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Headline Phase 1
America's Headline has the higher Ops value and resolves first:
A term coined by diplomat and Sovietologist George Kennan, it came to form the cornerstone of US policy toward the Soviet Union during the early Cold War. It found early application in the Truman Doctrine and sought to “contain” Communism to those areas where it already existed.
All cards played by the USA have their Ops value increased by 1 (to a maximum of 4) until the end of the Turn.
The USSR Headlines:
Sparked by a North Korean invasion across the 38th parallel, the Korean War would be the first war sanctioned by the United Nations. There were 15 nations beyond the US and South Korea with combat forces attempting to defend South Korean independence. MacArthur’s campaign to the Yalu River provoked a Chinese response that reset the war to its starting positions on the 38th parallel.
The North Korean Invasion will be resolved later.
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Korean War
Soviet Military Ops increased to 2.
Soviet Die = [6] Success!
North wins Korean War.
Soviets gain 2 VPs.
1 U.S. Influence removed from S. Korea.
1 Soviet Influence added in S. Korea.
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The second part of the US strategy to rebuild Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) became synonymous with the West’s opposition to the Soviet Union. An oft repeated maxim for NATO’s purpose captures it nicely: “NATO was created to keep the Soviets out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
Prerequisites not met; event does not take place. NATO card goes into discard pile.
Soviet Coup Attempt in Iran:
Soviet Die = [5] Success!
1 American Influence removed from Iran
4 Soviet Influence added in Iran
DEFCON degrades to 4.
No coups or realignments in Europe.
Soviet Military Ops advances to 5.
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edited May 2013
Illuminati are penalized 5 Ops and must abandon one of the following:
Global Control VIA the World Bank
Global Control VIA WHO mind control 'innoculation'
Project Icarus
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The US Congress passed into law the Federal Civil Defense Act, in reaction to the first Soviet tests of nuclear weapons in 1949. Duck and Cover is perhaps the most memorable of a variety of civil defense efforts to raise awareness of nuclear attack. Ironically, such films may have assisted in increasing the possibility of nuclear war by making the possibility of such a conflict “thinkable” by the general public.
Soviet Influence placed.
DEFCON degrades to 3
USA gains 2VP
Score is now 0.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a joint military organization sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States. Its mission is to jointly monitor and control the air space over North America from unfriendly incursion. It was founded initially to protect against the threat of low flying Soviet bombers attacking from the Arctic region. During the Cold War, the Command was famously housed in the Cheyenne Mountain facility depicted in the film Wargames. At its height, NORAD commanded 250,000 military personnel. The command illustrates the full integration and cooperation of US allies into the US nuclear umbrella and alliance structure.
USA Influence placed.
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FaranguI am a beardy manWith a beardy planRegistered Userregular
Some good moves made by both sides.
Also, a note: I'll be out of town starting tomorrow for business. I'll try to offer advice if requested, but expect it to be quite sporadic until Thursday.
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You probably posted that five minutes after I went to bed, didn't you?
Sport often served as an outlet for the intense competition between the Superpowers, and that competition was never so intense as at the Olympics. The Olympics served as a test bed to see which society could make the greatest strides in human physical achievement. It fit neatly into Communist ideology of “the New Man.” The games frequently reflected the global political situation, as with the terrorist attacks in Munich, and became overt political tools with the US boycott of the Moscow games in 1980, and the Soviet boycott of the LA games in 1984.
Coup will be resolved tonight, when I have access to VASSAL.
USA may wait or take their Action Round #3
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Some Cold War historians view the entire struggle, costing millions of lives, untold trillions of dollars, and conflict around the globe, as a struggle for the future of Germany. While that view may be too myopic, it is clear that Europe always remained in the forefront of strategy and emphasis. Defeat in Europe ultimately meant defeat in the Cold War.
Europe will be scored this evening after the Soviet Olympic Deniable Operations Team competes in the 100-meter Regime Change against Panama.
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Soviet Coup attempt in Panama:
Soviet Die = [6] Success!
1 American Influence removed from Panama.
3 Soviet Influence added in Panama.
DEFCON degrades to 2.
No coups or realignments in MiddleEast.
Europe Scoring:
U.S.S.R. has Presence in Europe for 3 VPs +2 VPs for controlled Battleground countries in Europe = 5VP
U.S. has Domination in Europe for 7 VPs +3 VPs for controlledBattleground countries in Europe = 10 VP
U.S. gains 5 VPs.
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It looks fine to me?
Is anyone else having trouble seeing the map(s)?
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Well, I can't zoom in as far on yours as I could on Farangu's. Which is problematic on my ridiculously small netbook screen. Other than that it works fine.
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The first Nuclear Test Ban treaty owes its origins to the de-escalation process that followed the Cuban Missile Crisis. It prohibited further nuclear tests in the air, underwater or in space. International pressure for such a ban mounted in the 1950s as scientific evidence began to document severe environmental damage caused by earlier atmospheric testing by the nuclear powers. Underground testing remained an allowable methodology, but all forms of “peaceful nuclear explosions” were also banned, tightening the non-proliferation regime.
