Reply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: Excel Engine Game
by queequeg Jim,You should definitely try it out at Wargameroom.com.I asked about Vassal in an earlier post because it seems like another way to do it.peace,Jason
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by andyvw purduecruiser wrote:I'm still fairly new to the game (about 4 plays), but I'd be up for an Excel engine game if anyone wants to play. (I haven't tried out the engine yet, but it seems pretty...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: Excel Engine Game
by purduecruiser The Excel engine seems to give a better opportunity to play by email, unless I'm mistaken.I've seen some interactive play going on at VASSAL. Wargameroom, so far, doesn't seem too...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: How counteract USSR coup vs. Italy...
by JohnnyD144 edwardocracy wrote:Talltim wrote:Place influence in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. After a coup in Asia, beat the USSR to Thailand. Dominate Asia.Meanwhile, take lots of small...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: willy brant deemed unplayable
by thisaliensean If willy brant (no 55)'s event is unplayable and cancelled by "tear down the wall". Do we remove the card if the US use the ops value?
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by leroy43 thisaliensean wrote:If willy brant (no 55)'s event is unplayable and cancelled by "tear down the wall". Do we remove the card if the US use the ops value? No, it just becomes a 2 op card.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: NORAD
by azuredarkness Well, that wasn't my comment, but the US really can't spare the 5 OPs required to activate NORAD on turns 1/2 without allowing the USSR player to dominate the board.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: NORAD
by theory NORAD rarely gives you much of a benefit Turns 1-2. Its main purpose is the Mid War battleground flip. But if you discard it on Turn 3 you'll probably never see it again.Therefore, the way I...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: NORAD
by purduecruiser The problem there is, the possibility of it getting spaced due to not playing it turn 1 or turn 2 has opportunity cost as well. You get to skip this opportunity cost by just playing...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: First play
by theory Maybe, and this is just a crazy thought, the best Twilight Struggle players just really love to play a great game.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: NORAD
by theory Turns 1-2 have more pressure for Ops (and Action Rounds) because the board is so open. More opportunities = more pressing urgency to use Ops. Once the board is more locked up, then Ops are...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: First play
by Lawcomic I am going to go on record and say this is an exceptionally silly argument.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: How counteract USSR coup vs. Italy...
by Riku Riekkinen JohnnyD144 wrote:Sad story, but quite good session report.Now that had all quick USSR win elements there. No 4OPs in 2 hands for US (means USSR probably has a lot). 3 scoring cards...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: General:: beginner's disappointment
by anbesa Well, really I don't know if call it disappointment but here we go:last night I played with the US and obviously my friend with the USSR. At the beginning of the game you can notice the...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: beginner's disappointment
by Ziilch USSR can burn you really badly if they lock the US out of the Middle East in the early war. Fortress Lebanon is an easy way to keep some cheap influence in there.
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by spartax anbesa wrote:the USSR player plays the Red Scare/Purge card and deprived me of playing anything to coup or even "burn" a card in the Space Race... well nothing to do except to reinforce...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: beginner's disappointment
by anbesa spartax wrote:anbesa wrote:the USSR player plays the Red Scare/Purge card and deprived me of playing anything to coup or even "burn" a card in the Space Race... well nothing to do except to...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: beginner's disappointment
by rubendario5 anbesa,Read some basic US strategy, not too much, just enough so you can discover how horribly you played your first game (At least that was my experience) then play again, it will be a...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: General:: Re: beginner's disappointment
by letzte_einhorn anbesa wrote:long story short, third turn was very slow and unproductive for me.. but in the 4th turn and after a discard pile shuffle, the USSR player plays, again, the Red...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: willy brant deemed unplayable
by letzte_einhorn leroy43 wrote:thisaliensean wrote:If willy brant (no 55)'s event is unplayable and cancelled by "tear down the wall". Do we remove the card if the US use the ops value? No, it just...
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