> Oh those are really pretty simple too, chess-level simple or simpler (with > some edge cases that come up as you go).
My experience learning Diplomacy was that the although rules are short and seem simple, I found out about new (to me) edge cases constantly. I love the game but I think the rule authors missed the mark somehow. Not that I know how to improve it. (I don't mean to say the rules haven't been nailed down by now: I imagine the set of test cases at https://webdiplomacy.net/datc.php is probably complehensive.) - Falsifian