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Entry # Time Turn Player Title Entry
2 5/13/2013 10:09:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Draw Cards 8 cards drawn.

3 5/13/2013 10:14:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Message 1- EGErmany, 0/4*
4- Poland, 0/4*
1- Yugo, 0/1
4 5/13/2013 10:14:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Headline Event selected Message from USSR:
5 5/13/2013 10:50:00 PM Turn 1 US Draw Cards 8 cards drawn.

6 5/13/2013 10:52:00 PM Turn 1 US Message Setup:
4 W. Germany
3 Italy
7 5/13/2013 10:53:00 PM Turn 1 US Headline Event selected Headline Events Revealed:

US: #23: 4 / Marshall Plan* (US)
Allows play of #21 NATO. Add one US Influence marker in each of seven non-USSR Controlled Western European countries.

USSR: #28: 3 / Suez Crisis* (USSR)
Remove a total of four US Influence from France, the United Kingdom and Israel. Remove no more than 2 Influence per country.

Message from US:
8 5/13/2013 10:54:00 PM Turn 1 US Message Marshall:
1 Turkey 1/0
1 Greece 1/0
1 Italy 4/0*
1 Spain 1/0
1 Canada 3/0
1 UK 4/0 after Suez removes 2IP
1 W. Germany 5/0*
9 5/14/2013 8:51:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Operations #34: 4 / Nuclear Test Ban (Both)
Player earns VPs equal to current DEFCON level minus 2, then improve DEFCON two levels.

Message from USSR:
right, ISarel 0/0, England 4/0
AR1
Coup Iran...
10 5/14/2013 8:51:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

3


Message from USSR:
Coup Iran...4+v5...
11 5/14/2013 8:51:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Adjust DEFCON From 5 to 4
12 5/14/2013 8:51:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Message Iran 0/2*
13 5/14/2013 9:05:00 PM Turn 1 US Play Card as Operations #12: 1 / Romanian Abdication* (USSR)
Eliminate all US Influence in Romania. USSR gains sufficient Influence in Romania for Control.

Message from US:
Romania to 0/3*
1 Syria 1/1
14 5/14/2013 9:18:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Operations #20: 2 / Olympic Games (Both)
Player sponsors Olympics. Opponent may participate or boycott. If Opponent participates, each player rolls one die, with the sponsor adding 2 to his roll. High roll gains 2 VP. Reroll ties. If Opponent boycotts, degrade DEFCON one level and the Sponsor may Conduct Operations as if they played a 4 Ops card.

Message from USSR:
AR2
1- Lebanon, 0/1*
1- Iran, 0/3*

offline
15 5/14/2013 10:40:00 PM Turn 1 US Play Card as Operations #11: 2 / Korean War* (USSR)
North Korea invades South Korea. Roll one die, and subtract 1 for every US Controlled country adjacent to South Korean. USSR Victory on modified die roll 4-6. USSR adds 2 to Military Operations Track. Effects of Victory: USSR gains 2 VP and replace all US Influence in South Korea with USSR Influence.

Message from US:
event first
16 5/14/2013 10:40:00 PM Turn 1 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

1


Message from US:
Seoul falls on 4+
17 5/14/2013 10:40:00 PM Turn 1 US Message not this time.
2 S. Korea 3/0*
18 5/14/2013 11:02:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Event #3: 0 / Mideast Scoring (Both)
Both Sides Score. May NOT be Held.

Message from USSR:
AR3
USSR 6VP
19 5/14/2013 11:02:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Adjust Victory Points From 0 to -6
20 5/14/2013 11:51:00 PM Turn 1 US Discard Card #7: 3 / Socialist Governments (USSR)

Message from US:
space
21 5/14/2013 11:51:00 PM Turn 1 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from US:
advance?
22 5/14/2013 11:51:00 PM Turn 1 US Message no
23 5/15/2013 10:00:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Event #30: 2 / Decolonization (USSR)
Add one USSR Influence in each of any four African an/or SE Asian countries.

