The ARDA System for Classifying Diplomacy Variants

R. Rules Revisions Using the Regular Board
(no or only minor map changes)

ra. Regular Rules plus rules from other games

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
ra01	Baseball Diplomacy	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	7
ra02	Diplomacy-Clue Variant		Fred Davis (modified map of “Clue” board included. Requires ownership of”Clue” rules)	7
ra08	Pass the Pigs Diplomacy		Peter Sullivan	7
ra09	Poker Diplomacy		Craig Brown	7
ra10	Life Diplomacy	Rules	Jef Bryant	7
ra11	Rock, Scissors, Paper Diplomacy	Rules	Phil Reynolds	7
ra12	Play by Mail “Shogun”		Kevin R. Burns
ra13	Scrabble Diplomacy		Jef Bryant	7
ra14	Monopoly Diplomacy		???	7

rb. Change to one basic component only

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rb01	Active Neutrals		Robert Sacks	7
rb02	Anonymity I and II	Rules	Don Miller	7
rb03	Anonymity III	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	7
rb04	Bizarro Diplomacy (Anonymity IV)	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	7
rb05	Bum’s Rush		A. Phillips (CE 1)	7
rb06	Cognac	Rules	R. Bart	7
rb07	Diplomatic Diplomacy	Rules	Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rb08	DND Diplomacy		Trevor Baillie	7
rb09	Escalated Diplomacy		D. Alderson (CE 1)	7
rb10	Fink Variant Rule	Rules	Howdard Mahler	7
rb100	Victory Point Diplomacy		Roger Cooper	7
rb101	Viking Diplomacy III		Ian Whitchurch	8
rb102	Annoyance Diplomacy		Author Unknown	8
rb103	Goofy	Rules	Robert Rehbold	7
rb104	Partial-Press Gunboat		Author Unknown	7
rb105	Flaggshipp		Jason Wilke	7
rb106	Sabotage Diplomacy		Andy Bassett	7
rb107	Evil Empire		Graham Staplehurst	7
rb108	Prediction variant		Nils Lindeberg and Bjorn von Knorring	7
rb109	Pact Diplomacy		Gary Donovan	7
rb11	Lebling Variant		D. Lebling	7
rb110	Invasion		Michael Ribciro
rb111	Winter 1898 II		Randy Davis and Stephen Agar	7
rb112	Partisan		Bryan Betts	7
rb113	Replay	Rules	Alexander Woo	7
rb114	Goals Diplomacy	Rules	Vincent Mous	7
rb115	Gunboat (for JUDGE)	Rules	???	7
rb116	Mobilization Diplomacy	Rules	Tim Miller	7
rb117	Ooh Ever So Nasty Diplomacy	Rules	Brian Creese and Ken Bain	7
rb118	Portage Variant	Rules	Robert McMillan	7
rb119	River Diplomacy	Rules	Dennis Brennan	7
rb12	Phoenix		M. Bullock	7
rb120	Touch	Rules	Andy Schwarz	7
rb121	Chronos	Rules	Wes Malkin	7
rb122	Alpha Variant	Rules	Libby McAfee	7
rb123	Xenophobia	Rules	Stephen Agar	7
rb124	Phased Diplomacy	Rules	Robert Rehbold	7
rb125	Rapid Deployment Diplomacy	Rules	Mikko Saari	7
rb126	X2	Rules	Jake Lloyd	7
rb13	Take-Away Diplomacy		D. Alderson (CE 1)	7
rb14	We’ve Been Shafted By a Guy Who Cancelled Out on Us	Rules	George Wallace	6
rb15	Diplowinn (Dafteor)	Rules	Norman Nathan	7
rb16	Bridge Diplomacy	Rules	Konrad Baumeister	7
rb17	Key’s Rule Diplomacy	Rules	J. Key	7
rb18	Cryptodiplomacy I		John McCallum	7
rb19	Proxy Plomacy		Mick Bullock	7
rb20	Succedaneum		Mark Berch	7
rb21	Second Chance Diplomacy		Don Del Grande	7
rb22	Army / Fleet Rules Module		Fred Davis (CE 11)	7
rb23	PIG Diplomacy		Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rb24	Slimak’s Rule		K. Slimak	7
rb25	Hidden Strength	Rules	Robert Sacks	7
rb26	Home Sweet Home		J. Gross	7
rb27	Balance of Power	Rules	A. Phillips	7
rb28	Treachery		Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rb29	Extremely Anonymous Diplomacy		J. Maiden	7
