The August 2010 issue of Eternal Sunshine, #43, is now available. Inside you'll find:

The usual games

The rehoused Graustark games

The final round of By Popular Demand, and the new gamestart

Part Nine of Fire and Rain

An interview with author Lisa Gitlin

Call for your annual Football Picks

Columns from Jack McHugh, Paul Milewski, and Richard Walkerdine

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This in from Laurent Joly:

The 18th European Diplomacy Championship will take place in the 16th District of Paris, on August 27th, 28th and 29th August 2010. The high school Notre-Dame-des-oiseaux will host the convention on the 12 rue Michel Ange, in Paris, for the pleasure of everyone. The tournament will take place in the main room of the high school with a large area of negociation, indoor and outdoor. There ... << MORE >>

I've updated the Article of the Week section again. Be sure to check it out at:

www.diplomacyworld.net

Just click on Articles, and the button on the left is for the Article of the Week. I generally update it on Thursday or Friday.

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Diplomacy World #110, the Summer 2010 Issue, has now been released. Inside the 113 pages you'll find:

The Results of the Diplomacy World Variant Design Contest
Joshua Danker-Dake on How Germany Wins
Richard Walkerdine on Praise of the Press Saga
1901 Results and Commentary from the new Diplomacy World Demo Game
Matt Shields on How to Lose in a Diplomacy Tournament
David Hood on DixieCon 24
Zachary Jarvie on The Catholic Shark
The Diplomacy World Reader's Survey
and much much more!

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The new issue is now available in both pdf and html format in the Diplomacy section of my personal website at http://www.whiningkentpigs.com/DW/ ... << MORE >>

This is from Thorin Munro:

Venue Announcement: World Diplomacy Championship 2011

After assessing more than 20 potential venues, I'm very pleased to advise the 2011 World Diplomacy Championship will be held in the

Seaview Function Centre at the Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney.

• The Seaview function room hosts up to 120 people banquet style, well separated from the busy Hotel.
• Room has natural light and a huge open air ...

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This in from Jim O'Kelley:

The Windy City Weasels cordially invite you to Chicago -- home of the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks, our beleaugured president, and the hobby's best-named Diplomacy tournament -- for Weasel Moot IV, to be held Sept. 24 to 26 at the Quality Inn in southwest suburban Burr Ridge.

The three-round tournament will begin Friday night at 7 p.m., with two rounds on Saturday, and an awards ceremony at 10 a.m. on ... << MORE >>

This in from Chris Martin:

Chris Martin here, with some exciting news for the North American diplomacy hobby!

Over MLK weekend some of the best diplomats in North America will meet in Austin, Texas to compete in an invitation-only diplomacy event. To date, 67 diplomats have qualified for the 2011 Masters by finishing in the top seven results at a NADF ... << MORE >>

Due to declining health, John Boardman - publisher of Graustark, the first and longest running Diplomacy zine ever, has moved from Brooklyn to an assisted living facility in Maryland to be closer to his daughter and step-daughter.

With that, Graustark has now ceased publication.
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This in from Andy Hull:

KublaCon Diplomacy 2010 wrapped up yesterday and featured two tutorial boards and four scored tournament boards over the three competitive rounds this weekend. Turnout was light but there was also a number of first-timers who picked up the game rapidly and delivered a good standard of beginner performances. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to play or say "Hi!", including special guest appearances from Adam Silverman and Siobhan Granvold. ... << MORE >>