The guys make it to Melbourne for PoppyCon and discuss their plans for the tournament, an interview with host Melissa Call, and follow up interview with multi-WDC winner Andrew Goff and Melissa, before a wrap up of Amby's Divided States game and more.
Intro, news & their thoughts on what to do at the tournament
The guys introduce the show, making it to Melbourne before the Coronavirus really started impacting. They introduce their drinks, venue and Kaner asks Amby what is game plans are for the PoppyCon tournament. Kaner goes onto give some history lessons about Victoria  (0 mins 10 secs)
They give some local history (4 mins)
They talk a little Coronavirus (6 mins 30 secs)
Kaner discusses his three build England plan for the tournament. Amby asks about the prospects of a four build Russia and getting a bluewater Russian fleet in the Med to take Tunis in 1903. They go on to talk about how face to face games lend themselves more to crazy alliances happening compared to online (8 mins 55 secs)

Interview with Melissa Call
The interview starts with Melissa (Mel) Call, the host of the PoppyCon tournament. Before recording Kaner asked Mel what her favourite country to play is. Her average SC count playing as Russia in Australia is 11 and hasn't been eliminated locally. Amby asks about what strategy do you need to follow to play a good Russia (18 mins)
Kaner reflects on his Russian gameplay, which Mel advises on. Mel talks about not being the first person to 10 SC's (22 mins 45 secs)
Kaner discusses Mel's tactic of getting bickering happening in the centre of the board (24 mins 50 secs)
She discusses the value of a Russian-German alliance (26 mins 30 secs)
Kaner asks about which alliance on the board gets her worried as Russia (28 mins 15 secs)
Amby asks if Mel has any particular plans for this tournament. Kaner asks why France is her least favourite country. Mel also gives her thoughts as England and the English Channel (30 mins)
Amby asks what the PoppyCon tournament is all about (33 mins 25 secs)
Amby discusses how there is a certain thrill to a face to face tournament and his one time he's replicated it in the online environment (40 mins)
Amby asks Mel how she feels when she's been betrayed (42 mins 30 secs)
Kaner reflects how experienced players and relatively new players react very differently to a well orchestrated stab (43 mins 45 secs)
Amby asks Mel as a female Diplomacy player, how she feels she's been treated and how to get more women into the game (45 mins 15 secs)
They discuss choice of words and deception (52 mins)
Mel talks about playing people, not countries (54 mins)
Amby asks about how Mel's strategy may change if she's up against a great player (54 mins 45 secs)
Amby asks how to approach things if your ally is showing tell-signs, impacting your alliance (57 mins 30 secs)

Interview with Andrew Goff and Melissa Call
Andrew Goff (Goffy) joins the interview, as well as Mel's husband Matt and Goffy's partner Albert (59 mins)
They return to the earlier topic of dealing with good players (60 mins)
Amby asks Goffy and Mel what new players should do when it comes to trusting players (1 hr 1 min 15 secs)
Goffy talks about new players learning from their mistake and finding someone you can trust and learn from them (1 hr 5 mins)
Amby asks Mel about the bullshit detector and trust (1 hr 6 mins 15 secs)
They discuss Goffy's "little drops of poison" and how other players view his gameplay. He gives his perspective on that (1 hr 10 mins 30 secs)
Goffy talks about not worrying how many builds he gets in 1901, but then goes onto discuss a massive opening (1 hr 15 mins)
He recommends online players coming to face to face and doing things they've never done before and watching the tight timeframes (1 hr 18 mins)
Mel reflects that you can read a lot about the culture of the tournament by reading the rules. Goffy stresses not pissing off the tournament director (1 hr 20 mins 30 sec)
Goffy gives his thoughts on tournaments with and wit