rb30	Catastrophe Diplomacy		??	7
rb31	Telstar Diplomacy		G. Neiger	7
rb32	Gunboat Diplomacy	Rules	Author Unknown	7
rb33	Supply Centers I		Gareth Simon (includes rb34)	7
rb34	Supply Centers II (Napoleonic Variant)		Gareth Simon (included with rb33)	7
rb35	Double Occupance Diplomacy		Jim Williams	7
rb36	Alias		W. Ives	7
rb37	Tugboat Diplomacy (a modified Gunboat Diplomacy)		Ed Menders	7
rb38	Red Cross Diplomacy		Malcolm Smith	7
rb39	34, 35, 36...	Rules	Teun Spaans	7
rb40	Qharmah (Karma)	Rules	Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rb41	Fleet Rome	Rules	Richard Sharp	7
rb42	Telepath Diplomacy	Rules	Steve Doubleday and Richard Walkerdine	7
rb43	One-Season Diplomacy		Dave Thorby	7
rb44	Off-Board Box Rules Module		Fred Davis (CE 11)
rb45	Wild Bill Donovan Variant	Rules	Larry Peery	23
rb46	Fellow Traveller		Steve Doubleday	7
rb47	Ambiguite II	Rules	Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rb48	Pacifist Diplomacy	Rules	Nicky Palmer (includes rs14) (ex “ra04”)	7
rb49	Plague (II)		Adam Gruen (ex “ra05”)	7
rb50	Chained Lightning	Rules	Steve Doubleday	7
rb51	Legalese Diplomacy		Peter McDonald and Andrew England	7
rb52	Completely Insane Diplomacy		Mick Haytack	7
rb53	Minefield Diplomacy II	Rules	Mark Nelson and Geroge Beccaloni	7
rb54	Future Tense Diplomacy	Rules	Richard Young	7
rb55	Superpower Diplomacy		Alex Richardson	7
rb56	Wizard’s Diplomacy		Ian Whitchurch	7
rb57	Sorcerous Diplomacy	Rules	Glenn Miles	7
rb58	British Gunboat	Rules	Martin Hansen	7
rb59	Gunboat II	Rules	Fred Davis	7
rb60	Slightly Democratic Diplomacy		Guy Thomas	7
rb61	Corner Diplomacy		Eric Brosius	7
rb62	Get Them Dots Now!	Rules	Lee Kendter, Jr.	7
rb63	Propaganda Diplomacy		Michael Hopcroft	7
rb64	Bid Diplomacy	Rules	??	7
rb65	Mind Reader	Rules	Eric Brosius	7
rb66	MacArthur Diplomacy		Eric Brosius	7
rb67	Sue for peace Diplomacy		Andrew England	7
rb68	Eurotunnel Diplomacy	Rules	Andrew Poole	7
rb69	Friendship Diplomacy		Glenn Overby	7
rb70	Social Security Diplomacy		Eric Brosius	7
rb71	Pet Store Diplomacy		Jeff Suchard	7
rb72	Plague Ship Diplomacy		Jeff Suchard	7
rb73	Jellyfish Diplomacy		Jesse Severe	7
rb74	Humphrey’s Diplomacy		Brian Duguid	7
rb75	Minefield Diplomacy I		George Beccalon	7
rb76	Prisoner’s Dilemma		Mike Ohren	7
rb77	Scargill Diplomacy		Paul Bennett	7
rb78	Winter 1898	Rules	Randy Davis	7
rb79	Partisan Bid Diplomacy		Author Unknown	7
rb80	Armistice Diplomacy		Per Westling	7
rb81	Berserker Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
rb82	Fagin’s Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
rb83	Truth or Dare		Bjorn Westling	7
rb84	Crowded Diplomacy	Rules	Author Unknown	11
rb85	Don Diplomacy		Adrian and Paul Appleyard	7
rb86	Scorched Earth Diplomacy	Rules	John Morgan	7
rb87	Passable Switzerland	Rules	Philippe Crepey	7
rb88	The Mad Italian!	Rules	Patrice Verry	6
rb89	The Pope		Patrice Verry	8
rb90	Second Chance Diplomacy II	Rules	Fred Davis	7
rb91	Illegal Gunboat	Rules	Patrick Lafontaine	7
rb92	Extra Supply Centers	Rules	Jef Bryant	7
rb93	Speedboat Diplomacy		Andy Bate	7
rb94	NMR Diplomacy	Rules	Jef Bryant	7
rb95	Shift Left and Shift Right	Rules	Rick Westerman and Josh Smith	7
rb96	When You Don’t Have Seven		Roger Cooper
rb97	Diplomacy for Eight to Ten		Roger Cooper
rb98	Dwarf Throwing Diplomacy		John Morgan	7
rb99	Plague Diplomacy		Jonathan Heaney	7

