Twilight Struggle - ACTS Ladder Launch 19
For the Turn 0 setup I placed my influence in East Germany, Poland, and Austria.
East Germany (0/4*) * indicates control
Poland (0/4*)
Austria (0/1)
U.S.A. placed theirs in France, Italy, and West Germany.
East Germany (*4/0)
France (*3/0)
Italy (*3/0)
This is a pretty standard Euro-centric start to the game. I really don’t have much choice but to do what I did, as I need some extra influence in East Germany and Poland if we make it to the Late War. The U.S.A. gets their initial placement plus 3 more. Stacking it all in Europe tells me he might have the Europe scoring card, but maybe he just plays a very strong Europe game. In traditional TS games Italy is often hotly contested as the swing country due to its low stability [2], but I don’t think that will be happening here.
I’ve decided to use the Vassal Engine to render the screen shots, although I will still be tracking the game using the Excel spreadsheet. Since I’m only taking end-of-turn snapshots I don’t think this will be too much work, and looks much nicer.
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