The Summer 2009 issue of Diplomacy World, #106, has just been released, with a
theme of Historical Variants! 141 pages of Diplomacy for your reading
enjoyment. It would impossible to list all of the highlights, but a small
sampling would include:

Multiple articles on World DipCon 2009, including one from champion Andrew Goff

Prussian strategy in the Ambition and Empire variant

Two new variants: Battleship and 1648 with detailed designer notes, plus many
more variant articles, historical and otherwise

Lots of information and player statements on the Diplomacy World Cup

The second to last installment of the Diplomacy Demo Game "After the Rapture"

The first installment of our new variant Demo game of the "Known World" variant

A review of phpDiplomacy on Facebook

And SO MUCH MORE!

You can find the new issue of Diplomacy World for free download in pdf format in
the diplomacyworld Yahoo group:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/diplomacyworld/

or directly from the official Diplomacy World website:

http://www.diplomacyworld.net

Read it, absorb it, and let us know what you think about it! The deadline for
#107 is October 1st, 2009, with a theme of "Balance of Power." Remember, theme
material only takes up a portion of each issue, so don't feel your submissions
need to be theme-related!