rc. Players Change Rules During Game

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rc01	Hague Night Court		Mike Dominskyj	7
rc02	Somewhat Demiurgic Diplomacy	Rules	Nick Kinzett	7
rc03	Erratic Diplomacy II	Rules	Rod Chamberlin	7
rc04	Deviant Diplomacy	Rules	Ignatz Lew (ex “rs32”)	7
rc05	Shifting Diplomacy		??	7
rc06	People’s Diplomacy		Glenn Overby	7
rc07	Totally Random Diplomacy	Rules	Paul Bennett	7
rc08	Deviant Diplomacy II	Rules	Phil Reynolds	7

rd. Hidden Movement

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rd01	Kriegspiel Diplomacy I		Buddy Tretick	7
rd02	Diplomyopia	Rules	Colin Hemming	7
rd03	Kriegspiel Diplomacy II		Buddy Tretick (includes rd04)	7
rd04	Kriegspiel Diplomacy III		Buddy Tretick (included with rd03)	7
rd05	Deadman Diplomacy	Rules	Bob Arnett	7
rd06	Disorganized Diplomacy		Lew Pulsipher	7
rd07	Kriegsplomacy (Kriegspiel Diplomacy IV)	Rules	Allen Wells and Don Woods	7
rd08	Blind Diplomacy	Rules	Lee Kendter, Sr.	7
rd09	Universal Stab		Andy Evans and Stephen Agar	7
rd10	Stab I		Andy Evans	7
rd11	Ultra-Stab		Malcolm Brown and Paul Pebble (requires rd10)	7
rd12	Stab III		Andy Evans and Stephen Agar	7
rd13	Delayed Stab		Tom Swider	7
rd14	Blind Deadman		Robert J. Smith	7
rd15	Infiltration	Rules	Elmer Hinton	7
rd16	Spy Diplomacy	Rules	Jim Burgess	7
rd17	Time Lords	Rules	Steve Doubleday	7
rd18	Blind Diplomacy - 1801	Rules	Doug Brown	7
rd19	Sublomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
rd20	Limited Intelligence		Ian Whitchurch	7
rd21	Seeing is Believing	Rules	Eric Brosius	7
rd22	Fog of War	Rules	Phil Reynolds	7
rd23	MegaStab	Rules	Glenn Overby	7
rd24	Blind Diplomacy II	Rules	Eric Klien	7
rd25	Secret Spy Diplomacy	Rules	Garrett Schenck	7
rd26	Nuit et Brouillard (Night and Fog)		Philippe Crepey	7
rd27	Artes’ Blind Diplomacy		-	7
rd28	Dark Diplomacy		Luca Barontini	7
rd29	Stab!	Rules	Andy Evans & Stephen Agar	7
rd30	Timelords II		Steve Doubleday	7
rd31	Multiverse Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
rd32	LIPDIP		Michael Norrish	7
rd33	Blind		???	7
rd34	Seven Blind Whisperers In One Big Darkness	Rules	Mikko Saari	7

re. Economic Games

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
re01	Economic Diplomacy I		Jerry Pournelle	7
re02	Economic Diplomacy II		Jerry Pournelle and Don Miller	7
re03	Economic Diplomacy IV	Rules	Fred Davis	7
re04	Economic Diplomacy III		R. Shagrin	7
re05	Super-economic Diplomacy (Dollar Diplomacy)		F. Mulhauser	7
re06	Diplomacy with Escalating Technology	Rules	Der Garvey (requires re03)	7
re07	Miniec		Geoff Challinger	7
re08	Dipconomy	Rules	Daryl Kibble	7
re09	Plutonomy		Tom Swider	7
re10	Scrutiny and Honesty		Teun Spaans	7
re11	DiProduction		E. Hinton
re12	Patterson’s Diplomacy		Mike Mills	7
re13	Econopolicy		Mike Dominskyj	7
re14	Mercenary Diplomacy II	Rules	Patrick McHale	7
re15	1901-Shareholders		Eric Brosius	7
re16	Investment Diplomacy	Rules	Larry Cronin	7
re17	Perestroika Diplomacy		Larry Cronin	7
re18	Business Diplomacy		Author Unknown	7
re19	Interest of Trade ...		Thomas M. Kane	7
re20	Perestroika VI (rules copy may be incomplete)		Larry Cronin	7
re21	Economic Enhancement Diplomacy		Unknown	7
re22	Perestroika V	Rules	Larry Cronlon	7

rf. Fewer Players Than Seven

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rf01	5-Man Game (in 1961 rule book)		Allan Calhamer	5
rf02	6-Man Game (in 1961 rule book)		Allan Calhamer	6
rf03	Napoleonic Diplomacy (I) (5-Man Game, 1966 rule book)		Allan Calhamer	5
rf04	5-Man Game II	Rules	Allan Calhamer and Fred Davis	5
rf07	4-Man Game (per current rules)		Allan Calhamer	4
rf08	5-Man Game (per current rules)		Allan Calhamer	5
rf09	6-Man Game (per current rules)		Allan Calhamer	6
rf10	4-Man Diplomacy	Rules	"Tarzan"	4
rf11	Missing Man	Rules	Scott Kasch and Manus Hand
rf12	Taskdip	Rules	Andreas Kueck
rf13	Fiascomacy	Rules	Martin Edwardes
rf14	4-Man Game (per 1961 rules)		Allan Calhamer	4
rf15	Escalation Diplomacy II	Rules	Edi Birsan

rg. Special Powers / Characteristics

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rg01	Vain Rats II (?)		Richard Sharp	7
rg02	Vacation Diplomacy I		Dan Kuszynski and Al Rodriguez	7
rg03	Unplayable Card Diplomacy		Stephen Agar	7
rg04	Vacation Diplomacy III		Dan Kuszynski and Fred Davis	7
rg05	Vain Rats I		Richard Sharp	7
rg06	Character Diplomacy		Fred Davis	7
rg07	Vain Rats III	Rules	Richard Downes	7
rg08	Vain Rats IV		Richard Sharp and Guy Thomas	7
rg09	Definitive Vain Rats	Rules	Mark Nelson	7
rg10	Vacation Diplomacy IV		Fred Davis	7
rg11	Vain Star	Rules	Andy Bate	7
rg12	Cosmic Diplomacy II		Russ Rusnak	7
rg13	Questionable Character Diplomacy	Rules	Lee Kendter, Jr.	7
rg14	Character Diplomacy II		John Galt and Fred Davis	7
rg15	Character Diplomacy (Batyville Version)		Ralph Baty	7
rg16	Illuminated Vain Rats		Author Unknown	8
rg17	The Tarot Variant		Steve Doubleday	7
rg18	Diplomacy: The Gathering I	Rules	Stephen Agar	7
rg19	Diplomacy: The Gathering II	Rules	Stephen Agar	7
rg20	Warlock Diplomacy	Rules	???	7

rh. Home Centres Assigned at Random / Large Numbers of Players

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
rh01	Anarchy I	Rules	Don Miller (ex “rs01”)	34
rh02	Anarchy II	Rules	Don Miller (ex “rs17”)	17
rh03	Anarchy IV	Rules	Lew Pulsipher (ex “rs02”)	7
rh04	Anarchy V	Rules	Lew Pulsipher (ex “rs03”)
rh05	Anarchy VI	Rules	Lew Pulsipher (ex “rs04”)
rh06	Chaos II	Rules	Michel Feron	34	ex-rs28
rh07	Megalomania		George Wallace and Randolph Bart (ex”rs09”)	15
rh08	Diplodocus I		Paul Meerts (ex “rs36”)	34
rh09	Diplodocus II	Rules	Nick Kinzett		ex-rs40
rh10	Anarchy VII	Rules	Jeremy Tullett (ex “rs39”)
rh11	Terrestrial Chaos	Rules	Jef Bryant
rh12	Ultimate Shambles	Rules	Michel Malhomme	7
rh13	Chaos	Rules	Author Unknown	34
rh14	Half Chaos	Rules	Author Unknown	17

rk. Earlier and Pirated Versions

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
rk01	1961 1966 rule book		Allan Calhamer	7
rk02	Brazilian Variant (1914) (In Portuguese)		Sold in Brazil by Grow Productos (Pirated) (plus seven page English translation)	7

rm. Major Revisions (Medium Complexity)

