The Boston Massacre Diplomacy tournament was founded by Melissa Call in 2003, and run by her for the next six years until she moved back to her homeland Down Under. It was then taken over for several years by Alex Amann, before he too moved away. To keep the Massacre name alive, Christian Pedone started the Philadelphia Massacre Diplomacy tournament in that city, while Diplomacy in Boston struggled to find an organizer.
In 2014, Alan Levin, primarily an online player on WebDiplomacy.net, stepped forward and started The Boroughs Diplomacy tournament in Westborough. This ran for several years and was instrumental in rebuilding the Boston hobby. In 2016, The Boroughs moved back to Boston (well, Cambridge), and Philadelphia graciously returned to Boston the "Massacre" name (Philadelphia now runs as the Liberty Cup Diplomacy tournament).
After the 2018 tournament, Alan started a family (hooray!!) and stepped down as TD of Boston Massacre, handing the reins over to Randall Lawrence-Hurt.
In 2021, Randy moved out of state and entrusted Boston Massacre to Alex Maslow, who also runs the Diplomacy event at TotalCon.
As the latest TD for this venerable tournament, Alex looks forward to making the Massacre bigger and better every year with a focus on growing the local hobby while encouraging travelers to come see what Boston has to offer!
The prior winners of the Boston Massacre (and Boroughs) Diplomacy tournament are:
2025: You?
2024: John Bihn
2023: Event Cancelled
2022: Robert C. Schuppe
2021: Jane Farren
2020: Tanya Gill
2019: David Maletsky
2018: Andrew Katcher
2017: Nicholas Delateur
2016: Andrew Goff
2015: Nicholas Delateur
2014: Randall Lawrence-Hurt
2012: Robert Premus
2011: Phil Weissert
2010: Steve Cooley
2009: Randall Lawrence-Hurt
2008: Chris Martin
2007: Peter McNamara
2005: Andy Marshall
2004: Edi Birsan
2003: Lisa Foster
All results prior to 2016 can be found in the World Diplomacy Database