depends on the size of the tournament and the person's placing in that tournament.
The winner of each Bismark Cup:
| Year | Nbr of steps | Nbr of players | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | | ||
| 1990 | | ||
| 1991 | 3 | 75 | |
| 1992 | 5 | 123 | |
| 1993 | 6 | 93 | |
| 1994 | | ||
| 1995 | | ||
| 1996 | 5 | 65 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 74 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 92 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 117 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 111 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 104 | |
| 2002 | 7 | 84 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 52 | |
| 2004 | 8 | 56 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 65 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 76 | |
| 2007 | – | – | Not organised |
| 2008 | 7 | 58 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 69 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 69 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 49 | |
| 2012 | – | – | Not organised |
Origins of the 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.
Diplomacy National World Cup
More prestigious web tournament. The third edition begins in 2013.
| Edition | World Champion | Second | Third |
| 2007–2009 | |
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| 2010–2012 | |
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| 2013-____ |
| Edition | Members of the World champion team | Members of second team | Members of third team |
| 2007–2009 | France |
Italy |
Argentina  |
| 2010–2012 | Ireland |
United States |
France |
| 2013-____ |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Originally scheduled to be in Hunt Valley, but moved when the original host convention moved from Hunt Valley to Lancaster.
- ↑ 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,
- ↑ Hohn Cho won the 1989 DipCon Diplomacy tournament, but that year's "DipCon Champion" was decided by a number of events.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This year, the DipCon was the WorldDipCon.
- ↑ The best North American player,
- ↑ Played during a cruise from Galveston
- ↑ 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,
- ↑ The best North American player,
- ↑ First European:
- ↑ First European: