of Europe. The rules are very simplistic, as everything has been diluted down to the bare

minimum. But the game itself is very complex, as it focusses on secret discussions

between players to make plans, deals, threats, and lies. This makes for a very exciting,

turbulent game. The Diplomacy Programming Project (DPP) aims to develop a complete

Diplomacy-playing software package. There are many difficulties to be overcome first,

though. Not only are seven-players games extremely complex, as seven different minds

control the progress of the game, but the simplicity of the rules mean that a human player

can easily gain a good mental grasp of a game position, so the computer cannot hope to

beat him by simple number crunching. Another obvious difficulty that the DPP faces is

the problem of diplomacy. Understanding what other players say, determining which

that the orders of all players are executed at the same time on each turn. Whose moves

played by seven players, each taking the part of one of the Great European Powers of that

calculating what you should say, and translating that into prose are all

enemy when he is secure at all points. Avoid the enemy for the time being when he is

Some common words found in the essay are:
Diplomacy DPP, Project DPP, Backstabs Yes, Russia Turkey, , European Powers, Language Processing, World War, game diplomacy, supply centers, control europe, seven players,
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)