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The racist, minority government of South Africa began to be challenged by the African National Congress with Soviet and Cuban assistance from bases in Tanzania and Zambia and other “front-line” states. The era of peaceful resistance formally ended with the massacres in Sharpeville and Langa. For its part, South Africa sought to destabilize its neighbors, and undertook an invasion of Namibia, while also supporting UNITA in Angola and FRELIMO in Mozambique. However, increasing black population, more powerful black trade unions, and hostility from other western nations eventually placed South Africa on the defensive. While the Reagan Administration pursued a policy of “constructive engagement” with the Apartheid government, it remained a controversial proposition. Ultimately, the collapse of the eastern bloc made P.W. Botha’s release of Nelson Mandela inevitable.
Host Note: For some reason the NATO card seems to be bugged; I can't play it for the Event, Ops, or on the Space Race.
Fortunately, the game does allow you to set what Turn it is, so this problem hasn't left us stuck at the American Turn. I pulled NATO from the American hand and have left it on the board so we don't forget it's there.
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American Action Round 2:
Soviet Action Round 3:
An outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council, liberation theology stresses Jesus Christ as liberator. The theological strain that sustained this outlook originated in Latin America and flourished there, particularly with the Jesuit order. While never embraced by Pope John Paul II due to its Marxist undercurrents, liberation theology remains very popular with individual priests and the laity in the third world. Its emphasis on social justice and its critique of capitalist excess has, however, been incorporated into broader Church doctrine.
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The Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty sought to cement the system of mutually assured destruction as the lynchpin of strategic balance. The ABM treaty restricted the ability of the two superpowers to defend themselves from nuclear strike. In theory, this made a first strike to prevent the introduction of destabilizing defensive systems unnecessary. Both nations were allowed to defend either their capital or one field of ICBMs with a missile defense system. The Soviets deployed such a system around Moscow. Ultimately, the US abandoned its system deployed in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
DEFCON Improves to 5.
American Coup attempt in Argentina
U.S. Die = [1] - Partial Success.
1 Soviet Influence removed from Argentina.
DEFCON degrades to 4.
American Military Ops increased to 4.
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A physician, Salvador Allende was popularly elected in Chile to lead that nation’s first socialist government. Allende moved quickly to socialize copper production— Chile’s largest export commodity. The mines were largely held by two US companies, Kennecott and Anaconda. Relations with the US soon turned frosty, and the CIA supported an attempted coup in 1970. It failed. However, as the West applied harsh economic sanctions, the Allende regime floundered in its second and third years. In 1973, the military, led by Augusto Pinochet, deposed Allende with a bloody assault on the presidential palace. Allende took his own life.[/]i
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American Coup attempt in Venezuela
DEFCON degrades to 3.
U.S. Die = [3] - Partial Success!
2 Soviet Influence removed from Venezuela
1 American influence added in Venezuela.
American Military Ops increased to 5.
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Please note that I will not have access to VASSAL until tomorrow night at the earliest, as I will be on a short business trip. Updates (in particular new maps) will therefore be delayed slightly. You guys are free to advance the Turn as much as you feel comfortable, and I will get everything caught up ASAP.
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Also characterized as low intensity conflicts, brush wars tended to begin in reaction to local conditions either within a state or between states. However, due to duration, or superpower intervention, an essentially local dispute could be elevated to superpower conflict. Examples include the civil war in Mozambique and the war between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Soviet counter-coup in Venezuela
DEFCON degrades to 2.
Soviet Die = [4] - Success!
Soviet Military Ops increased to 4.
American Influence removed from Venezuela.
3 Soviet Influence added in Venezuela.
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A term reportedly coined by the poet Allen Ginsberg, “flower power” came to represent the nonviolence and peace movements of the 1960s. The classical context for the phrase was the placement of daisies into rifle muzzles, and the anti-war slogan “make love, not war.” Flower power is also representative of the general ambivalence to the use of military force that resulted from the American experience in Vietnam.
American Coup attempt in Colombia.
* U.S. Die = [5] - Success!
1 Soviet Influence removed from Colombia.
6 American Influence added in Colombia.
Flower Power in effect: USSR will gain 2 VPs for every US "war card" played (for event or operations).
