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by Dampenon Playing CIA at DEFCON 2 could be mortal for USSR when she controls a Battleground Country outside Europe, Asia or Middle-East...Here, nasty US player makes a coup in Panama.
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: USSR italy peace opener
by Riku Riekkinen Its actually quite common. Especially with Duck & Cover so US can't try to coup back.
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by darune I guess it depends on what you are trying to do and what cards you are holding.My idea here was to keep europe open (defcon 5), since this forces US into an italy coup or place influence...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Re: Tear down this wall
by Riku Riekkinen 1. You can make realigns or coups regrardeless of the DEFCON value all over the map2. Coups in BGs still lower DEFCON (meaning phasing player can lose to that)3. You don't get MIL...
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by Riku Riekkinen darune wrote:I guess it depends on what you are trying to do and what cards you are holding.My idea here was to keep europe open (defcon 5), since this forces US into an italy coup...
View ArticleReply: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: Re: As US, what do you do with S. Korea?
by darune Depends on Defcon/iran status.Never will i put 1 US inf.But, I will usually put the 2 US inf in S. Korea for control pretty fast, spreading towards Thailand and away from Isreal is probably...
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Session: Twilight Struggle:: Has CIA really saved Free World ?
by Dampenon This is an AAR of a Vassal Play (when we have obviously more time to think about our next card) against my usual “live” opponent.I'm playing USA and I know Early War is a nightmare for the...
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by spartax Well, I don't know if the CIA saved the Free World, but at least it's not Communist. (And will never, ever be communist, until a new species evolves in the radioactive wasteland.) You have...
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: Rules:: Two rules questions regarding headlines -...
by I Eat Tables These both came up in a recent game, and a browse of the collected rulings and rulebooks didn't reveal the answers (they might be in there, hidden somewhere... but we couldn't spot...
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by nightglider1 You are correct in your ruling on #2.
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by nightglider1 And I suspect you're correct on #1.
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by leroy43 Both ABM Treaty and RS/P are 4 ops cards, so the ABM Treaty would have triggered first (US player wins ties in the headline phase), US player plays the ABM Treaty for the full 4 ops, and...
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by Jayne Starlancer I Eat Tables wrote:1) On one turn, I (USSR) headlined Red Scare/Purge, while my opponent headlined ABM treaty. ABM treaty is a 3 ops card, so RS/P goes off first. Is it then in the...
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by HeyJoe 1. Did you mean SALT? If so, then yes it can let the player do that with the opponent's headline card if the event triggered first. The card is considered 'discarded' the moment the event is...
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by swedgamer Yes, both CIA and Lone Gunman are nasty cards.But how did you get acess to Angola?
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by Haring swedgamer wrote:Yes, both CIA and Lone Gunman are nasty cards.But how did you get acess to Angola?From South Africa I presume.Cheers, Haring
View ArticleThread: Twilight Struggle:: Strategy:: what is better as USSR T1 headline -...
by Ivan Ryabov I had couple of situations when had both cards in starting hand as USSRIMO headlining of AIW is risky but better due to the following advantages:- in case of success gives immediate...
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by brainst0rm If the option is only from those 2 cards I would always play AIW.
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by TwoShedsJackson If I had both and was headlining one of them I'd usually go with Suez - it's guaranteed and you're not going need access to Egypt immediately anyway.You won't need the MilOps from...
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by pilgrim152 I'm far from an expert but I might:Headline Suez: if I had a 4-op card to coup with, no better headlines, and there was no extra influence in Iran (so it was only at 1), and I had a...
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