Virtual Diplomacy League
Established in 2020, the Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) is a year-long “virtual face-to-face” league, culminating with the VDL Championship game in January. Games are played using Backstabbr as a virtual table top and Discord for communications. At least one event per month will be scheduled. The winner of the VDL Championship will automatically receive an invitation to the DBN Invitational Tournament.
To get started, join the VDL Discord Server using the button below!

The Virtual Diplomacy League is designed to bring Diplomacy players together in an organized, competitive setting that enables the thrill of live face-to-face Diplomacy games from any internet connected device. This style of play is referred to as “virtual face-to-face”. Each league game is scored and at the end of each season, the top seven players will compete in a championship game to determine that season’s league champion!
The Virtual Diplomacy League will hold a minimum of one event each month. If there is sufficient demand, additional events may be added. Check this page regularly for updates and additional games. To register for a game, visit the VDL Discord Server.
Upcoming Games:
- December 12th- Round 1: 2:00 AM CST / 8:00 AM GMT
- December 12th- Round 2: 9:00 AM CST / 3:00 PM GMT
- December 12th- Round 3: 4:00 PM CST / 10:00 PM GMT
Date | Game | Link |
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2020-03-28 | VDL #1 (MNDC 20-03-1) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-03-28 | VDL #2 (MNDC 20-03-2) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-04-25 | VDL #3 (MNDC 20-04-2) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-04-25 | VDL #4 (MNDC 20-04-1) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-05-16 | VDL #5 (WCW 406 / MNDC 20-05-1) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-05-16 | VDL #6 (WCW 407 / MNDC 20-05-2) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-06-06 | VDL #7 (MNDC 20-06-1) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-06-06 | VDL #8 (MNDC 20-06-2) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-06-06 | VDL #9 (MNDC 20-06-3) | View on Backstabbr |
2020-07-22 | VDL #10 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-08-15 | VDL #11 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-08-15 | VDL #12 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-08-15 | VDL #13 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-08-15 | VDL #14 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #15 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #16 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #17 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #18 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #19 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-09-26 | VDL #20 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-10-24 | VDL 21 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-10-24 | VDL 22 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-10-24 | VDL 23 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-10-24 | VDL 24 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-10-24 | VDL 25 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 26 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 27 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 28 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 29 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 30 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 31 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-11-21 | VDL 32 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-12-12 | VDL 33 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-12-12 | VDL 34 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-12-12 | VDL 35 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-12-12 | VDL 36 | View on Backstabbr |
2020-12-12 | VDL 37 | View on Backstabbr |
OVERVIEW
Established in 2020, the Virtual Diplomacy League (VLD) is a year-long “virtual face-to-face” league, culminating with the VDL Championship game in January. Games are played using Backstabbr as a virtual table top and Discord for communications. At least one event per month will be scheduled. The winner of the VDL Championship will automatically receive an invitation to the DBN Invitational Tournament.
LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Welcome to the inaugural year of the Virtual Diplomacy League. The purpose of this league is to bring players together in an organized setting for our new form of Diplomacy, which we refer to as “virtual face-to-face”. If it feels hastily thrown together, that’s because it is! Most of the games which you see recorded in the standings were initially planned as games for my local club, but were attended almost exclusively by players outside of that club. I consider the first year of this league to be a “soft opening”, from which we will draw lessons for a more official launch in February 2021. Just because it’s a soft opening doesn’t mean it isn’t competitive. I am planning a championship board to be played in January 2021, the
winner of which will be the inaugural VDL champion. The remainder of the regular season will be played between August-December of 2020. At least one event per month will be scheduled during that time. Some months may add a second event if there is enough demand. Those events may not look identical to one another as we learn more about which procedures best suit our league, and I thank you all for your patience as I iron out the details and forge through an exciting and spontaneous first season. I also owe a huge thanks to the players, GMs and broadcasters who have participated in the first several months of these games.
