Reply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: Played a few times, lots of questions
by nukeu666Chrysm wrote:One thing you might try is playing the game on Vassal. On your turn it gives you the options of what you can and can't do, so pretty quickly you get the gist of what's...
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by Lawcomic Vassal can be very frustrating if you don't know the game cold.
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by BockBockChicken Are the rules that confusing? The rules are well-organized, and your first four questions are all addressed explicitly within the rules. The terminology of "holding" a card is...
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by turbothyBevvyB wrote:On a design note, if the cards in TS adopted some kind of iconography as used to great effect in Race For The Galaxy (a game with virtually NO words on each card) then it would...
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by BevvyB Being told that everything is in the rules isn't that helpful. I'm sure that everything is in the rules. But for some reason with this game I've finding it a bit tough and I'm not scared to...
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by BockBockChicken I'm not just telling you it's in the rules though. I'm directing you to specific passages, and even quoting the rules. So not only did I (and others) gave you the answer, I pointed...
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by BevvyB I don't need to read the rules again because actually I've now got the clarification I needed on many points. I'm pretty sure our next game will run smoothly thanks to the answers I've been...
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by BockBockChicken Well, hopefully your future plays go smoothly. It's just my philosophy to teach someone how to fish, rather than let sometime starve to death when no one is around to spoon feed them...
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by Lawcomic Also, note that the play guides that come with the game are actually really useful. In the event you haven't used those, you might want to look at them.
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by Ecosmithturbothy wrote:Ecosmith wrote:If your brother and his gf can't separate what happens in a boardgame from what happens off-board, then there's something wrong with them, IMO. It's a game.Some...
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by Ecosmithmkiefte wrote:turbothy wrote:Ecosmith wrote:If someone says they're a movie buff, then they should see Citizen Kane. If they say they like boardgames, they should play Twilight Struggle.I...
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by LawcomicEcosmith wrote:mkiefte wrote:turbothy wrote:Ecosmith wrote:If someone says they're a movie buff, then they should see Citizen Kane. If they say they like boardgames, they should play...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Really confused about balance - playing...
by Ecosmith I've played 16 games of TS so far, I think, and I've only won 3. These 3 have been recent wins, and 2 of them due to my opponent committing Defcon Suicide through just not concentrating...
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by Lawcomic Play with the optional cards and no CCW.
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by BockBockChicken It is common to give US 1-2 (even 3) extra influence to balance the base game - this is the reason for bidding in tournaments as well: players will bid how many influence points they...
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by Ecosmith Our games have been lasting into Mid War for sure, and a fair few have got to T10 with the USSR winning on final scoring. I haven't noticed much of the alledged US dominance of Late War...
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by she2 Agree with the poster above about adding the optional cards in. I think it does help.I nearly always play the US and got completely slammed early on. There's only so much you can do about the...
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by ahmedhadzi I played at least 50 games before really getting a hang of it. As of right now I played around 350+ games, and I can say I win in around 65-70% of the games. My win percentage is much...
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by Ecosmithshe2 wrote:Agree with the poster above about adding the optional cards in. I think it does help.I nearly always play the US and got completely slammed early on. There's only so much you can...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: Loss by Nuclear War -- does it happen?
by Ecosmith I've won 2 games recently due to unintentional Defcon Suicide. The first was a play of We Will Bury You. My opponent simply didn't notice the Defcon hit on the card. I like to be anusing by...
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