[spicie]

the beginning diplomacy can be hard until you see the pattern and figure out a way to beat it. (then you end up beating yourself over the head b/c it turned out to be alot easier then you thought).

after the very beginning tutorial (that you cannot lose on) I lost my very first 2 parlay's. But it' a learning stage and you really don't lose much if you fail those parlays. (I even lost some of the parlay's with the civic diplomacy instructor, now THAT was embarrasing)

I have found that the best thing to do if you cannot beat a parlay is to go into it expecting to lose and just watch what cards they play. Like was said above, watch what expressions they use, and watch what expressions they give you. If they play alot of flattery (yellow) try and use cards that do not give them that. (sometimes it's hard depending on your starting race and class).

It will get easier as you win more and you start learning what to look for. I think it took me about 2 or 3 days to figure out the horse diplomacy winning deck, though when I finally figured it out I won with flying colors.