DEC 2013 TS forum game archive

[GJK]

Commie-Coms, here is your current hand:

[GJK]

Team USA: I've opened a new thread for your Turn 1 strategy discussions.  Here is your current card hand:

[undercovergeek]

Can't we take one from his other provinces like north Korea?

Agreed on Olympics

[Staggerwing]

I believe the 'Eastern European Unrest' card refers to, uh... Eastern Europe.  :D

Early or Mid War: Remove 1 USSR Influence from 3 countries in Eastern Europe. Late War: Remove 2 USSR Influence from 3 countries in Eastern Europe.

[undercovergeek]

I believe the 'Eastern European Unrest' card refers to, uh... Eastern Europe.  :D

Early or Mid War: Remove 1 USSR Influence from 3 countries in Eastern Europe. Late War: Remove 2 USSR Influence from 3 countries in Eastern Europe.

lmao - good point Stagger!!

[Ubercat]

I think our first cardplay should be NATO for Ops. The event won't fire because neither Marshall Plan or Warsaw Pact have been played yet. If we hold off on playing it, we risk the other team playing one of those prerequisites.

[BanzaiCat]

Good thing we have the CIA card as well...I remember that one, it's a great card for the West.

Blockade is tempting, but it's one of those "smart bomb" cards IMO. I think we should hold off on it.

Containment, De-Stalinization, and Asia Scoring are all no-gos.

I think our only real choice is, as Comrade Ubercat says, NATO for the Ops value.

[Barthheart]

Oops! I missed that NATO would not fire! Then yes I agree we should use it.

Where to play the OPS? Asia?

[Ubercat]

Oops! I missed that NATO would not fire! Then yes I agree we should use it.

Where to play the OPS? Asia?

Probably. Or we could get bold and try to coup Italy. Europe scoring is out there somewhere and it's a big one for points.

Another thought: It's a good thing that we nailed down Poland and E. Germany. The enemy headline card will surely be taking 1 Influence from each country. We still have them in our camp though since we gave each 1 extra. We also still have De-Stalinization to play. That card let's us move the IP's anywhere that the US doesn't control. That's ANYWHERE. Problem is, we now can't spare any IP's in Europe and that's our only good source. We could spend our Ops adding IP's in Europe and then play De-Stalinization later to move them to hard to reach places elsewhere in the world.

I'm not sure that it's our best play as it burns an extra action round, but it's a thought. I'm going to fire up Vassal so I can see the map as it  stands. I'll keep it updated to show our game situation and use it as a planning aid.

Edit: Bad move. We need to get Domination of Asia. That's the only scoring card that we KNOW is being played this turn. The other two might still be in the deck so we should focus on what we know.

I say we go ahead and coup Iran and then grab Afghanistan and Pakistan, not necessarily in that order and not necessarily as our first move. We want to keep them guessing as to our intent. If we go all out in Asia right off the bat, they'll know we have Asia Scoring. Let's spend our 4 NATO Ops to grab Pakistan and complete our control of Iraq. They won't know if we're more focused on Asia or the ME. Maybe 2-3 card plays later we'll grab Afghanistan to gain Domination in Asia.

The fact that we grabbed Iraq will strengthen us in the ME plus give us access to Saudi Arabia. If we can grab a non battleground country (like spending 1 IP to take the rest of Syria) we'll also grab Domination in the ME!

Of course all this planning is moot if our coup fails. We need to roll anything but a 1 to gain Influence in Iran. 3 or higher will give us control. If we don't succeed, we can still go there, but it will take an extra card play. :(

[bob48]

Lets attend those rigged Olympic games anyway- we might win the roll and if we boycott RedPuss gets 4 points. After that, we can only take a point each away from EG and Poland. The third is just wasted.

I'd go with that  :)

[Barthheart]

Yeah. Domination is Asia is what I was aiming for this round.
I like your sneaky way of going abut that:

Iran
Pakistan
Afghanistan

We also have the China card that can be played for 5 Ops in Asia. I know it's early to play that but it would help get domination....

[GJK]

If everybody is in agreement that Team USA will attend the Olympics (looks like you are), then I will make the rolls tonight and apply those results.

I'll need your list for the 3 Eastern Europe countries that you want to take 1 IP from as per your Headline Phase card and then I will apply that to the map.

After that, the Ruskies will be playing their Action Round card first followed by you guys, so you'll want to start choosing your next card play.  Note that I've started another thread in your private area for Turn 1 chatter, including an image of your current hand as it stands at this moment.

[bob48]

^Thanks Gary, I'll consult with the other guys.

And thank you for doing all this stuff.

[undercovergeek]

east germany and poland are definites - he has a point in Yugoslavia too i think we can have

[bob48]

Sounds like a plan.