Message from USSR:
AR4
1- Algeria, 0/1
1- Angola, 0/1
1- Laos, 0/1*
1- Malaysia, 0/1
24 5/16/2013 8:07:00 AM Turn 1 US Play Card as Operations #13: 2 / Arab-Israeli War (USSR)
Pan-Arab Coalition invades Israel. Roll a die, and subtract 1 for US Control of Israel and every US Controlled country adjacent to Israel. USSR Victory on modified die roll 4-6 USSR adds 2 to Military Ops Track. Effects of Victory: USSR gains 2 VP and replaces all US Influence in Israel with USSR Influence.

Message from US:
Yikes.
coup Angola
your event on 4+
25 5/16/2013 8:07:00 AM Turn 1 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from US:
Angola coup
26 5/16/2013 8:08:00 AM Turn 1 US Message Angola to 4/0*
27 5/16/2013 8:08:00 AM Turn 1 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from US:
Arabs in Jerusalem?
28 5/16/2013 8:08:00 AM Turn 1 US Message Easily. No one is home, but still earns VP and MilOps
29 5/16/2013 8:08:00 AM Turn 1 US Adjust Victory Points From -6 to -8
30 5/16/2013 8:09:00 AM Turn 1 US Adjust DEFCON From 4 to 3
31 5/16/2013 8:10:00 AM Turn 1 US Message it was hard to choose between Laos and Angola. might have been wrong to do Angola as DEFCON protects Asia now.
32 5/16/2013 10:00:00 PM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Operations #29: 3 / East European Unrest (US)
In Early or Mid War: Remove 1 USSR Influence from three countries in Eastern Europe. In Late War: Remove 2 USSR Influence from three countries in Eastern Europe.

Message from USSR:
2- Thailand, 0/2*
1- Malaysia, 0/2*

Event...
33 5/18/2013 9:11:00 AM Turn 1 US Play Card as Operations #16: 3 / Warsaw Pact Formed* (USSR)
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.

Message from US:
East Europe:
-1 E. Germany 0/3*
-1 Poland 0/3*
-1 Yugo 0/0

coup Algeria
your event
34 5/18/2013 9:11:00 AM Turn 1 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from US:
Algeria coup
35 5/18/2013 9:11:00 AM Turn 1 US Message Algeria to 3/0*
DEFCON to 2
36 5/18/2013 9:11:00 AM Turn 1 US Adjust DEFCON From 3 to 2
37 5/19/2013 8:39:00 AM Turn 1 USSR Message 2- EGerm, 5*/0
2- Poland, 5*/0
1- Yugo
38 5/19/2013 8:42:00 AM Turn 1 USSR Play Card as Operations #24: 2 / Indo-Pakistani War (Both)
India or Pakistan invades the other (player's choice). Roll one die and subtract 1 for every opponent-controlled country adjacent to the target of the invasion. Player Victory on modified die roll of 4-6. Player adds 2 to Military Ops Track.

Effects of Victory: Player gains 2 VP, and replaces all opponent's Influence in target country with his Influence.

Message from USSR:
1- Israel, 0/1
1- Indonesia, 0/1*

39 5/19/2013 7:04:00 PM Turn 1 US Play Card as Operations #105: 2 / Special Relationship (US)
If UK is US controlled but NATO is not in effect, US adds 1 Influence to any country adjacent to the UK. If UK is US controlled and NATO is in effect, US adds 2 Influence to any Western European country and gains 2 VPs.

Message from US:
2 Tunisia 2/0*
40 5/19/2013 7:04:00 PM Turn 2 US End Turn
DEFCON level increased to 3

US: 7 cards drawn.
USSR: 7 cards drawn.
41 5/19/2013 7:05:00 PM Turn 2 US Headline Event selected Message from US:
42 5/19/2013 10:37:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Headline Event selected Headline Events Revealed:

US: #4: 3 / Duck and Cover (US)
Degrade DEFCON level by one. Then US player earns VPs equal to 5 minus current DEFCON level.

USSR: #17: 3 / DeGaulle Leads France* (USSR)
Remove 2 US Influence in France, add 1 USSR Influence. Cancels the effect of #21 NATO for France.