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
rm01	Anonymous Diplomacy		John Lovibond	7
rm02	Bolshevik I		Hartley Patterson	8
rm03	Coast-Running Variant		Eric Verheiden	7
rm04	Foe-Nazu	Rules	Randolph Bart	7
rm05	Grand Fenwick’s Revenge Diplomacy		Stephen Tihor
rm06	Intrigue		Steve Doubleday
rm07	Militarism III		Lew Pulsipher	7
rm08	Nuclear Diplomacy II ("I")		Jad Dittmar	7
rm09	Shadow Diplomacy		Nick Shears	7
rm10	Treaty Diplomacy		Rod Walker	7
rm11	Twin Earths Diplomacy III	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	14
rm12	Variants of the Ghods		Lew Pulsipher	7
rm13	Third Man Diplomacy		Buddy Tretick	21
rm14	Blitzkrieg Diplomacy I		Buddy Tretick	7
rm15	Realistic Variants		Lew Pulsipher	7
rm16	Halocaust Diplomacy(“I”)		Laurence Gillespie (also needs 1973 rules for something called “Halocaust”)	7
rm17	Ten-Man Diplomacy(I)		Keith Black	10
rm18	Stabber’s Diplomacy		Konrad Baumeister	7
rm19	Simulation Diplomacy I		R. Shagrin	35
rm21	Ten-Man Diplomacy II		Glenn Overby (includes rm22)	10
rm22	Woolworth Diplomacy (I)		Glenn Overby (included with rm21)	5
rm23	The Lords of Law and Chaos		Lew Pulsipher	7
rm25	SER Optionals		Scott Rich	7
rm26	Revolution		Stephen Agar
rm27	City / Country Diplomacy	Rules	Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rm28	There Are Aliens Among Us	Rules	Paul Willey	8
rm29	Great Neck Variant		Ken Halpern	7
rm30	Militarism IV		Lew Pulsipher	7
rm31	Fluid Diplomacy II		Robert Sacks	7
rm33	Stratics		Steve Doubleday	7
rm34	Plutocracy		Pete Sealy	7
rm35	Transmat		Paul Willey	7
rm36	Terrorism I	Rules	Will Haven	7
rm38	Multi-Diplomacy	Rules	Matt Quarterman	7
rm40	Utterly Ruthless Diplomacy	Rules	Derwood Bowen	7
rm41	Dipshomashy (Pubcrawling Diplomacy)	Rules	Richard Sharp	7
rm43	Envoy	Rules	Pete Calcraft and Andy Poole
rm44	Political Terrorism		Scott Cameron	14
rm45	Steal Away Home		Fred Davis	7
rm46	Martian Diplomacy	Rules	Jonathan Lingard	8
rm48	Blitzkrieg Diplomacy II		John Norris	7
rm50	Imperial Diplomacy	Rules	Pete Calcraft and Andy Poole	7
rm51	Diplobucks	Rules	Tom Cooper (ex “ra06”)	7
rm52	Apocalypse 1900		David Russell	7
rm53	GITDip		Andy Bate, Guy Thomas, Dave Richards and Eddy Richards	7
rm54	Dune Diplomacy		Calvin Dytham and John Hickman (not related to Dune fantasy games. Uses regular board)	7
rm57	Dynastic Diplomacy IV		Steve Doubleday and Mike Woodhouse	7
rm59	Astrological Diplomacy		Gordan Rycroft	7
rm60	Ten-Player Diplomacy	Rules	??	10
rm62	Serbs and Suspects		Thomas Kane	8
rm63	Diplomatic Encounters		Rick Dorsey and Steve Spriggs	7
rm64	Cabinet Diplomacy	Rules	Steve Doubleday	21
rm65	Insurrection		Glenn Overby
rm68	Literomacy		Michael Gibson	7
rm69	Algorithmic Diplomacy		Glenn Overby	7
rm70	Crazy Whacko (CW) Heptadiplomacy	Rules	Mark Nelson	7
rm71	Dipsomacy		Richard Sharp (requires rm41)	7
rm72	Toxic Diplomacy		Phil Reynolds	7
rm73	Mitotic Diplomacy		Phil Reynolds	7
rm74	Musical Diplomacy II		Danny Loeb
rm75	Cabinet Diplomacy II		Phil Reynolds	7
rm76	Shell Shock Diplomacy	Rules	Stephen Agar	7
rm77	Cluster Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
rm78	Silent Seven Diplomacy		Author Unknown	7
rm79	Duality		Eric Brosius	7
rm80	It Came From Outer Space	Rules	Dan Percival
rm81	Twin Earths V		Patrick Lafontain	7
rm82	Backseat Driver Diplomacy		Simon Szykman
rm83	The Enemy Within!		Stephen Agar	7
rm85	Paranoia	Rules	Geraint Morgan & Dylan O’Donnell	7
rm86	Payola	Rules	Manus Hand and John Woolley	7
rm87	Democracy	Rules	Dean Gordon and Jeff Serandos	7
rm88	Factional Diplomacy	Rules	Martin Kennedy	7
rm89	Propaganda	Rules	Matthew Wright	7
rm90	Double Diplomacy	Rules	Melle Koning	7
rm91	Formal Diplomacy	Rules	E. Sabatine	7
rm92	Zero Sum Payola	Rules	Michael Schmahl	7
rm93	Tin Cup Diplomacy	Rules	Manus Hand and John Woolley	7
rm94	Payola Classic	Rules	Manus Hand and John Woolley	7
rm95	Civilization Diplomacy Variant	Rules	Babak Talebi
rm96	Arms Merchant Diplomacy	Rules	Chris Fawcett		Any number of players from 3 upwards

