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Saint George and the Dragon – Robert Sergeant’s monster-heavy Diplomacy zine

(some of these issues courtesy of Craig Reges) S†. George and the Dragon #1                                                                               S†. George and the Dragon #2   S†. George and the Dragon #3                                                                               S†. George and the Dragon #4  S†. George and the Dragon #5                                                                               S†. George and the Dragon #6   S†. George and the Dragon #8                                                                               S†. George and the Dragon #10   S†. George and the Dragon #11                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #12   S†. George and the Dragon #13                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #14  S†. George and the Dragon #15                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #16   S†. George and the Dragon #17                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #18  S†. George and the Dragon #19                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #20   S†. George and the Dragon #21                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #22   S†. George and the Dragon #23                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #24   S†. George and the Dragon #25                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #26   S†. George and the Dragon #27                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #28   S†. George and the Dragon #29                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #30   S†. George and the Dragon #31                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #32   S†. George and the Dragon #33                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #34   S†. George and the Dragon #35                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #36   S†. George and the Dragon #37                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #38   S†. George and the Dragon #39                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #40   S†. George and the Dragon #41                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #42   S†. George and the Dragon #43                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #44   S†. George and the Dragon #45                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #46   S†. George and the Dragon #47                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #48   S†. George and the Dragon #49                                                                             S†. George and the Dragon #50    

Sandwip Island – One-shot by Rod Walker reporting on a game in San Diego

Sandwip Island #1   

SAPC – Hal Dace’s Diplomacy zine, which was (I think) the first from South Africa

SAPC #2   

The Schemer – Stephen Duke published this zine of Diplomacy, Machiavelli, and other games.

The Schemer #4  The Schemer #5    The Schemer #6  The Schemer #7     

Scotch on the Rocks – Iain Forsyth’s UK-based Diplomacy fanzine.

Scotch on the Rocks #19   Scotch on the Rocks #21 – The Final Issue   

The Scribblerist – Mark Lilleleht’s popular but short-lived zine

The Scribblerist #1                                                                                                         The Scribblerist #2   The Scribblerist #3                                                                                                         The Scribblerist #4    The Scribblerist #5                                                                                                         The Scribblerist #6A    The Scribblerist #6B                                                                                                       The Scribblerist #7  The Scribblerist #8      

Seitenstetten – Zine used for a resumption of 1962A, which was the first PBM Diplomacy game ever STARTED 

(although it only got through Fall 1901) The plan, now 10 years later, was to finally finish it by getting some new players. Seitenstetten #1                                                                                                                 Seitenstetten #2    Seitenstetten #3                                                                                                                 Seitenstetten #4   Seitenstetten #6                                                                                                                 Seitenstetten #7  Seitenstetten #8                                                                                                                 Seitenstetten #9   

SerenDIP – John McCallum’s zine of orphaned Diplomacy games

SerenDIP #1 through #5 (all in one pdf file)   

A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife – Don Del Grande’s Dipzine

This is the name he used between Life of Monty and Lemon Curry.  The change fromLife of Monty took place when Graham Chapman passed away. A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife #97  A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife #98  A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife #99  A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife #100  A Sharp Mind & A Straight Knife #102   

The Shogun’s Sword – 16-year-old Tom Swider’s first zine, with help from Mike Barno. 

As you would expect with Mr. Swider, this zine has a variant focus.  Later on, Mike took the zine over. The Shogun’s Sword #2                                                                                               The Shogun’s Sword #6    The Shogun’s Sword #7                                                                                               The Shogun’s Sword #8   The Shogun’s Sword #10                                                                                             The Shogun’s Sword #11  The Shogun’s Sword #12                                                                                             The Shogun’s Sword #15  The Shogun’s Sword #29/30   

The Silmarilli – Chic Hilliker’s Dipzine with games and hobby happenings.

