I feel that after about 4 months of being involved in Diplomacy in some way shape or form, I have learned most if not all of the basic aspects of game-play.

I would appreciate any more intricate or advanced gaming tips that anyone who has been playing for a long time might have for me. I am very eager to learn how to become a much better Diplomacy player now that I have some experience and a sound basic understanding of the game under my belt.

Also, please feel free to review my finished games and tell me where things might have gone wrong or did go ill for me, and things I could have done differently to avoid the problems that I faced. I know you can't get a full story of those games without also seeing the messages that were written between other countries and I, but if there's something obvious that I could have done, regardless of conversations with other countries that may have been involved, I am open and eager to learn ways that I may have done things differently.

All your thoughts and input would be greatly appreciated and I shall continue to strive to play fairly and competitively in any and all games that I am currently involved in or that I will be involved in sometime in the future :).

Forever a colleague on the game-board to all of you wonderful people,

General Ireland :)