Message from USSR:
43 5/19/2013 10:38:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -8 to -5
44 5/19/2013 10:38:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Adjust DEFCON From 3 to 2
45 5/19/2013 10:38:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Message France 0/1
46 5/19/2013 10:39:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Operations #22: 2 / Independent Reds* (US)
Add sufficient US Influence in either Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Czechoslovakia to equal USSR Influence.

Message from USSR:
Yugo 1/1
------
France 0/3*
47 5/21/2013 3:33:00 PM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #31: 4 / Red Scare/Purge (Both)
All further Operations cards played by your opponent this turn are -1 to their value (to a minimum value of 1 OP).

Message from US:
1 Spain 2/0*
1 Greece 2/0*
1 Turkey 2/0*
1 UK 5/0*
48 5/22/2013 10:24:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Event #1: 0 / Asia Scoring (Both)
Both Sides Score. May NOT be Held.

Message from USSR:
I count -5 net
49 5/22/2013 10:24:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -5 to -10
50 5/24/2013 7:57:00 AM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #35: 2 / Formosan Resolution* (US)
Taiwan shall be treated as a Battleground country for scoring purposes if the US controls Taiwan when Asia Scoring is played. Taiwan is not a Battleground country for any other purpose. This card is discarded after US play of The China Card.

Message from US:
2 Libya 2/0*
51 5/24/2013 9:41:00 AM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Operations #19: 1 / Truman Doctrine* (US)
Remove all USSR Influence markers in one uncontrolled European country.

Message from USSR:
AR3
1- France, 0/4*

USA event
52 5/25/2013 8:18:00 AM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #26: 1 / CIA Created* (US)
USSR reveals hand this turn. Then the US may Conduct Operations as if they played a 1 Op card.

Message from US:
1 Zaire 1/0*
53 5/25/2013 8:18:00 AM Turn 2 US Message Truman:
Yugo to 1/0
54 5/27/2013 4:06:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Event #8: 2 / Fidel* (USSR)
Remove all US Influence in Cuba. USSR gains sufficient Influence in Cuba for Control.

Message from USSR:
AR4
Cuba 0/3*
55 5/27/2013 6:09:00 PM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #10: 1 / Blockade* (USSR)
Unless US Player immediately discards a '3' or more value Operations card, eliminate all US Influence in West Germany.

Message from US:
1 Panama 2/0*
56 5/27/2013 6:09:00 PM Turn 2 US Discard Card #33: 3 / De-Stalinization* (USSR)

Message from US:
for blockade
57 5/27/2013 7:16:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Operations #21: 4 / NATO* (US)
USSR player may no longer make Coup or Realignment rolls in any US Controlled countries in Europe. US Controlled countries in Europe may not be attacked by play of the Brush War event. Requires prior play of #16 Warsaw Pact or #23 Marshall Plan.

Message from USSR:
2- Iraq, 0/3*
2- Afganistan, 0/2*
58 5/28/2013 8:13:00 AM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #14: 3 / COMECON* (USSR)
Add 1 USSR Influence in each of four non-US Controlled countries in Eastern Europe.

Message from US:
1 Canada 4/0*
1 Costa Rica 1/0
1 South Africa 2/0
your event
59 5/28/2013 10:41:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Message EGermany 0/6*
Poland 0/6*
Romainia, 0/1
Austria 0/1

60 5/28/2013 10:42:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Play Card as Operations #9: 2 / Vietnam Revolts* (USSR)
Add 2 USSR Influence in Vietnam. For the remainder of the turn, the Soviet player may add 1 Operations point to any card that uses all points in Southeast Asia.

Message from USSR:
Coup Tunisia
61 5/28/2013 10:42:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

4


Message from USSR:
Coup Tunisia..2+..v6...
62 5/28/2013 10:43:00 PM Turn 2 USSR Message Tunisia 0/0
MO's 2
63 5/28/2013 11:08:00 PM Turn 2 US Message Romania already at 0/3*, right? Change your COMECON?
64 5/28/2013 11:09:00 PM Turn 2 US Play Card as Operations #15: 1 / Nasser* (USSR)
Add two USSR Influence in Egypt. US loses half (rounded up) of its Influence in Egypt.

Message from US:
event puts Egypt to 0/2*
1 Nicaragua 1/0*
65 5/28/2013 11:09:00 PM Turn 3 US End Turn
DEFCON level increased to 3

US: 8 cards drawn.
USSR: 7 cards drawn.