Subtitled “Dedicated to promoting and humanizing the game of Diplomacy.” The Silmarilli #1                                                                                                              The Silmarilli #2  The Silmarilli #3                                                                                                              The Silmarilli #4  The Silmarilli #5                                                                                                              The Silmarilli #6   The Silmarilli #7                                                                                                              The Silmarilli #9  The Silmarilli #10                                                                                                            The Silmarilli #11    The Silmarilli #12                                                                                                            The Silmarilli #15   

Sinai – Greg Dority’s ditto Dipzine

Sinai #6  Sinai #9   

A Sky on Fire – Dick Schultz’s story, based on the opening of Diplomacy game 1964D

A Sky on Fire   

Sleepless Knights – Dave Carter’s Canadian Dipzine. 

Plenty of funny comments, press, hobby news, and other foolishness. Sleepless Knights #2                                                                                                     Sleepless Knights #7   Sleepless Knights #18                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #22    Sleepless Knights #23                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #24  Sleepless Knights #25                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #26    Sleepless Knights #27                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #28   Sleepless Knights #33                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #34   Sleepless Knights #35                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #36  Sleepless Knights #37                                                                                                   Sleepless Knights #38  Sleepless Knights #39   

Smut– Peter Weber’s ditto-format Dipzine. 

Some of the pages have terrible bleed-through (#2 especially), but I did my best to scan them in a somewhat readable condition. Smut #1   Smut #2   Smut #3  Smut #4   Smut #5   

Snafu! – Ronald J. Brown’s very popular Canadian-produced Dipzine

Snafu! #0                                                                                                                                Snafu! #4  Snafu! #5                                                                                                                                Snafu! #7   Snafu! #8                                                                                                                                Snafu! #9   Snafu! #13/14                                                                                                                         Snafu! #15  Snafu! “Fake” #16                                                                                                                   Snafu! #16   Snafu! #17                                                                                                                              Snafu! #18   Snafu! #19                                                                                                                              Snafu! #20  Snafu! #21                                                                                                                              Snafu! #22  Snafu! #23/24                                                                                                                         Snafu! #25   Snafu! #26/27                                                                                                                         Snafu! #28  Snafu! #29                                                                                                                              Snafu! #30  Snafu! #31                                                                                                                              Snafu! #32  Snafu! #33                                                                                                                              Snafu! #34/35  Snafu! #36                                                                                                                              Snafu! #37  Snafu! #38/39                                                                                                                         Snafu! #40  Snafu! #41                                                                                                                              Snafu! #42  Snafu! #43                                                                                                                              Snafu! #44  Snafu! #45 [Last Issue]   

So I Lied! – Debi and Marc Peters Wisconsin Diplomatic lunacy

So I Lied! #1                                                                                                                           So I Lied! #2  So I Lied! #3                                                                                                                           So I Lied! #4    So I Lied! #5                                                                                                                           So I Lied! #6  So I Lied! #7                                                                                                                           So I Lied! #8  So I Lied! #9                                                                                                                           So I Lied! #16   

Son of the WSFA Journal – Don Miller’s Science Fiction Association zine

Son of the WSFA Journal #138   

Spice of Life – Jef Bryant and Miguel Lambotte’s zine of variant data, rules, maps, and news

Spice of Life #1    Spice of Life #2    Spice of Life #3    Spice of Life #4    

The Spindle – Dennis Klein’s zine to run MENSA Diplomacy games

The Spindle #1   

Spring Offensive – Stephen Agar’s popular, variant-heavy Dipzine

Spring Offensive #33                                                                                                     Spring Offensive #34   Spring Offensive #35                                                                                                     Spring Offensive #36   Spring Offensive #37   Spring Offensive #38    