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Founded to allow oil producing countries to have more control over the price of oil, and thereby state revenues, OPEC has grown into an institution that controls two-thirds of the world’s oil reserves and generates roughly half of the world’s oil exports. The creation of OPEC was a major blow to the control of the global oil market by the Western giants like Exxon and British Petroleum. While OPEC does include non-Middle Eastern countries such as Venezuela, Indonesia and Nigeria, it is heavily dominated by countries from that region. As a result, OPEC has intervened in the political crises there. Most famously, OPEC refused oil exports to Western countries supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur (or October) War. This resulted in a 400% increase in oil prices and required rationing in the West.
Soviets Control Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Venezuela and earn +5 VP.
New Score: USSR 8.
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edited August 2013
American Action Round 6:
American Influence placed.
Soviet Action Round 7:
The United States launched the first nuclear powered submarine. It instantly antiquated decades of antisubmarine warfare that had developed during the Second World War. Admiral Hyman Rickover was to oversee the development of a new nuclear navy, and create a third, and seemingly invulnerable arm, in the American nuclear triad. Ultimately, the Soviets would follow suit.
Soviet Influence placed.
American Action Round 7:
The regional penchant to turn to strong men or military juntas to resolve questions of instability made South America ripe for leftist reaction throughout the Cold War. Rising nationalism and the world-wide wave of anti-imperialist sentiment also characterized the relationship with the United States and the nations of South America. The Soviets sought to exploit any openings offered, and established close relations with nations like Argentina. The greatest potential realignment in the region was squashed by an allegedly CIA-instigated coup of Chile’s Salvador Allende.
U.S.S.R. has Control in South America (6 VP) and Control 4 Battleground Countries (4VP) = 10 VP
U.S. has Presence in South America (2 VP)
Soviets gain 8 VPs.
New Score: USSR 16
Turn 7 (Nixon) is over!
End of Turn Bookkeeping:
Both sides performed the required Military Operations; Military Ops reset to 0.
DEFCON Improves to 3.
Late War cards have been added to the Draw Deck.
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American Headline:
Soviet Headline:
Replacing his deposed father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was central to first British and then American plans for the Middle East. While Pahlavi undertook the mantle of western reformer, he often chafed under neo-imperialist economic relationships, particularly where oil was concerned. Nevertheless, Iran’s oil wealth spurred Pahlavi into the center of global geopolitics and his association with the United States was vital for both nation’s positions in the region. However, whatever outward elements of reform Iran projected, Pahlavi also used a brutal internal police force, the SAVAK, and turned despotic and megalomaniacal in the later years of his reign. This was all the opening required for Iran’s seething revolutionary elements.
Soviet Headline cancelled! Our Man goes to the Discard pile.
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Soviets have Control of Africa (6VP) and 5 Battlegrounds (5 VP) = 11 VP
Americans have Presence for 1 VP.
New Score: USSR 20+
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is victorious!
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edited August 2013
I can't log into imgur at the moment, but the Soviets were dealt a brutal hand. If this Turn had played out, the Americans would have made up some ground.
But Soviet successes in the Americas and Africa locked this one up for the Reds.
I can't really fault the Americans, who played well despite being given at least one dreadful hand (I think it was in Turn 5) and who really did get the short end of the stick with regards to dice rolls.
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NATO is now in-force!
US-controlled countries in Europe are now immune to Coups, Realignments and the “Brush War” event.
No map changes.
Soviet Action Round 2: @Capfalcon and @Korsakovia are back from Kabul.
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The racist, minority government of South Africa began to be challenged by the African National Congress with Soviet and Cuban assistance from bases in Tanzania and Zambia and other “front-line” states. The era of peaceful resistance formally ended with the massacres in Sharpeville and Langa. For its part, South Africa sought to destabilize its neighbors, and undertook an invasion of Namibia, while also supporting UNITA in Angola and FRELIMO in Mozambique. However, increasing black population, more powerful black trade unions, and hostility from other western nations eventually placed South Africa on the defensive. While the Reagan Administration pursued a policy of “constructive engagement” with the Apartheid government, it remained a controversial proposition. Ultimately, the collapse of the eastern bloc made P.W. Botha’s release of Nelson Mandela inevitable.
Soviet Influence placed.
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American Action Round 2: @Cayrus and @stever777
Host Note: For some reason the NATO card seems to be bugged; I can't play it for the Event, Ops, or on the Space Race.