NOTE: The deck was reshuffled on this deal.
66 5/28/2013 11:16:00 PM Turn 3 US Headline Event selected Message from US:
67 5/28/2013 11:38:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Message Looking in the log file, correct on Romainia.
Bulgaria 0/1

From last turn -2VP for MO's
68 5/28/2013 11:38:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -10 to -12
69 5/28/2013 11:38:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Headline Event selected Headline Events Revealed:

US: #2: 0 / Europe Scoring (Both)
Both Sides Score. May NOT be Held.

USSR: #26: 1 / CIA Created* (US)
USSR reveals hand this turn. Then the US may Conduct Operations as if they played a 1 Op card.

Message from USSR:
70 5/28/2013 11:42:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Message 34 4 / Nuclear Test Ban (Both)
4 3 / Duck and Cover (US)
27 4 / US/Japan Mutual Defense Pact* (US)
104 2 / Cambridge Five (USSR)
18 1 / Captured Nazi Scientist* (Both)
106 3 / NORAD* (US)
5 3 / Five-Year Plan (US)
71 5/30/2013 8:50:00 AM Turn 3 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
2


Message from US:
Wow. You can average better than a 3 card over your entire 6 Action rounds if you want to.
Let's try to poke Mr. Castro in Cuba with a realignment.

US+1
USSR
72 5/30/2013 8:50:00 AM Turn 3 US Message Cuba to 0/2
73 5/30/2013 1:30:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Play Card as Operations #4: 3 / Duck and Cover (US)
Degrade DEFCON level by one. Then US player earns VPs equal to 5 minus current DEFCON level.

Message from USSR:
AR1:
I was afraid you would drop defcon to 2.

1-Cuba, 0/3*
1-Haiti, 0/1*
1-Israel, 0/2
74 5/30/2013 1:30:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Adjust DEFCON From 3 to 2
75 5/30/2013 1:30:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -12 to -9
76 5/30/2013 1:32:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -9 to -10
77 5/30/2013 1:32:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Message And Europe score 1 for USSR
78 5/30/2013 5:46:00 PM Turn 3 US Play Card as Operations #103: 2 / Defectors (US)
Play in Headline Phase to cancel USSR Headline event, including Scoring Card. Canceled card returns to Discard Pile. If Defectors played by USSR during Soviet action round, US gains 1 VP (unless played on the Space Race).

Message from US:
considered it, but I'm just as glad to have the 3VP, and don't want too far ahead on space track.
US hates to see this put off to turn 3...
coup Haiti
79 5/30/2013 5:46:00 PM Turn 3 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

1


Message from US:
Haiti coup
80 5/30/2013 5:47:00 PM Turn 3 US Message Haiti to 0/0.
81 5/30/2013 6:14:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Play Card as Operations #104: 2 / Cambridge Five (USSR)
The US player exposes all scoring cards in their hand. The USSR player may then add 1 Influence in any single region named on one of these scoring cards (USSR choice). Cannot be played as an event in Late War.

Message from USSR:
Coup Nicaragua...
82 5/30/2013 6:14:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

1


Message from USSR:
Coup Nicaragua...2+v3...
83 5/30/2013 6:14:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Message Nicaragua 0/0
84 5/30/2013 9:15:00 PM Turn 3 US Play Card as Operations #32: 1 / UN Intervention (Both)
Play this card simultaneously with a card containing your opponent's associated Event. The Event is canceled, but you may use its Operations value to Conduct Operations. The canceled event card returns to the discard pile. May not be played during Headline Phase.

Message from US:
1 Nicaragua 1/0*
85 5/30/2013 10:02:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Play Card as Operations #34: 4 / Nuclear Test Ban (Both)
Player earns VPs equal to current DEFCON level minus 2, then improve DEFCON two levels.

Message from USSR:
Coup Nicaragua...
86 5/30/2013 10:03:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

1


Message from USSR:
Coup Nicaragua...4+v3...
87 5/30/2013 10:03:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Message Nicaragua 0/2*
88 5/31/2013 12:27:00 AM Turn 3 US Play Card as Operations #31: 4 / Red Scare/Purge (Both)
All further Operations cards played by your opponent this turn are -1 to their value (to a minimum value of 1 OP).

