What academic background correlates with a stronger performance in strategy games?

Alina Stefanescu asks What academic background correlates with a stronger performance in strategy games?:

My intuitions tell me the game theorists will do well at Diplomacy, but perhaps better at Risk. For Diplomacy, the most successful background would be psychology or policy work. Hopefully, next week's game will test these theories. Playing the new version of Risk this week rekindled my interest in the history and evolution of the game.

Some gaming suggestions:

Game theory fans can play interactive online strategy games, including Clobber, which was actually invented at a game theory conference. For strategy game fans, you can download diplomacy freeware or access a wide variety of online strategy and cooperation games here, including:

• Medieval Warlords, a war game
• War of Conquest, a multilayer strategy game where you compete for cash prizes
• Utopia, which comes closest to a real-time kingdom game
• For Risk fans, Troop Wars come close.
• Simcountry, for those who think CEO's are the modern equivalents of nobility

(Hat tip to Marginal Revolution.)