Fortunately, the game does allow you to set what Turn it is, so this problem hasn't left us stuck at the American Turn. I pulled NATO from the American hand and have left it on the board so we don't forget it's there.
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Special Relationship for Event.
2 pts in France.
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
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Soviet Action Round 3:
An outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council, liberation theology stresses Jesus Christ as liberator. The theological strain that sustained this outlook originated in Latin America and flourished there, particularly with the Jesuit order. While never embraced by Pope John Paul II due to its Marxist undercurrents, liberation theology remains very popular with individual priests and the laity in the third world. Its emphasis on social justice and its critique of capitalist excess has, however, been incorporated into broader Church doctrine.
Influence placed.
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American Action Round 3: @stever777 and @Cayrus
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ABM Treaty for Event.
4 Pt Coup in Argentina.
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Oops! VPs will be adjusted on the next map update.
New Score: USSR 3
@stever777 since you intend to coup I assume you mean that you want to use ABM Treaty for Ops?
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"Improve DEFCON by 1. Then play 4 Ops."
It's 4 Ops either way but I want the DC moved up 1 first.
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Oops again!
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The Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty sought to cement the system of mutually assured destruction as the lynchpin of strategic balance. The ABM treaty restricted the ability of the two superpowers to defend themselves from nuclear strike. In theory, this made a first strike to prevent the introduction of destabilizing defensive systems unnecessary. Both nations were allowed to defend either their capital or one field of ICBMs with a missile defense system. The Soviets deployed such a system around Moscow. Ultimately, the US abandoned its system deployed in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
DEFCON Improves to 5.
American Coup attempt in Argentina
U.S. Die = [1] - Partial Success.
1 Soviet Influence removed from Argentina.
DEFCON degrades to 4.
American Military Ops increased to 4.
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Soviet Action Round 4. @Capfalcon and @Korsakovia
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A physician, Salvador Allende was popularly elected in Chile to lead that nation’s first socialist government. Allende moved quickly to socialize copper production— Chile’s largest export commodity. The mines were largely held by two US companies, Kennecott and Anaconda. Relations with the US soon turned frosty, and the CIA supported an attempted coup in 1970. It failed. However, as the West applied harsh economic sanctions, the Allende regime floundered in its second and third years. In 1973, the military, led by Augusto Pinochet, deposed Allende with a bloody assault on the presidential palace. Allende took his own life.[/]i
Soviet Influence placed.
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American Action Round 4. @stever777 and @Cayrus
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Try again, up North.
Nuke Test Ban for Ops.
4 Pt Coup in Venezuela.
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American Coup attempt in Venezuela
DEFCON degrades to 3.
U.S. Die = [3] - Partial Success!
2 Soviet Influence removed from Venezuela
1 American influence added in Venezuela.
American Military Ops increased to 5.
Current Map:
Soviet Action Round 5. @Korsakovia and @Capfalcon
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Also characterized as low intensity conflicts, brush wars tended to begin in reaction to local conditions either within a state or between states. However, due to duration, or superpower intervention, an essentially local dispute could be elevated to superpower conflict. Examples include the civil war in Mozambique and the war between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Soviet counter-coup in Venezuela
DEFCON degrades to 2.
Soviet Die = [4] - Success!
Soviet Military Ops increased to 4.
American Influence removed from Venezuela.
3 Soviet Influence added in Venezuela.
Current Map:
American Action Round 5. @Cayrus and @stever777 are up.
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Bunch of ex-Nazis!
Where are my nuclear subs?
Flower Power
4 Pt Coup in Colombia
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
A term reportedly coined by the poet Allen Ginsberg, “flower power” came to represent the nonviolence and peace movements of the 1960s. The classical context for the phrase was the placement of daisies into rifle muzzles, and the anti-war slogan “make love, not war.” Flower power is also representative of the general ambivalence to the use of military force that resulted from the American experience in Vietnam.
American Coup attempt in Colombia.
* U.S. Die = [5] - Success!
1 Soviet Influence removed from Colombia.
6 American Influence added in Colombia.
Flower Power in effect: USSR will gain 2 VPs for every US "war card" played (for event or operations).
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Soviet Action Round 6: @Capfalcon and @Korsakovia
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OPEC for event.