rn. New Type(s) of Unit(s) Only

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rn01	Air-Sea Diplomacy (Breakthrough Diplomacy II)		Buddy Tretick	7
rn02	Dreadnought Diplomacy	Rules	David Burkett	7
rn03	Hard Choice Dippy	Rules	Don Efron	7
rn04	MicroDiplomacy		Don Miller	7
rn05	Multiplicity (I)	Rules	Richard Walkerdine	7
rn06	Growth	Rules	Keith Black	7
rn07	Multiplicity II	Rules	Keith Black	7
rn08	Air Diplomacy II		Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rn09	Palantirri [sic]		Len Lakofka	7
rn10	Terrorism (II)		Jerry Lucas	7
rn11	Bio-War	Rules	Glenn Overby	7
rn12	M.A.D. Diplomacy	Rules	Graham Tunnicliffe	7
rn13	Nuclear Diplomacy (I)	Rules	Jeremy Maiden	7
rn14	Heisenberg Diplomacy	Rules	Jeremy Maiden	7
rn15	Guerilla Warfare		Andy Tringham	7
rn16	Blowup		Nelson Millar and Ron Brown	7
rn17	Dirigible Diplomacy	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	7
rn18	Espionage II		Ian Shearer	7
rn19	Air Diplomacy I		Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rn20	M.A.D. Diplomacy II		John Norris	7
rn21	Marine Diplomacy		Andy Poole	7
rn22	Espionage III		Richard Sharp	7
rn23	Gigaton Bomb Variant		Leonard Miyata (ex “ra03”)	7
rn24	Leadership Rules Module		Lew Pulsipher and Fred Davis (ex “ra07”) (CE 11)
rn25	Nuclear Diplomacy III		Mark Nelson and Dave Cowie	7
rn26	Covert Diplomacy		Tom Dousette	7
rn27	Elitist	Rules	Bryan Betts	7
rn28	Tunnels and Trogs		Eric Willis
rn29	Nuclear Diplomacy IV	Rules	Mark Nelson, John Norris and Paul Willey	7
rn30	Nuclear Diplomacy V (2000)		Cal White (based on N.D. IV)	7
rn31	Air War 1917		Steve Doubleday	7
rn32	Bomber Diplomacy		Derick Green	7
rn33	Espionage Diplomacy IV	Rules	Pete Tulk and Kevin Matthews	7
rn34	Nuclear Destruction		Mark Nelson	7
rn35	Air War Diplomacy		David Staples	7
rn36	Atomic		Andy Bate	7
rn37	Razzia		Francois Budai (Rules in French)	7
rn38	Airforce Diplomacy		Neil Duncan	7
rn39	Nuclear Yuppie Evil Empire Diplomacy	Rules	Richard Young	7
rn41	Bi-Plane Diplomacy		Stven Carlberg	7
rn42	Multiplicity Plus	Rules	Richard Walkerdine and Stephen Agar	7
rn43	Simple Multiplicity	Rules	Stephen Agar and Richard Walkerdine	7
rn44	Air Units	Rules	???	7
rn45	Hugh’s Engineered Diplomacy Variant	Rules	Hugh Polley	7
rn46	Air Power Diplomacy	Rules	Douglas J. Burgoyne	7

rp. Compilations of Simple Variants

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
rp01	Simple Diplomacy Variants		Lew Pulsipher
rp02	Compilation of Simple Variants	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	7

rr. Random and Chaotic Alterations to the Map

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rr01	Black Hole Diplomacy I	Rules	Randolph Bart	7
rr02	Dilatory Diplomacy		Scott Rosenberg	7
rr03	Diluvian Diplomacy		Matthew Diller	7
rr04	Fourth Dimension		Peter Swanson and Graham Jeffrey	7
rr05	Irish Diplomacy I	Rules	Colin Walsh	21
rr06	Near Utter Chaos		Scott Rosenberg et. al.	7
rr07	Schizodiplomacy II	Rules	Mick Bullock	7
rr08	Utter Chaos	Rules	Scott Rosenberg, Greg Costikyan and Ray Heuer	7
rr09	Black Hole Diplomacy II (Nelson-Drews Black Hole)	Rules	Rob Nelson and Harry Drews (requires rr01)	7
rr10	Black Hole Diplomacy III		??	7
rr11	Dudness	Rules	Scott Rosenberg and Greg Costikyan	7
rr12	Blob Diplomacy	Rules	D. Barlow	7
rr13	Migrating Supply Center	Rules	?Lew Pulsipher?	7
rr14	Schizodiplomacy I	Rules	M. Bullock (requires rr01)	7
rr15	Squash		B. Grossman	7
rr16	Black Plague Diplomacy		Glenn Overby	7
rr17	Seismic Diplomacy	Rules	Pierre Lavaurs (includes rr21)	7
rr18	Glacial Diplomacy		Graham Staplehurst	7
rr19	Almost Near Utter Chaos		Elmer Hinton	7
rr20	Irish Diplomacy II		Mark Nelson	7
rr21	Intimate Seismic Diplomacy		Matt Quartemain	2
rr22	Musical Diplomacy		John Galt	7
rr23	LSD Diplomacy		Gavin Addison	7
rr24	Black Hole Diplomacy IV	Rules	???	7

