Reply: Twilight Struggle:: Variants:: Re: Tinker, Tailor, Jackal, Mole
by catmando ...BUT Wargameroom doesn't allow Variant play. Or does it? Seems like a possible Mashup of posts, here. If, for instance, the GMT computer version allows for variations: Wallah, online...
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by Prowler In my case, I do not have the luxury of plenty of time and friends to playtest variants. I would welcome anyone with more time and a large gaming group to take up my sketchy ideas, playtest...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Variants:: Re: Tinker, Tailor, Jackal, Mole
by Prowler Thinking a little more about the Jackal, I have come to the conclusion that he could be portrayed as a Neutral, rather than USSR, event. My Jackal event is a mixture of both the fictional...
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Thread: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by HeyJoe I have been examining TS strategy recently. One pattern I see often in annotated games and articles about opening strategy is the consensus that, barring exceptional circumstances, the...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by ldsdbomber nice, I'll read this more thoroughly when I have time but its been ages since I played. what are the irregularities in europe that come from a defcon of 4???? (P.S. re: your chess...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by HeyJoe The irregularity comes from not making a coup in AR1, leaving the defcon at 5. The US player has the opportunity to do something sneaky then, such as playing De Gaulle and using the ops to...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by KingMento This post is deep and very well argued.It's really true that the more one becomes an experienced player, the less he tries anything original... when I played my first mathces I did read...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by theory I had a very long, analytical response to this, but I think it can be shortened and summarized to this:Couping Italy successfully means that you will get European Domination, but not couping...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by Benwa theory wrote:those weird players that bid 2, 3 influence for the US :thumbsup:
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: Turn1 USSR Action Round 1: Coup Italy
by HeyJoe theory wrote:Couping Italy successfully means that you will get European Domination, but not couping Italy does not necessarily mean you will be Dominated in EuropeThis is technically true,...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: No reshuffle during turn 7 - what happens?
by HenricF Hello,yesterday we played a TS game. When dealing cards for the 7th turn, we had enough cards so no reshuffle was needed. When dealing cards for the 8th turn, we added the Late War cards to...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: No reshuffle during turn 7 - what...
by Marcon 4.3 states : "When there are no cards left in the draw pile...", so if the draw pile was completely empty after dealing the last card at the beginning of Turn 7, you had to shuffle the...
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by HenricF Ah, there it was. Thanks a lot!
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: USSR has none to discard when playing...
by heterodox Can USSR play Five Year Plan when it is the last card in hand, presumably USSR has played UN Intervention simultaneous with another card before, and would have no card left in hand at the...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: USSR has none to discard when playing...
by coolpapa You always execute as much of the card as you can. This would work just fine as a way to avoid any penalty for 5-year plan.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Variants:: Re: More Realistic Middle East
by AnimalMother jeibel wrote:In my TS daydreams i sometimes wonder how it would play if you could have these three states as dual countries , counting for scoring cards and events of both...
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Reply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: Events not explicitly dealt with in...
by h00sha rljacobsen wrote:2. MID WAR: "Fischer defeats Spassky" Not sure how to play this card. Sounds like one that falls into the Kitchen Debates category. This event was more about American...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: When to discard or eliminate a card
by luisdlc mark of carnage wrote:Just read 5.2 :blush:I've been a daft bat. It's clearly written:'If a card triggers an opponent's Event, but that Event cannot occur because... a condition expressed...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: rule 5.2 example #2 question
by luisdlc About Rule 5.2 I offer you this:http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/771487/rules-5-2-list-of-ast...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Last call ETSL season 2
by DeDaan Hi all!In a few weeks season 2 of the European Twilight Struggle League will start. At the moment I recorded 14 participants. If you like to take part, please let me know by private message...
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