Octopus Overlords

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Soviets, it's your action, Turn 1, Round 1. Play a card from your hand for Ops, Event, or Space Race.

Well, let's get to it then.

The Soviets will play the China Card to launch a coup attempt in Italy.

*** Soviet initiates coup in Italy with 4 Ops.
* Soviet changes DefCon to 4.
* No coups or realignments in Europe.
* Soviet Die = [1] *** <Soviet>
* Soviet changes Soviet Military Ops to 4.
* Removing 1 American Influence from Italy.



US, it's your first round on Turn 1.

Awesome. That'll teach us to have the Chinese do our dirty work.

But anyways, part of the point of using the China Card was to guarantee at least a minimally successful operation. And, uh, minimally it was.

Yeah, I should have just put 3 points into Italy. Now we're hosed there. On the plus side, at least we don't have Chinese troops marching through Rome on parade.

Oh well. We're going to play U.N. Intervention along with "Suez Crisis" for a total of 3 ops. I guess the UN's handling of the Suez Crisis went over just fine with all the parties involved.

We'll use those ops to put down an influence point in West Germany (bringing us back to "control") and two influence in France. The 'no chaining' rule means that we can't just hop our influence over to Italy in a single action. Which is unfortunate.

Indeed. I guess in hindsight we should have just used Socialist governments to remove both Italy influence points and then used the China Card to put down three influence on Italy and 1 elsewhere. But then there would be the risk that you might successfully counter-coup, which would suck.

Anywho, since the next move is already pre-planned, and fairly obvious, we'll go ahead and do that. The Soviets will play Defectors (giving the U.S. 1 vp) for 2 ops. We'll use those two ops to place 2 influence on Italy, taking control of it.

The U.S. will play Comecon for ops before event.

The three ops will be used to put one into France (to finally gain control) and two into Spain/Portugal (thus also gaining control).

The soviets now get to place one influence in each of four non-US-controlled east European countries (so, any of them).

Sweet, I'll advance the Vassal game tonight.

France, huh? Where's De Gaulle when you need him...

El Guapo wrote:France, huh? Where's De Gaulle when you need him...

Gitmo. Why do you ask?

The Soviets will, per the Comecon event, put 1 influence on each of the following: Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia.

* American player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 1: American
*** American plays Suez Crisis* for 3 Ops.
* UNDO: *** American plays Suez Crisis* for 3 Ops.
*** American plays UN Intervention Event ***
American player must select card to play for Ops.
*** American plays Suez Crisis* for 3 Ops.
U.S. Influence in W. Germany was increased from 3 to 4.
U.S. Influence in France was increased from 0 to 2.
* American player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 2: Soviet
*** Soviet plays Defectors for 2 Ops.
* Soviet changes VPs to 1 American Victory Point.
* Defectors event not yet played.
*** Soviet plays Defectors Event ***
* U.S. gains 1 VPs.
* Soviet changes VPs to 2 American Victory Points.
* Soviet changes VPs to 1 American Victory Point.
Soviet Influence in Italy was increased from 0 to 2.
* Soviet player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 2: American
*** American plays COMECON* for 3 Ops.
*** American plays COMECON* Event ***
* USSR may place 1 Influence in each of 4 non-US Controlled countries in E. Europe.
U.S. Influence in France was increased from 2 to 3.
U.S. Influence in Spain/Portugal was increased from 0 to 2.
Soviet Influence in Yugoslavia was increased from 1 to 2.
Soviet Influence in Austria was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Bulgaria was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Czechoslovakia was increased from 0 to 1.
* American player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 3: Soviet

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Screwed up UN Intervention at first, but fixed it. Ditto with the Defectors event. Everything should be correct now.

The Soviets will play Warsaw Pact Formed* for the event:

Warsaw Pact Formed* 3 USSR Early Remove all US influence from four countries in Eastern European, or add 5 USSR Influence in Eastern Europe, adding no more than 2 per country. Allows play of #21 NATO.

And will place 1 influence in Yugoslavia (for control), 2 influence in Bulgaria (for control) and 2 influence in Austria.

Well, at least we can play NATO now.

That being said, the next action by the United States is to play "Duck and Cover" for 3 ops.

This will be used to launch a coup in Syria. I presume that this implies large-scale carpet bombing.

How dare you trample on the independence of the peaceful people of Syria! The Soviet Union cannot stand interference into the internal affairs of a state in such a manner.

Potential coup d'etat coming tonight!

I guess U.S. special forces don't work very fast.

El Guapo wrote:I guess U.S. special forces don't work very fast.

We take great care with our forces to not waste lives needlessly. Unlike the Soviets who will throw away any number of (other people's) lives to achieve their aim of world dominion.

Not that it matters given that U.S. special forces are too busy sampling the hukkah in Damascus, but as a heads up, I'm going to be out of town from Saturday to Thursday. I *should* have a reliable internet connection there, but I'm not certain.

El Guapo wrote:Not that it matters given that U.S. special forces are too busy sampling the hukkah in Damascus, but as a heads up, I'm going to be out of town from Saturday to Thursday. I *should* have a reliable internet connection there, but I'm not certain.

hukkah? I don't know who gave you that little nugget of misinformation. We are spending time in the harem. We figured if there were no virgins left then there would be no impetus to become a martyr against us later on.

Sorry, folks. I'm at my parents' house until Monday, and their internet is atrocious. We'll pick this up next week.