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Reacting to the “loss of China” the United States Congress extended to President Eisenhower open ended authority to defend Taiwan—technically known as the Republic of China on Taiwan—with military force. The resolution came at a time when the United States faced challenges from the People’s Republic in Indochina as well as the Korean peninsula. Effectively, Taiwan sat under the US nuclear umbrella, and the balance of power within the Taiwan Straits would now remain a question of strategic importance to the United States.
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A reaction to perceived Western aggression by the creation of NATO, the Warsaw Pact was a Russian-dominated military alliance that included all of the states of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia. It integrated both tactics and equipment throughout the alliance along Soviet models. Albania withdrew from the Pact in 1968.
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The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) was founded in reaction to the allure of the Marshall Plan to the Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe. While very loosely organized and dominated by the Soviets in its early years, COMECON would ultimately fulfill the role of trade liberalization and industrial rationalization for Eastern Europe.
US and Soviet Influence placed.
Soviet Action Round 6:
Code named “Project Paperclip” in the United States, the victors of World War II scrambled to “recruit” former Nazi scientists into their own research establishments. In the West, such efforts involved shielding scientists from war crime investigations. Perhaps the most famous case is Wernher von Braun who is thought of as the father of America’s rocketry program. Stalin was reportedly confounded by Soviet failure to grab this knowledge base first.
USSR launches Sputnik and gains 2VP. New score USA 3.
Americans to play their final Action Round.
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I've been phone posting, so I'll clean up my posts and provide a new map later tonight.
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America's Headline has the higher Ops value and resolves first:
A term coined by diplomat and Sovietologist George Kennan, it came to form the cornerstone of US policy toward the Soviet Union during the early Cold War. It found early application in the Truman Doctrine and sought to “contain” Communism to those areas where it already existed.
All cards played by the USA have their Ops value increased by 1 (to a maximum of 4) until the end of the Turn.
The USSR Headlines:
Sparked by a North Korean invasion across the 38th parallel, the Korean War would be the first war sanctioned by the United Nations. There were 15 nations beyond the US and South Korea with combat forces attempting to defend South Korean independence. MacArthur’s campaign to the Yalu River provoked a Chinese response that reset the war to its starting positions on the 38th parallel.
The North Korean Invasion will be resolved later.
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Soviet Military Ops increased to 2.
Soviet Die = [6] Success!
North wins Korean War.
Soviets gain 2 VPs.
1 U.S. Influence removed from S. Korea.
1 Soviet Influence added in S. Korea.
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@Capfalcon @Korsakovia Soviet Action Round 1 - Go!
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The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
http://youtu.be/wvs_qTnUHMI
Henri Emmanuel Gratien St Pierre in Where No Man Has Gone Before
Lord Augustus Cumberbatch in Eclipse Phase
I predict that the Middle East will be unstable this year, due to there being no support for Iran during an attempted Coup.
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The second part of the US strategy to rebuild Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) became synonymous with the West’s opposition to the Soviet Union. An oft repeated maxim for NATO’s purpose captures it nicely: “NATO was created to keep the Soviets out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
Prerequisites not met; event does not take place. NATO card goes into discard pile.
Soviet Coup Attempt in Iran:
Soviet Die = [5] Success!
1 American Influence removed from Iran
4 Soviet Influence added in Iran
DEFCON degrades to 4.
No coups or realignments in Europe.
Soviet Military Ops advances to 5.
@stever777 @Cayrus American Action Round 1
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Eastern European Unrest for event, targeting East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia.
Henri Emmanuel Gratien St Pierre in Where No Man Has Gone Before
Lord Augustus Cumberbatch in Eclipse Phase
Soviet influence reduced by 1 in E. Germany (now 3), Poland (3) and Yugoslavia (0).
Map update later.
Soviet Action Round 2.
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
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Illuminati are penalized 5 Ops and must abandon one of the following:
Global Control VIA the World Bank
Global Control VIA WHO mind control 'innoculation'
Project Icarus
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2 in Pakistan and 1 in South Korea
Activate Event Afterwards.
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3 influence in France, 1 in Greece
Henri Emmanuel Gratien St Pierre in Where No Man Has Gone Before
Lord Augustus Cumberbatch in Eclipse Phase
The US Congress passed into law the Federal Civil Defense Act, in reaction to the first Soviet tests of nuclear weapons in 1949. Duck and Cover is perhaps the most memorable of a variety of civil defense efforts to raise awareness of nuclear attack. Ironically, such films may have assisted in increasing the possibility of nuclear war by making the possibility of such a conflict “thinkable” by the general public.
Soviet Influence placed.
