On most Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 14 students are trying to take over Europe. These students are members of the Diplomacy club.
    The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in room 217. The club is centered around the board game "Diplomacy" itself, a game based around alliances, strategy, trust, and lies. See the video by Charlotte McEwen and Maria Hoover.
    The board is a map of Europe and each team is one of the seven European powers, beginning in 1901. For each country there are two players working to successfully take over the surrounding countries and dominate Europe. Each country begins with a certain amount of fleets and armies based around supply centers and they are working to gain as many of those supply centers as possible.

  The club is only in it's second year at Riverside and currently has two games being played.
    "It's an exciting game. It gets really intense because everyone is doing everything they can to win. Every move is interesting," junior Andrew Crabtree representing Austria-Hungary said.
    The club is administered by US History teacher, Bryon Booher.
    Watch the video to learn more.

By Maria Hoover and Charlotte McEwen