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*[http://www.diplom.org/~diparch/resources/strategy/articles/lepanto.htm The Lepanto Opening] |
*[http://www.diplom.org/~diparch/resources/strategy/articles/lepanto.htm The Lepanto Opening] |
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*[http://devel.diplom.org/Zine/S1997M/Birsan/Sealion.html The Sealion Opening] |
*[http://devel.diplom.org/Zine/S1997M/Birsan/Sealion.html The Sealion Opening] |
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*[http://www.diplomacyworld.net/old/copening.htm Ceasar Opening] |
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*[http://www.diplomacyworld.net/old/birsan.htm Interview Review in Diplomacy World] |
*[http://www.diplomacyworld.net/old/birsan.htm Interview Review in Diplomacy World] |
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*[http://www.diplom.org/Zine/S2002R/Birsan/Western_Wall.html Western Walls -Stalemate Lines] |
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*[http://www.diplom.org/Zine/W2002A/Birsan/AIRheads.html Austrian-Italian-Russian Alliance opening] |
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*[http://www.diplom.org/Zine/W2003A/Birsan/TriplePlay.html Triple Alliance brief summaries] |
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*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20040803a Playing Italy Part 1] |
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*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20041101a Playing Italy part 2] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 06:24, 17 March 2009
Edi Ersalesi Birsan is a game designer and one of the best-known American players of the game Diplomacy.[1] He was born in Brooklyn in 1949 but since 1981 has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area where he is married and has two children.[2]
Birsan has been playing Diplomacy since 1965 at age 16 and has won many tournaments. He was the first non-South African to win the South African tournament, first non-Canadian to Win the Canadian Championship and first Non-European to win the European Championship. He ran the postal zine Arena from 1970 to 1973. He was a founder of several Diplomacy hobby organizations and consultant to Avalon Hill on the rewrite of the rules of the game in 1999. He is best known for inventing the Lepanto and Sealion openings.
He was one of several designers of the Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game and subsequently designed the game Scandal .[3][4]
Bibliography
- The Jutland Gambit
- The Koniggratz Freakout
- The Lepanto Opening
- The Sealion Opening
- Ceasar Opening
- Interview Review in Diplomacy World
- Western Walls -Stalemate Lines
- Austrian-Italian-Russian Alliance opening
- Triple Alliance brief summaries
- Playing Italy Part 1
- Playing Italy part 2
References
- ^ Richard Sharp (1978), "11 Introduction to Postal Diplomacy", The Game of Diplomacy, Arthur Barker, ISBN 9780213166762
- ^ Buz Eddy, Edi Ersalesi Birsan, The Diplomatic Pouch
- ^ Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game, BoardGameGeek
- ^ Scandal, BoardGameGeek