So what's the good word on this?

Game updated!

*** Soviet plays Warsaw Pact Formed* Event ***
* USSR may either remove all US Influence from 4 countries in E. Europe or add 5 Influence in E. Europe - no more than 2 per country.
* Allows play of NATO.
Soviet Influence in Yugoslavia was increased from 2 to 3.
Soviet Influence in Bulgaria was increased from 1 to 3.
Soviet Influence in Austria was increased from 1 to 2.
* player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 3: American
*** American plays Duck and Cover for 3 Ops.
*** American initiates coup in Syria with 3 Ops.
* U.S. Die = [2] *** <American>
* American changes American Military Ops to 3.
* Removing 1 Soviet Influence from Syria.

Coups just ain't what they used to be...
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Russia, it's your turn.

One correction: there should be 3 USSR influence in Austria, not 2. We added 1 influence there when the U.S. played Comintern, and then 2 additional influence when we played the Warsaw Pact. So there should be 3 there total.

In addition to the influence correction in Austria, here's the next Soviet action:

We will discard U.S./Japan Mutual Defense Pact to make an attempt on the space race..

Game Updated!

*** Soviet plays US/Japan Mutual Defense Pact* in the Space Race for 4 Ops.
* Soviet Die = [1] *** <Soviet>
* Soviet changes Soviet Space Race to Earth Satellite.
* Soviets gain 2 VPs.
* Soviet changes VPs to 1 Soviet Victory Point.
Soviet Influence in Austria was increased from 2 to 3.
* Soviet player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 4: American

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American player, it's your turn.

The United States will play "Romanian Abdication" for ops before event (or not, doesn't really matter). We'll use the single ops point to put one influence in Lebanon, gaining control there.

The Soviets will play Destalinization for 3 ops. Then we'll use that to place 2 influence on Iraq (for control), and 1 influence on Austria (for control).

The United States will play "Vietnam Revolts", gaining the Soviets 2 influence in Vietnam. We will then immediately follow it up by using the 2 ops on a coup in Vietnam. One might think this is counterproductive, but our military-industrial complex needs a workout.

Oh, I guess, technically, all Soviet cards that use all their ops in south east asia gain +1 ops value.

So this next card play is our last of this turn, right?

That's the impression I'm under.

Man, U.S. special forces are never in a hurry, are they?

*** American plays Romanian Abdication* for 1 Ops.
* Romanian Abdication* event not yet played.
*** American plays Romanian Abdication* Event ***
* Already zero US influence in Romania.
* Adding 3 U.S.S.R. Influence in Romania.
* U.S.S.R. now controls Romania.
U.S. Influence in Lebanon was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Romania was increased from 0 to 3.
* American player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 5: Soviet
*** Soviet plays De-Stalinization* for 3 Ops.
Soviet Influence in Austria was increased from 3 to 4.
Soviet Influence in Iraq was increased from 1 to 3.
* Soviet player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 5: American
*** American plays Vietnam Revolts* Event ***
* Adding 2 Soviet Influence in Vietnam.
* USSR player adds +1 Op when all points used in Southeast Asia this Turn.
*** American plays Vietnam Revolts* for 2 Ops.
*** American initiates coup in Vietnam with 2 Ops.
* U.S. Die = [6] *** <American>
* American changes American Military Ops to 5.
* Removing 2 Soviet Influence from Vietnam.
* Adding 4 American Influence in Vietnam.
U.S. Influence in Vietnam was increased from 0 to 4.
* American player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 6: Soviet


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Soviets, it's your last action this Turn. You'll keep one card for next turn.

America won the Viet Nam war?!

I know, if only you guys had been running the country in the 60s, right? Though technically there may not have even been a "Vietnam War" - what probably happened is that Ho Chi Minh threw out the French and gained control of the country, followed by a U.S.-sponsored military coup that overthrew Ho Chi Minh in favor of a pro-U.S. dictator.

SpaceLord wrote:Soviets, it's your last action this Turn. You'll keep one card for next turn.

Actually, I believe that we will keep two cards for next turn, since one of the cards we played this turn was the China Card rather than a card that we drew.

In any event, the Soviets will play Sid Meier's Decolonization for the event, which allows us to add 1 Soviet influence in each of four different African and/or Southeast Asian countries.

We will then add 1 influence in each of: Thailand, Burma, Indonesia (taking control), and Sudan (taking control).

The last US action will be to blast the Arab-Israeli War into space.

*** Soviet plays Decolonization Event ***
* USSR may add 1 Influence in each of 4 African and/or SE Asian countries.
Soviet Influence in Indonesia was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Burma was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Thailand was increased from 0 to 1.
Soviet Influence in Sudan was increased from 0 to 1.
* Soviet player updated turn to Turn 1, Round 6: American
*** American plays Arab-Israeli War in the Space Race for 2 Ops.
* U.S. Die = [3] *** <American>
* American changes American Space Race to Earth Satellite.
* U.S. gains 1 VPs.
* American changes VPs to 0 Victory Points.

Turn 2!!!
* No changes in Influence last round.
* American changes Soviet Military Ops to 0.
* American changes American Military Ops to 0.
* American changes DefCon to 5.
* Coups and realignments now allowed in Europe.
* American player deals cards.
* American player updated turn to Turn 2; Headline Phase

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Headline phase!

Turn 2 hands coming now.

Soviet headline is submitted.