Hasbro Gaming Avalon Hill Diplomacy Cooperative Board Game, European Political Themed Strategy Game, Ages 12 and Up, 2-7 Players

This game is not for the casual or even the average game enthusiast. Compared to many war games, the rules are fairly easy but the strategy is very complex and dependent on who the other players are and how many other players are playing the game. I gave it a low "giftable" rating because only a few people who like war games that can involve making and breaking alliances and take hours to play will enjoy it. You can play it with a set time limit and with as few as two players, but you will need to agree on determining the winner. For a two player game, I would suggest not using the suggested method of play but choosing one country each and the other five powers are defensive only and don't move or support. I also gave "For traveling" a low rating because of the space and number of players needed. Bottom line, I have always wanted this game and am not disappointed in it. It is a great game.

Un juego simple en cuanto a contenido, pero muy bueno en jugabilidad.

友人と遊ぶために購入、数回プレイいたがいずれも1ターンに30分ほどかかる為纏まった時間が必要である。 ルールはついてくるが英語なのでweb上に転がってるルール、解説を読む方が早い。 盤面の出来もよく遊ぶのに不足はないが駒が厚紙で出来ているのは残念。決して安くはないのだから木製のコマが欲しかった。

The board , The boxing, the rulebook, is all very nice, but the cardboard playing tokens are not good at all - they are dark and crap and it is difficult to tell the countries apart. Very disappointing! The old wooden painted tokens were much much better. I ended up buying a vintage Diplomacy game on EBay just to get the wooden playing pieces.

Does not have drawers as photo shows but the top does slide to reveal compartments anyway so it should work the same. Lovely.