Questions from Potential Attendees
Can players under 18 play?
Yes, Diplomacy has been excluded from the cash prize event and is held next to the open gaming space. Teenagers are allowed to participate in the tournament.
Is “opt-in” for sharing registration info an option? In other words, IF the players want to be exposed to the wider hobby, you’ll cooperate, right?
Players signing up at Rogue Judges events may optionally list their contact information. That information is shared ONLY with the player’s consent. Neither Rogue Judges nor Renegade will share the private information of a player without their explicit consent.
Will dinners be provided at WDC 2027?
Likely the opening night dinner in 2027 because of event size. For 2025 and 2026, the event rounds will follow the tradition started at the inaugural event by paying for all dinners of players, friends, and families.
Can the organisers provide an indication of the entry cost?
Current costs range from $89 to $1099 depending on the number of side activities players want to participate in. The highest cost incorporates a hotel room for the duration of the convention and includes all events, known as a “stay and play” package. The 4 Masters selected for the event each receive this package for the National Diplomacy Masters. Anyone wishing to ONLY play Diplomacy needs just the $89 pass. For more details, please visit https://wsbgvegas.com/.
Can the organisers provide details on the last 3 tournaments held in their city, including attendance, cost of entry, and full board-by-board results?
The 2024 event results have been posted to Diplomacy World, Discord, Twitter, BoardGameGeek, Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, Reddit, and Renegade’s email distribution list. Event pictures from 2024 can be found at: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HUsd8U8oqSy4K8rf7. The first tournament in 2024 had 30 players & 9 boards, with a top board to finish. The 2025 and 2026 events will have similar reporting across social media platforms. The event reporting exceeds all other Diplomacy events globally and includes both the Renegade official accounts as well as FtFDiplomacy accounts for Rogue Judges.
There will be full video recordings from last year’s event with the Top Board entirely mic-ed up provided by Board Game Nation (http://www.youtube.com/@BoardGameNation), an official media partner of Renegade Game Studios. Each player and the GM had audio recordings, with 4 cameras setup to capture the action around the giant map, including a confessional booth. Full results will be posted with the debut release of the videos to help promote external interest.
Can the organisational committee confirm that they fully support the World DipCon charter and accept that the process of selecting a host for WDC will continue to be decided by the Diplomacy Community as laid out within that charter?
It was relayed to us by an NADF representative (Jonnie Gilliam) the charter is being rewritten, but no one from Rogue Judges, Renegade Game Studios, or Hasbro has been involved in this process. Any selection process should involve localization partners for the game to get a true global community behind organized play, most especially communities under-represented presently but have Diplomacy now in publication. Specifically, Renegade has partners in China and Spain. The Spanish-language edition of the game is also sold in Central and South America. Any process should not be exclusionary to the primary stakeholders of the game. Renegade will continue to sponsor WDC, as outlined in the announcement here:
Can the organisational committee commit to the principle of sharing the hosting rites for future WDC events evenly among all events that are reasonable candidates to do so, both within their region and globally?
Please refer to the answer above. This is not a statement that can be made on behalf of all stakeholders for the game but needs to be asked for each organization. Any process should involve all parties invested in organized play.
Looking at the 2024 WSBG schedule, I saw that Diplomacy’s Day 1 was on Monday. Would that likely be the same for 2027? Meaning that the first Diplomacy round would probably start on a Monday and round 4 with the top board would be on a Thursday?
2025 is held over the weekend: one round Friday, two rounds Saturday, and one round Sunday. In 2026 the convention is shifting to Labor Day weekend (a holiday in the US), with the event occurring over the weekend. The same will happen in 2027. Weekend Tournament.
I noticed this section of the rules:
“During the course of play, if a player abandons their position to another player for the purposes of
advancement to the Top Board, the Tournament Director may elect to invalidate the score of both players
for the round and may further elect to disqualify both players from the tournament.”
2a) What other tournaments have used this rule, if any?
The US Championship at GenCon.
2b) Are there any anonymized examples of this rule being enforced and either score invalidation or disqualification happening?
It’s never been enforced during an event.
2c) Is this rule’s inclusion in any way related to the tournament being at WSBG?
No.
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