Cuban Missile Crisis scenario

[Piercinald Chase]

With JFK going against the Cubans, do it.

[Dictaorofcheese]

Originally posted by Gerballs:

With JFK going against the Cubans, do it.

[phone]!! All the cold war scenarios seem to take place in the early 50's. None seem to take place in the 60's to 80's. So the cuban missile crisis I'd definetely want to see. Maybe even a scenario to fight the muhahadeen in Afghanistan as the USSR and vice versa.

[BattleGoat Studios]

The Cuban Missile Crisis was discussed (quite a bit) by our dev team, but it is a very difficult situation to simulate. More than anything, it was a psychological diplomatic standoff between the USSR and the USA. The actual events - placing the missiles, the embargo - were all a backdrop to the personalities involved.

Chris Crawford's game "Balance of Power" is probably the best type of game to simulate that sort of thing, but those of you who have played BoP probably remember that you always lost in a nuclear armageddon if you didn't back down.

Afghanistan might be a bit easier, although as a player one would "fully commit" and it would be relatively easy to win. The Soviets (like the Americans in Vietnam before them) lacked the will to fully commit their forces.

[Dictaorofcheese]

Originally posted by BattleGoat Studios:

The Cuban Missile Crisis was discussed (quite a bit) by our dev team, but it is a very difficult situation to simulate. More than anything, it was a psychological diplomatic standoff between the USSR and the USA. The actual events - placing the missiles, the embargo - were all a backdrop to the personalities involved.

Chris Crawford's game "Balance of Power" is probably the best type of game to simulate that sort of thing, but those of you who have played BoP probably remember that you always lost in a nuclear armageddon if you didn't back down.

Afghanistan might be a bit easier, although as a player one would "fully commit" and it would be relatively easy to win. The Soviets (like the Americans in Vietnam before them) lacked the will to fully commit their forces.

Maybe you guys can add in operation desert storm. I'd like to play as Iraq and create an Iraqi Empire. Maybe an entire campaign? As always for any big amount of extra content I'd be up to pay for a DLC like that if possible. Or maybe a scenario to add where half the world starts out being conquered already by Japan during WWII and Germany has the other half. (A Man in the High Castle scenario basically.) Would LOVE that. Two super powers going at each other. 1 vs 1. Prize, the ENTIRE world.

[Qwerty 2316]

I would love to see something later on, I would say some time in the late 70's or early 80's, because that is when the Soviet and NATO forces in Europe were most even, but I would welcome 1991, as it represents a huge shift in the effectiveness of air power. However, if you do add the first Gulf War, you have to add a system to represent the Iraqi military's incompetence to make it fun. :P
Also, a limited peace deal would be nice to represent the taking back of Kuwait while not annexing all of Iraq.