–Zachary Moore, VDL Commissioner
In order to keep our games accessible to all, the VDL is instituting a Code of Conduct for our events which draws heavily from the North America Diplomacy Federation Code
of Conduct, covering VDL sanctioned games, comments in the VDL Discord server, and conduct at non-VDL Diplomacy events.
Code of Conduct
At all times for the entire duration of Diplomacy functions, whether during games or not,
every participant should:
- Treat everyone with respect, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual
orientation, religion, age, or any other category of personal identity; - Refrain from behavior that disturbs the ability of other participants to enjoy
themselves or that disrupts activities unrelated to the competition, including but
not limited to:- Verbal abuse
- Threats of violence
- Unwanted physical contact
- Unwelcome sexual attention
- Safeguard the integrity of the competition by making good faith efforts to follow
the rules. - Keep the Discord server peaceful. If conversations get contentious, moderators
may ask players to continue the conversation privately or cease entirely
Official Standings
The official VDL standings are listed below. Each VDL game is scored using the Tribute scoring system. A player’s total score is the sum of a player’s top three scores, plus the average score for the remainder of their games (the minimum divisor for the average is 2; a player having played exactly 4 games will be scored as if they had scored 0 in a fifth game).
Place | Player | Count | Top 3 | Avg of Rest | Total | T / S / E |
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1 | John Anderson | 5 | 137.2 | 20.7 | 157.9 | 4 / 1 / 0 |
2 | Morgante Pell | 8 | 122.2 | 10.3 | 132.4 | 3 / 4 / 1 |
3 | Karthik Konath | 7 | 120.9 | 8.1 | 129.0 | 3 / 2 / 2 |
4 | Tanya Gill | 3 | 126.2 | 0.0 | 126.2 | 3 / 0 / 0 |
5 | Ed Sullivan | 5 | 90.1 | 22.1 | 112.1 | 4 / 1 / 0 |
6 | Dave Roberts | 5 | 90.9 | 10.5 | 101.4 | 2 / 3 / 0 |
7 | Liam Stokes | 6 | 95.6 | 5.1 | 100.7 | 2 / 3 / 1 |
8 | Ben Kellman | 7 | 86.9 | 11.6 | 98.6 | 2 / 4 / 1 |
9 | Jaxon Roberts | 6 | 87.9 | 9.9 | 97.8 | 2 / 3 / 1 |
10 | Eber Condrell | 6 | 75.0 | 10.4 | 85.4 | 1 / 5 / 0 |
11 | Chris Kelly | 3 | 84.4 | 0.0 | 84.4 | 1 / 2 / 0 |
12 | Jim Fan | 4 | 80.2 | 0.0 | 80.2 | 2 / 1 / 1 |
13 | Craig Mayr | 4 | 72.4 | 5.8 | 78.1 | 1 / 3 / 0 |
14 | Peter McNamara | 3 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 77.6 | 1 / 2 / 0 |
15 | Hal Schild | 8 | 66.5 | 9.3 | 75.7 | 1 / 7 / 0 |
16 | Steven Hogue | 7 | 71.9 | 3.5 | 75.4 | 1 / 4 / 2 |
17 | David Miller | 2 | 71.9 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 1 / 0 / 1 |
18 | Ali Adib | 2 | 68.6 | 0.0 | 68.6 | 1 / 1 / 0 |
19 | George Linkert | 5 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0 / 3 / 2 |
20 | Jason Mastbaum | 6 | 59.4 | 5.0 | 64.4 | 0 / 4 / 2 |
21 | Evan Swihart | 4 | 58.0 | 5.7 | 63.7 | 1 / 3 / 0 |
22 | Kevin Fu | 2 | 59.6 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 1 / 1 / 0 |
23 | Karl Ronneburg | 2 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 1 / 1 / 0 |
24 | Christian Kline | 1 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
25 | JJ Raymond | 5 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 51.9 | 0 / 3 / 2 |
26 | Alessandro Tavani | 1 | 50.4 | 0.0 | 50.4 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
27 | Riaz Virani | 2 | 48.1 | 0.0 | 48.1 | 0 / 2 / 0 |
28 | Michael DeMichellie | 3 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 46.9 | 1 / 2 / 0 |
29 | Eric Silverman | 2 | 46.0 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 0 / 2 / 0 |
30 | Andrei Gribakov | 3 | 43.4 | 0.0 | 43.4 | 0 / 3 / 0 |
31 | Tommy Anderson | 6 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 43.1 | 0 / 3 / 3 |
32 | Myles Holcombe | 2 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 41.7 | 1 / 1 / 0 |
33 | Ariel Mendez-Pe?ate | 3 | 40.4 | 0.0 | 40.4 | 1 / 2 / 0 |
34 | Matt Lynch | 4 | 38.4 | 0.0 | 38.4 | 1 / 2 / 1 |
35 | Christian Brown | 5 | 34.6 | 0.0 | 34.6 | 0 / 3 / 2 |
36 | Nick Amatangelo | 4 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 0 / 3 / 1 |
37 | Kruno Cari? | 2 | 31.7 | 0.0 | 31.7 | 1 / 0 / 1 |
38 | Sam Feldman | 5 | 26.6 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 0 / 3 / 2 |
39 | Jay Honnold | 1 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
39 | Nicolas Sahuguet | 1 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
