DEC 2013 TS forum game archive

[GJK]

Actually a Coup can be attempted in *any* country that the other side has IP's in.  You only have to be adjacent to a country (or already in that country) if you wish to place IP's in it.

[bob48]

Oh, right! Thanks Gary - back to the map, gents.

[undercovergeek]

well, theyve already got the VPs for Asia so lets not go there - are there any 1 or 2 IP territories they own that would be useful to coup?

[undercovergeek]

or lets try east germany - they have 3 there but if we reduce them to 2 they dont control east germany any more

[bob48]

Interesting thought, Geek. I'd go for that if we can, although I guess they will be very sensitive about us trying anything in EG. That should throw the cat among the pigeons  :)

[undercovergeek]

im all for throwing cats, especially at pigeons!!

gets us the initiative back

[Staggerwing]

The roll odds need to be favorable. We have to roll higher than twice the country stability points minus the ones we apply, IIRC.

East Germany is a 3 so we would need to roll higher than 6 - 2= 4 to succeed. If we pick a country with 2 then we would only have to roll higher than 2.

[undercovergeek]

what determines what we apply? ops points?

for instance East Germany has 3 of their IP, so we need a 6 minus our points?

[Staggerwing]

That's how I grokk it anyway. We would have to roll a 5 or 6 which is 2:1 odds against us. We still get the milops points however.

We may want to whip up a quick list of countries we could go for and their odds. I'll have a look a little bit later after my kids are settled for the eve.

[undercovergeek]

good man - is there anything we can add to the mix to bring the die roll down? you know, to like 1 or 2?  ;D

[Staggerwing]

Here's a list of countries w/ less than 3 stability where the Red Fur have influence:

Iran 2
Pakistan 2
Thailand 2
Vietnam 1
Syria 2

Iran, Syria are the only non-Asian possibilities. Vietnam would be an easy target if we did want to hit Asia and shake up the next turn.

[undercovergeek]

Here's a list of countries w/ less than 3 stability where the Red Fur have influence:

Iran 2
Pakistan 2
Thailand 2
Vietnam 1
Syria 2

Iran, Syria are the only non-Asian possibilities. Vietnam would be an easy target if we did want to hit Asia and shake up the next turn.

Syria is the battleground tile - lets go for that

[Staggerwing]

Syria it is.

[bob48]

Go

[undercovergeek]

so turn summary is play Castro and take the hit in cuba and then coup Syria?

can i ask a silly question of you guys then - since none of us are really present in central america allowing Russia in there may allow him to start throwing loads of ops and IP in there - should we play castro (which we have to do) and then coup Cuba so he doesnt take it?