You should look into A Game of Thrones: The Board Game. It's very similar to diplomacy at it's core, but has a bunch more going on. The people who just play the game mechanics tend to lose, and the people who build alliances, make deals, and break some of them at the right time are the ones who win.
It makes it to the table with my group of friends because it takes much less time to play than Diplomacy.
Just like Diplomacy, you may not want to play it with people who take the board game backstabbing stuff too seriously.
It makes it to the table with my group of friends because it takes much less time to play than Diplomacy.
Just like Diplomacy, you may not want to play it with people who take the board game backstabbing stuff too seriously.