DEFCON degrades to 3
USA gains 2VP
Score is now 0.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a joint military organization sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States. Its mission is to jointly monitor and control the air space over North America from unfriendly incursion. It was founded initially to protect against the threat of low flying Soviet bombers attacking from the Arctic region. During the Cold War, the Command was famously housed in the Cheyenne Mountain facility depicted in the film Wargames. At its height, NORAD commanded 250,000 military personnel. The command illustrates the full integration and cooperation of US allies into the US nuclear umbrella and alliance structure.
USA Influence placed.
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Soviet Action Round 3
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Also, a note: I'll be out of town starting tomorrow for business. I'll try to offer advice if requested, but expect it to be quite sporadic until Thursday.
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
(until @capfalcon and @korsakovia post their next move)
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Sport often served as an outlet for the intense competition between the Superpowers, and that competition was never so intense as at the Olympics. The Olympics served as a test bed to see which society could make the greatest strides in human physical achievement. It fit neatly into Communist ideology of “the New Man.” The games frequently reflected the global political situation, as with the terrorist attacks in Munich, and became overt political tools with the US boycott of the Moscow games in 1980, and the Soviet boycott of the LA games in 1984.
Coup will be resolved tonight, when I have access to VASSAL.
USA may wait or take their Action Round #3
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Some Cold War historians view the entire struggle, costing millions of lives, untold trillions of dollars, and conflict around the globe, as a struggle for the future of Germany. While that view may be too myopic, it is clear that Europe always remained in the forefront of strategy and emphasis. Defeat in Europe ultimately meant defeat in the Cold War.
Europe will be scored this evening after the Soviet Olympic Deniable Operations Team competes in the 100-meter Regime Change against Panama.
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Soviet Coup attempt in Panama:
Soviet Die = [6] Success!
1 American Influence removed from Panama.
3 Soviet Influence added in Panama.
DEFCON degrades to 2.
No coups or realignments in MiddleEast.
Europe Scoring:
U.S.S.R. has Presence in Europe for 3 VPs +2 VPs for controlled Battleground countries in Europe = 5VP
U.S. has Domination in Europe for 7 VPs +3 VPs for controlledBattleground countries in Europe = 10 VP
U.S. gains 5 VPs.
Current Score: USA 5
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@Capfalcon @Korsakovia Soviet Action Round 4 is go
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Is anyone else having trouble seeing the map(s)?
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Leading talks on nuclear disarmament is very popular with the nuclear have not's of the world.
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Maybe my works blocking them cuz I can see them now @ home.
VASSAL!!!
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The first Nuclear Test Ban treaty owes its origins to the de-escalation process that followed the Cuban Missile Crisis. It prohibited further nuclear tests in the air, underwater or in space. International pressure for such a ban mounted in the 1950s as scientific evidence began to document severe environmental damage caused by earlier atmospheric testing by the nuclear powers. Underground testing remained an allowable methodology, but all forms of “peaceful nuclear explosions” were also banned, tightening the non-proliferation regime.
Soviet Influence placed.
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@stever777 and @Cayrus are up American Action Round 4.
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At your service.
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Reacting to the “loss of China” the United States Congress extended to President Eisenhower open ended authority to defend Taiwan—technically known as the Republic of China on Taiwan—with military force. The resolution came at a time when the United States faced challenges from the People’s Republic in Indochina as well as the Korean peninsula. Effectively, Taiwan sat under the US nuclear umbrella, and the balance of power within the Taiwan Straits would now remain a question of strategic importance to the United States.
US Influence placed.
Current Map:
@Korsakovia @Capfalcon: Soviet Action Round 5 awaits!
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2 in Burma, 1 in India
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A reaction to perceived Western aggression by the creation of NATO, the Warsaw Pact was a Russian-dominated military alliance that included all of the states of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia. It integrated both tactics and equipment throughout the alliance along Soviet models. Albania withdrew from the Pact in 1968.
Soviet influence placed.
@stever777 @Cayrus are up for American Action Round 5.
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Henri Emmanuel Gratien St Pierre in Where No Man Has Gone Before
Lord Augustus Cumberbatch in Eclipse Phase
Captured Nazi Scientists for Event
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The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) was founded in reaction to the allure of the Marshall Plan to the Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe. While very loosely organized and dominated by the Soviets in its early years, COMECON would ultimately fulfill the role of trade liberalization and industrial rationalization for Eastern Europe.
US and Soviet Influence placed.
Soviet Action Round 6:
Code named “Project Paperclip” in the United States, the victors of World War II scrambled to “recruit” former Nazi scientists into their own research establishments. In the West, such efforts involved shielding scientists from war crime investigations. Perhaps the most famous case is Wernher von Braun who is thought of as the father of America’s rocketry program. Stalin was reportedly confounded by Soviet failure to grab this knowledge base first.
USSR launches Sputnik and gains 2VP. New score USA 3.
Americans to play their final Action Round.
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