41 | Conrad Woodring | 1 | 25.9 | 0.0 | 25.9 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
42 | Seren Kwok | 3 | 25.4 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 0 / 2 / 1 |
43 | Natty Shafer | 3 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 0 / 2 / 1 |
44 | Dave Smith | 1 | 22.4 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
45 | Calvin Coulbury | 1 | 21.5 | 0.0 | 21.5 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
46 | Max Gurinas | 2 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 0 / 2 / 0 |
47 | Mikah Meyer | 1 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
48 | Chris McKinney | 4 | 20.4 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 0 / 2 / 2 |
49 | John Jamieson | 3 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 0 / 2 / 1 |
50 | Siobhan Nolen | 1 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
51 | Wes Ketchum | 4 | 18.4 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 0 / 3 / 1 |
52 | Kevin O'Kelly | 1 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
53 | Michael Stover | 1 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
54 | Mark Utterback | 4 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0 / 2 / 2 |
55 | Matt Shields | 1 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
56 | Randy Lawrence-Hurt | 1 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
57 | Dan Perlman | 2 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 0 / 1 / 1 |
58 | Graeme Radford | 1 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
59 | Claes de Graaff | 1 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
60 | Lei Saarlainen | 1 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
61 | Advait Arunav | 3 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0 / 1 / 2 |
61 | Ivan Tchesnokov | 3 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0 / 1 / 2 |
61 | Jonathan Frank | 1 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
64 | Matt Colburn | 5 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0 / 1 / 4 |
65 | Derek Rocco | 1 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
66 | Richard Lowenburg | 3 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 / 1 / 2 |
67 | Bryan Lu | 1 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
67 | Clint Kroeker | 1 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
67 | Nate L | 1 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
67 | Yaroslav Bartko | 1 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
71 | Andre Janeco | 1 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
71 | Daniel Rovinsky | 2 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0 / 1 / 1 |
73 | Tibor Kordi? | 3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0 / 1 / 2 |
74 | Jorge Zhang | 1 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
75 | Farren Jane | 2 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0 / 1 / 1 |
76 | Steven Caponigri | 1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
77 | Hunter Katcher | 1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
78 | Gavin Atkinson | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
79 | Brian Ecton | 2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 / 1 / 1 |
79 | Jim (Juho) | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
81 | Ben Johnson | 3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 / 1 / 2 |
81 | Joseph Amsberry | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 / 1 / 1 |
81 | Zach Moore | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 / 1 / 0 |
84 | Arch | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Bryan Pravel | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Daniel Logan | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Eric Tilberg | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Jacob Faber-Rico | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Jake Langenfeld | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Jeff Rosenberg | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Jeff Wyatt | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Jonah Feldman | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Just Stephen | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Karl-Christian Johannessen | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Mike Walsh | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Mitch McConeghey | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
84 | Pace Roedl | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 / 0 / 2 |