rs. Major Revisions with Simple Rules

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rs05	Chaos I		D. Miller	7
rs06	Confewshun		David Staples	7
rs07	Deviants	Rules	Jonathan Hall	7
rs08	Fluid Diplomacy I	Rules	Peter Aronson	7
rs10	Mercenary (I)	Rules	Colin Bennett	5
rs11	Random Diplomacy	Rules	Colin Bennett	7
rs12	Random Paralysis Diplomacy		D. Kadlecek	7
rs13	Red Herring Diplomacy		D. Alderson (CE 1)	7
rs14	Shadow Worlds	Rules	Nicky Palmer (included with rb48)	7
rs15	Tri-State Variant		Rick Brooks	11
rs16	Twin Earths Diplomacy I	Rules	Don Miller	7
rs18	The Transatlantic Variant		Ron Melton	7
rs19	Democratic Diplomacy	Rules	Tim Sharrock	35
rs20	Flexible Build Diplomacy		Allen Wells	7
rs21	Bolshevik II		Patterson and Martin Janta-Polczynski	8
rs22	Bolshevik III		Patterson and Martin Janta-Polczynski	8
rs23	Erratic Diplomacy		Martin Janta-Polczynski	7
rs24	Sequential Diplomacy	Rules	Nicholas Hoyle	7
rs25	Diplomacy and Dominoes		David Bolton et. al.	7
rs26	Cartel Diplomacy	Rules	Brown and Loveys	7
rs27	Pudge Don’t Budge		John Caruso	7
rs29	Karma League	Rules	Jeremy Maiden	7
rs30	Python Diplomacy		D. DelGrande	7
rs31	Modern Diplomacy		William Stapel	7
rs33	Mixed Breed		Mark Coldiron	7
rs34	Scavenger Hunt Diplomacy		Mark Lew	7
rs35	Winter 1900 (similar to Flexible Build Diplomacy, rs20)	Rules	John Norris	7
rs37	Aufmarschplan		Ulrich Blennemann	7
rs38	Aufrustung		Ulrich Blennemann	7
rs41	Antithesis		Steve Doubleday	7
rs42	Suicidal Diplomacy		Michael Hopcroft	7
rs43	Scorched Earth and Springtime		Patrick Connaughton	7
rs44	Classix	Rules	Martin Janta-Polczynski	6
rs45	Democratic Diplomacy II		B. Brown	7
rs46	War of Europe	Rules	Ian Giles	7
rs47	Death-Ray Diplomacy		David J. Perry	7
rs48	Chaos Diplomacy		Richard Weiss	7
rs49	Provincial Diplomacy		Jef Bryant	7
rs51	1897	Rules	Mark Nelson, Josh Smith & Rick Westerman	7
rs52	1898	Rules	Randy Davis
rs52	Random Diplomacy II	Rules	Kevin Ames
rs53	Layered Diplomacy	Rules	Ralan Hill	7
rs54	Minor Power	Rules	???	19
rs55	War of Europe II?	Rules	? (same as rs46?)	7
rs56	Setup Diplomacy	Rules	David M Stewart	7
rs57	1913	Rules	Jeff Kase	15

rt. Team Games

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rt01	Team Game (3x3) Italy Omitted		Don Miller (includes rt02)	6
rt02	Team Game (3x3) Turkey Omitted		Don Miller (included with rt01)	6
rt03	Team Game (3x3) with Wild Card Player I		Don Miller	7
rt04	Team Game (3x3) with Wild Card Player II (uses board for 9-Man Diplomacy I (cn02))		Don Miller	7
rt05	Team Game (3x3) with Wild Card Player IV		Don Miller	7
rt06	Vote (Elective Diplomacy II)	Rules	Steve Doubleday
rt07	Elective Diplomacy I		Steve Doubleday
rt08	Killtest, 3 x 3 Team game (Austria omitted)		Andy Mansfield	6
rt09	Bud Bop	Rules	Tom Swider	6
rt10	Diplomacy Teams	Rules	??	7

ru. Players Remake Map or Map Alters Progressively

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ru01	Geophysical Diplomacy II		Jeremy Maiden, revised by Keith Black	7
ru02	Deluge	Rules	Tim Sharrock	7
ru03	Geophysical Diplomacy I	Rules	Jeremy Maiden	7
ru04	Geophysical Diplomacy III	Rules	Nick Kinzett	7	Not related to Geophysical Diplomacy I
ru05	Impassable Diplomacy	Rules	Lee Kendter, Jr.	7
ru06	Into the Void		Andy Bate	7
ru07	Definitive Deluge		Tim Sharrock	7
ru08	Isostatic Diplomacy		Steve Doubleday	7
ru09	Flood		Kenneth Samuel	7
ru10	Deluge II	Rules	Tim Sharrock and Stephen Agar	7
ru11	Sahara	Rules	Kyalo Brooks	7
ru12	Diplomap	Rules	Michael Harvath	7
ru13	Wall of Ice	Rules	David E. Cohen	7

