Twilight Struggle

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@Witt and I have been playing this game and enjoying it a lot. Gets a good score on BGG: www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206480/imperial-struggle

Two players battle as Britain vs France for domination of the globe in the 18th century - diplomatically, economically and militarily. Great game!

@taamvan:

Everyone at Gencon had their printed bags from FF to pick this up.   Should be massive, and massively intimidating.

I am definitely looking forward to it. :)

I cant find no link, are you sure this game exist ?

Thanks for the replies. It does seem rule heavy. Actually I still haven’t finished reading all of them although I’m close. : )

TI III, well…a matter of taste really, but what you should try to get your hands on is TI II and its extension, Hope’s End. At least the players I know prefer TI II by far.

Its out of print, but worth the effort.

Anyways, have fun with the game!

Twilight Struggle has to be one of my favourite board games.

The mechanics are fairly simple, per se. However the real strategy lies in using and timing your use of cards well.

Plus, it is incredibly fun to throw down a card and yell at your opponent:

MISTER GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!!!

I have played TI3 many times. But now my gaming group had enough of it for a while. The thing is that you spend most of your time building up an empire (even with simulated early turns), then get into a war and al is won or lost with a major battle, in which both sides spend all their extreme action cards. Then one side will have won that battle and their is no reason whatsoever to stop the war and let your victim live. Except if others attack you in the back.

We also play a lot of Napoleon in Europe (Eagle Games) and there you always have the opportunity to sue for peace. Sure, you’ll lose a couple of provinces, but you may not get DoW-ed by the aggressor for a year and your army is intact.