S†ab – A long-running Diplomacy zine by John Koning

When started this zine was the merger of two other zines, Massif and Trantor. S†ab #1     S†ab #2                                                                                                       S†ab #3     S†ab #4     S†ab #5     S†ab #6                                                                                                       S†ab #7     S†ab #8    S†ab #9     S†ab #10                                                                                                     S†ab #11   S†ab #12   S†ab #13   S†ab #14                                                                                                     S†ab #15   S†ab #16   S†ab #17   S†ab #18                                                                                                     S†ab #19   S†ab #20   S†ab #21   S†ab #22                                                                                                     S†ab #23   S†ab #24    S†ab #25   S†ab #26                                                                                                     S†ab #27   S†ab #28   S†ab #29   S†ab #30                                                                                                     S†ab #31   S†ab #32    S†ab #33   S†ab #35                                                                                                     S†ab #36   S†ab #37  S†ab #38   S†ab #39                                                                                                     S†ab #40   S†ab #41   S†ab #42   S†ab #43                                                                                                     S†ab #44   S†ab #45    S†ab #46   S†ab #47                                                                                                     S†ab #48   S†ab #49    S†ab #50   S†ab #51                                                                                                     S†ab #52   S†ab #53   S†ab #54   S†ab #55                                                                                                     S†ab #56   S†ab #57    S†ab #58   S†ab #59                                                                                                     S†ab #60   S†ab #61   S†ab #62   S†ab #63                                                                                                     S†ab #64   S†ab #65   S†ab #66   S†ab #67    

Stab-Back – Howard Christie’s zine for Diplomacy and variants like Final Conflict.

Stab-Back #1                                                                                                                    Stab-Back #2    Stab-Back #3                                                                                                                    Stab-Back #4    Stab-Back #5                                                                                                                    Stab-Back #5a? (no number, fake?)  Stab-Back #6                                                                                                                    Stab-Back #7   Stab-Back #8                                                                                                                    Stab-Back #9    Stab-Back #10                                                                                                                  Stab-Back #11    Stab-Back #12                                                                                                                  Stab-Back #13  Stab-Back #14                                                                                                                  Stab-Back #15    Stab-Back #16                                                                                                                  Stab-Back #17   Stab-Back #18                                                                                                                  Stab-Back #19    

Stars – Bern Sampson’s zine for his STARS rating system.

Stars #1  Stars #2  Stars #1 – Winter   

Stench! – Herb Barents produced this zine for Origins of WWII and Diplomacy variants.

Bleed-through making some very poor scans, but I did my best. Strench! #1                                                                                                                              Strench! #2    Strench! #3                                                                                                                              Strench! #4    Strench! #5                                                                                                                              Strench! #6    Strench! #7                                                                                                                              Strench! #8    Strench! #9                                                                                                                              Strench! #10    Strench! #11                                                                                                                            Strench! #12    Strench! #13                                                                                                                            Strench! #14    Strench! #15                                                                                                                            Strench! #18    

Strange Brew – Konrad Baumeister’s flyer for correcting mistakes or handling brief topics

Strange Brew #23  Strange Brew #29      

Strategy and Tactics Diplomacy Columns 

For a time Rod Walker was writing a column for Strategy & Tactics on Diplomacy.  These are some of those columns. Strategy & Tactics Diplomacy Columns from issues #9 through #26   

Suicide – Dipzine by Andy Cook, included articles and reviews as well as games.

Suicide #2    

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Another Don Miller Dipzine/supplement

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious #1  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious #11    

Supernova – Lewis Pulsipher’s zine for science fiction and fantasy gaming

Supernova #7   

SuperNova Novice Package - Produced iby Bruce Linsey in the 80’s for newcomers to the postal Diplomacy hobby 

This verison cleaned up and retyped by Barry Johnson in 2007 Supernova Novice Package 

The Swiss Variant – Tommy Lee Ogle’s zine for Diplomacy

Machiavelli, and (obviously) a variant called the Swiss Variant The Swiss Variant #1  The Swiss Variant #3      

SWLABR – Konrad Baumeister’s zine for orphaned game 1978AQ

SWLABR #14  SWLABR #18    

Sya-Dasti-Sya-Nasti-Sya-Davak-Tav-Yaska – John Mirassou’s L-O-N-G titled zine

(some courtesy of Craig Reges) Sya-Dasti #1    Sya-Dasti #3  Sya-Dasti #3.5   Sya-Dasti #4    Sya-Dasti #5   Sya-Dasti #6       Return to the Postal Diplomacy Zine Archive