Message from US:
2 Tunisia 2/0*
2 S. Africa 4/0*
89 5/31/2013 7:57:00 AM Turn 3 USSR Discard Card #106: 3 / NORAD* (US)

Message from USSR:
space..
90 5/31/2013 7:57:00 AM Turn 3 USSR Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from USSR:
space..
91 5/31/2013 8:46:00 AM Turn 3 US Play Card as Event #1: 0 / Asia Scoring (Both)
Both Sides Score. May NOT be Held.

Message from US:
-5 VP
92 5/31/2013 8:46:00 AM Turn 3 US Adjust Victory Points From -10 to -15
93 5/31/2013 7:19:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Play Card as Operations #27: 4 / US/Japan Mutual Defense Pact* (US)
US gains sufficient Influence in Japan for Control. USSR may no longer make Coup or Realignment rolls in Japan.

Message from USSR:
Japan 4*/0
--

Israel 0/4*
Algeria, 3*/1
94 5/31/2013 9:27:00 PM Turn 3 US Play Card as Operations #24: 2 / Indo-Pakistani War (Both)
India or Pakistan invades the other (player's choice). Roll one die and subtract 1 for every opponent-controlled country adjacent to the target of the invasion. Player Victory on modified die roll of 4-6. Player adds 2 to Military Ops Track.

Effects of Victory: Player gains 2 VP, and replaces all opponent's Influence in target country with his Influence.

Message from US:
a depressingly good hand...

coup Nicaragua

95 5/31/2013 9:27:00 PM Turn 3 US Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

1


Message from US:
Nicaragua coup
96 5/31/2013 9:27:00 PM Turn 3 US Message Nic to 0/1*
97 5/31/2013 9:58:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Play Card as Operations #5: 3 / Five-Year Plan (US)
USSR Player must randomly discard a card. If the card is a US associated Event, the Event occurs immediately. If the card is a USSR associated Event or an Event applicable to both players, then the card must be discarded without triggering the Event.

Message from USSR:
1- Cuba, 0/4*
1- Haiti, 0/1*
1- Honduras, 0/1
98 5/31/2013 9:58:00 PM Turn 3 USSR Discard Card #18: 1 / Captured Nazi Scientist* (Both)

Message from USSR:
99 6/1/2013 8:27:00 AM Turn 3 US Play Card as Event #105: 2 / Special Relationship (US)
If UK is US controlled but NATO is not in effect, US adds 1 Influence to any country adjacent to the UK. If UK is US controlled and NATO is in effect, US adds 2 Influence to any Western European country and gains 2 VPs.

Message from US:
2 France 2/4
2VP
100 6/1/2013 8:27:00 AM Turn 3 US Adjust Victory Points From -15 to -13
101 6/1/2013 8:27:00 AM Turn 4 US End Turn Mid War Cards added to deck


DEFCON level increased to 3

US: 8 cards drawn.
USSR: 9 cards drawn.
102 6/1/2013 8:36:00 AM Turn 4 US Headline Event selected Message from US:
103 6/1/2013 9:47:00 AM Turn 4 USSR Headline Event selected Headline Events Revealed:

US: #65: 2 / Camp David Accords* (US)
US gains 1 VP. US receives one Influence in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Arab-Israeli War event no longer playable.

USSR: #42: 3 / Quagmire* (USSR)
On the next action round, US player must discard an Operations card worth 2 or more and roll 1-4 to cancel this event. Repeat each US player phase until successful or no appropriate cards remain. If out of appropriate cards, the US player may only play scoring cards until the next turn.

Message from USSR:
104 6/1/2013 9:54:00 AM Turn 4 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -13 to -12
105 6/1/2013 10:01:00 AM Turn 4 USSR Play Card as Event #3: 0 / Mideast Scoring (Both)
Both Sides Score. May NOT be Held.

Message from USSR:
AR1
net -3
106 6/1/2013 10:01:00 AM Turn 4 USSR Adjust Victory Points From -12 to -15

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