rv. Major revisions with Complex Rules

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rv01	Complot		Evans Jones
rv02	Espionage I		Richard Sharp	7
rv03	Hyperspace Diplomacy II		Don Miller	7
rv04	Mad Diplomacy	Rules	Jon Lovibond	7
rv05	Militarism I		Lew Pulsipher	7
rv06	Para-Time (“I”)		Don Miller	7
rv07	Sword and Sorcery		Scott Rich	7
rv08	Anarchy III		D. Miller	17
rv09	Grand Tournament Diplomacy	Rules	Drew McGee
rv10	Naval Diplomacy (Bloody Diplomacy)	Rules	Konrad Baumeister	7
rv11	Cryptodiplomacy II	Rules	Glenn Overby	7
rv13	Deadly Dirty Diplomacy		M. Lind	7
rv14	3-D’plomacy		Stephen Lee	14
rv15	Politicon		Paul Meerts and Willem Schoppen	7
rv16	Diplomacy II		Riley Geary	7
rv17	1914 Diplomacy		Lew Pulsipher (The General, March 1980)	5
rv18	Diplomacy Royale		John Pitre	7
rv19	Axis & Allies Meets Diplomacy	Rules	by Lexi Pimenidis	7
rv20	International Relations	Rules	Michael Golbe	7

rw. Alternative Past or Future

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rw01	Colonisation		Lew Pulsipher
rw02	Holy Roman Empire		Lew Pulsipher	7
rw03	The Aliens		Lew Pulsipher
rw04	Return to the Old World		Glenn Overby
rw05	Colonization Diplomacy II	Rules	Michael Allaway	8
rw06	Neutrals Diplomacy	Rules	Ricardo Moraes	5

rx. Two Players Only

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
rx01	Ghostly Ghastly Diplomacy		George Wallace (included with rx04)	2
rx02	Intimate Diplomacy I		Steve Wyatt	2
rx03	Intimate Diplomacy I-A	Rules	Adrien Baird, Steve Doubleday and Steve Wyatt	2
rx04	Novice Variant		Rick Brooks (includes rx01)	2
rx05	Two-Player Diplomacy		Lew Pulsipher	2
rx06	Two-Man Diplomacy		H. Naus	2
rx07	World War I Diplomacy	Rules	John Boardman	2
rx08	Two-Man Diplomacy II		Larry Peery	2
rx09	Two-Man Diplomacy III (FRT v. EGI)		B. Lindsay	2
rx10	Foreknowledge Diplomacy		Stephen Agar	2
rx11	Envoy II		Peter Calcraft and Andy Poole	2	(see Envoy I, rm30, for versions for three and four players)
rx12	Intimate Stab		Matt Quartemain	2
rx13	Two-Man Blind Diplomacy		Lee Kendter, Sr	2
rx14	Intimate Stab II		Michael Heaton	2
rx15	Downfall of Your Sanity		Stephen Jilks	2
rx16	1914-II		Richard Egan	2
rx17	The Great War		Richard Egan (publisher) (Tournament Rules)	2
rx18	1914 (ACM)		Gordon McDonald	2
rx19	Autarchy		Steven Jilks	2
rx20	World War One (b)		Author ??. Cy by M. Lewis (needs rx07)	2
rx21	1914-III		Stephen Jilks (needs rx16)	2
rx22	The Great War II	Rules	??	2
rx23	One-on-One Diplomacy		Glenn Overby	2
rx24	Duel!		Glenn Overby	2
rx25	Code Duello		Glenn Overby	5
rx26	1914 (SJ)		Steve Jones	2
rx27	2-player variant for Diplomacy		David Segal	2
rx28	2-Man Game (per current rules)		Allan Calhamer	2
rx29	Intimate Diplomacy II	Rules	Dave Allen	2
rx30	Duo	Rules	Frank Hegermann	2

ry. One Player Only

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ry01	Solo Diplomacy		Lew Pulsipher	1

rz. Three Players Only

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
rz01	Three-Player Diplomacy		Lew Pulsipher	3
rz02	Three-Handed Diplomacy		Edi Birsan	3
rz03	Catspaw Diplomacy	Rules	Ron Melton, Mike Ritter and Kevin Rowland	3
rz04	Two-Plus Diplomacy		Pete Calcraft
rz05	Escalation Diplomacy		Greg Costikyan
rz06	Trioplomacy		Glenn Overby	3
rz07	Tadek Dip (3-way Intimate)		Steve Doubleday	3
rz08	3-Man Game (per current rules)		Allan Calhamer	3
rz09	High Speed Diplomacy	Rules	Steve Jilks	3
rz10	3-Man Game (per 1961 rules)		Allan Calhamer	3

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