Learn How to Play Diplomacy AND Era of Empire | Complete Rules Overview

Learn how to play Diplomacy and the brand-new Era of Empire in this complete beginner’s guide! We’ll walk you through the rules, mechanics, and unique twists that make these strategy board games legendary. Whether you’re new to negotiation games or a veteran looking for a refresher, this video covers everything from movement and supports to convoys, builds, and advanced mechanics like conscription and conversion.

Diplomacy has long been a favorite among board gamers who love alliances, betrayals, and deep strategy. Era of Empire builds on that legacy with expanded rules and exciting new challenges. Watch this guide to master the essentials and get ready to play your next game with confidence!

Watch as Thomas Haver from Renegade Games teaches both the original Diplomacy AND Diplomacy: Era of Empire in one go! This was filmed at GENCON 2025 right before the big Diplomacy Tournament began.

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The 19th Century was a dynamic, yet turbulent time when huge areas of the Ottoman Empire, the Indian sub-continent, China, Indochina, and the East Indies were fought over by competing empires.

In Diplomacy: Era of Empire, seven great empires — Britain, France, Russia, Turkey, China, Japan, and the Netherlands — vie for control as alliances are formed and trust is betrayed. Players negotiate and outwit one another in a delicate balance of co-operation and competition to gain dominance of the region. Players must rely on their own cunning and cleverness, not dice, to determine the outcome of this game of conspiracies and conquest.

Diplomacy: Era of Empire is a standalone game for new or experienced Diplomacy players that's based on 1994's Colonial Diplomacy, but with an updated map for balance purposes, the removal of certain mechanisms that required three pages of errata, and other rule tweaks.

—description from the publisher