The Risk of Too Closely Comparing Fiction to Reality

Besides being a lot of fun, Diplomatic Risk is also a simulation of certain aspects of world politics. In what ways are the dynamics of the game similar to actual world politics? In what ways are they different?


Although Diplomatic Risk was a lot of fun, (a LOT of fun. Like, A LOT of fun. Did I mention the hours I spent plotting with various groups as to how to pull a group win? Because there were hours.) it was not particularly realistic. Yes, countries world-wide do have goals, but they are not often as clean cut as the ones provided to us, and to further complicate things there are not just five groups to collaborate and converse with, but approximately 192. 

Although, even in the game there was more to winning than lucky rolling.

Just about the only other realistic facet of the operation was the way we won- through eliminating the competition, pooling our resources, and evaluating carefully who we could benefit from and how. Although no one wins in the real world of diplomacy for good, the occasions which can be measured in win or loss often win as ours did, where multiple parties benefit from certain actions, and other are completely crushed. >:D