+5 VP
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Founded to allow oil producing countries to have more control over the price of oil, and thereby state revenues, OPEC has grown into an institution that controls two-thirds of the world’s oil reserves and generates roughly half of the world’s oil exports. The creation of OPEC was a major blow to the control of the global oil market by the Western giants like Exxon and British Petroleum. While OPEC does include non-Middle Eastern countries such as Venezuela, Indonesia and Nigeria, it is heavily dominated by countries from that region. As a result, OPEC has intervened in the political crises there. Most famously, OPEC refused oil exports to Western countries supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur (or October) War. This resulted in a 400% increase in oil prices and required rationing in the West.
Soviets Control Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Venezuela and earn +5 VP.
New Score: USSR 8.
American Action Round 6: @stever777 and @Cayrus
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2 Influence in Venezuela
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
Soviet Action Round 7: @Capfalcon and @Korsakovia
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1 in Venezuela
1 in Saudi Arabia
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Score South America
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American Influence placed.
Soviet Action Round 7:
The United States launched the first nuclear powered submarine. It instantly antiquated decades of antisubmarine warfare that had developed during the Second World War. Admiral Hyman Rickover was to oversee the development of a new nuclear navy, and create a third, and seemingly invulnerable arm, in the American nuclear triad. Ultimately, the Soviets would follow suit.
Soviet Influence placed.
American Action Round 7:
The regional penchant to turn to strong men or military juntas to resolve questions of instability made South America ripe for leftist reaction throughout the Cold War. Rising nationalism and the world-wide wave of anti-imperialist sentiment also characterized the relationship with the United States and the nations of South America. The Soviets sought to exploit any openings offered, and established close relations with nations like Argentina. The greatest potential realignment in the region was squashed by an allegedly CIA-instigated coup of Chile’s Salvador Allende.
U.S.S.R. has Control in South America (6 VP) and Control 4 Battleground Countries (4VP) = 10 VP
U.S. has Presence in South America (2 VP)
Soviets gain 8 VPs.
New Score: USSR 16
Turn 7 (Nixon) is over!
End of Turn Bookkeeping:
Both sides performed the required Military Operations; Military Ops reset to 0.
DEFCON Improves to 3.
Late War cards have been added to the Draw Deck.
Turn 8 (Carter) Begins!
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New Hands going out shortly. Please PM me your Headline event. @Capfalcon, @Korsakovia, @Cayrus and @stever777
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Ugh...
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
Soviet Headline:
Replacing his deposed father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was central to first British and then American plans for the Middle East. While Pahlavi undertook the mantle of western reformer, he often chafed under neo-imperialist economic relationships, particularly where oil was concerned. Nevertheless, Iran’s oil wealth spurred Pahlavi into the center of global geopolitics and his association with the United States was vital for both nation’s positions in the region. However, whatever outward elements of reform Iran projected, Pahlavi also used a brutal internal police force, the SAVAK, and turned despotic and megalomaniacal in the later years of his reign. This was all the opening required for Iran’s seething revolutionary elements.
Soviet Headline cancelled! Our Man goes to the Discard pile.
No map changes.
Soviet Action Round 1: @Capfalcon and @Korsakovia
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AFRICA SCORING!
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?
NOWHERE.
BECAUSE GODLESS COMMIES ARE THE BEST!
Good game! Hope you guys had fun!
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Soviets have Control of Africa (6VP) and 5 Battlegrounds (5 VP) = 11 VP
Americans have Presence for 1 VP.
New Score: USSR 20+
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is victorious!
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But Soviet successes in the Americas and Africa locked this one up for the Reds.
I can't really fault the Americans, who played well despite being given at least one dreadful hand (I think it was in Turn 5) and who really did get the short end of the stick with regards to dice rolls.
Thanks very much to @Capfalcon, @Korsakovia, @Cayrus and @stever777 for making my first PbP game a success!
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My first thought was: Thank goodness we can headline Africa Scoring so we don't have to play the rest of this hand, because that would be horrible.
Second thought: ...Wait a second... If they play defectors, I think I might cry.
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Also, the Alt History pain train keeps on rolling!
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It's just such a mean event for the ops it gives.
Also, I think I win Blunder of the game for the Cockup of "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You..."
We should have just cut our losses in Asia and accepted the draw on points.
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