''Diplomacy World'' is a quarterly publication
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...
about the play of the board game
''Diplomacy''. It was first published in 1973 starting with issue #1 of ''DW'' which was edited by Walter W. Buchanan and published in January 1974. All of the back issue of ''DW'' are available on the ''DW'' website. ''DW'' is considered the flagship zine of the Diplomacy hobby.
It was an extension of Buchanan's ''Hoosier Archives'' which have been archived (along with many other Diplomacy zines or Dipzines) in the popular culture section of the
Bowling Green State University
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by Jamie McQuinn.
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''DW'' is the oldest continuously published commentary (e.g. non-playing) Diplomacy zine. Currently, it has over 150 issues published and is published quarterly online on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. The current managing editor is Doug Kent with recent death of former editor and co-editor Jim Burgess.
After ''DW'' issue #96 the zine is only published on the web and is no longer a postal zine.
(from issue #61 to current (#153)
Issue contents
Each issue contains anywhere from 50-75 pages of original articles on the play of the game of Diplomacy as well as its variants (a variant is game of Diplomacy
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...
where the rules or map or both have been changed.) ''DW'' also features columns about various conventions where people gather to play the game, known as "face-to-face" (ftf) play. Every issue has an interview with a well known hobby member, an editorial, a letter column and an advice column. ''DW'' often publishes rule or map variants of Diplomacy as well as designer's and historical notes as well as strategy and tactics articles on the variant as well as other variants.
References
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See also
* Diplomacy (the game)
Magazines established in 1974
Quarterly magazines published in the United States
Fanzines