Amby interviews Andrew Goff, winner of the 2018 World Diplomacy Championship in Washington DC. The guys then discuss Andrew's advice before talking about current games and playing small variant maps.
Intro
The guys introduce the show, their drinks and the venue (0 mins 10 secs)

Interview with Andrew Goff
Warning it sounds like the audio dropped off in a couple of spots in the recording for a few seconds. Amby went back to the original audio and it sounds like it was when recorded. No idea why. Sorry folks!!!
Kaner and Amby start discussing the prelude to the interview with Andrew Goff, World Diplomacy Champion for 2018 (5 mins)
The interview begins with Andrew setting the scene for where he currently is (6 mins)
Andrew talks about the tournament, the experience and how it compared with previous tournaments (6 mins 45 secs)
He discusses the benefit of having a round off during the tournament (9 mins 30 secs)
Amby asks about the greatest challenge Andrew had during the tournament - Doug Moore's gameplay during the rounds (10 mins)
Andrew discusses surprises through the tournament - especially the online players turning up to face-to-face tournaments, and how face-to-face players are increasingly changing their styles (14 mins)
Amby asks about the evolution of gameplay in the last few years (16 mins 15 secs)
Andrew talks about game theory and broader strategy in the game (17 mins 45 secs)
Andrew discusses diversity in the game - with more younger players and women coming into Diplomacy (19 mins 45 secs)
Amby asks about other's game play when it comes to excellent stabs (21 mins)
They discuss the top board and how things were different on that board compared to the preliminary rounds (22 mins 45 secs)
Andrew talks about the process for selecting the countries to play on the top board (the Paris Method) and his experience playing England - his least favorite country to play (25 mins)
You can view the top board for WDC on Backstabbr. Andrew discusses the thinking behind Liverpool holding, and why he wanted to be the first player stabbed in the west (26 mins 45 secs)
At this top level Andrew discusses the nature of avoiding being the top target, and cultural differences if you present yourself strong (30 mins)
The time limit and its impact on gameplay (31 mins 30 secs)
They talk about the end of the game (35 mins)
Amby asks about Andrew's plans to defend his championship in 2019 in Marseilles (39 mins)
Amby asks about plans for an Australian based tournament in the future. Andrew challenges Amby to get things happening in Brisbane (40 mins 20 secs)
They wrap up the interview (43 mins)

 
Kaner and Amby return and talk about the interview. Amby asks Kaner about his thoughts on Andrew's insights (43 mins 30 secs)
They talk about a more strategic style of gameplay (44 mins)
Kaner loves the generalisation from Andrew about what works on Americans and wonders if its true (46 mins)
Amby brings up how online players are increasingly getting into face-to-face (47 mins 20 secs)
They talk about both going to the March 2019 Australian championships (48 mins 15 secs)
Next they talk about putting on a Brisbane based game in the Australian winter of 2019.. Amby discusses the WebDiplomacy Forum thread about some Australian-New Zealand online players playing together (49 mins)
Kaner reflects how the time limit impacts the gameplay. Amby suggests a cheeky way Kaner can boost his ranking (51 mins 20 secs)

Around the grounds
Kaner starts discussing his Heptarchy IV game Hep Bros (54 mins)
Amby references the History of England podcast he's listening to, where he's currently up to the War of the Roses, and how it could be applied to the HeptarchyIV board (56 mins)
They look at the stats for the variant and find its not very balanced at all (58 mins)
Amby starts discussing one of his recent games (Salt air and Blood) that he won on the North Sea Wars variant designed by sqrg - a four player variant with some weird whacky rules around the North Sea wh