Turn zero?

[TsudaTumiko]

Hi Should I buy the new expa? is it balanced? I ask because Im pretty new to TS I only play US but I would like more options or US.... would you recommend me the exp?

[Benkyo]

I recommend playing about a hundred games (against human opponents) without the expansion first.

[Scum]

turn zero has many bugs and the new music is really bad. i think it has potential, but i would wait for a patch if i were you.

[TsudaTumiko]

but is turn zero an improvement? because i feel the game unbalanced I think Rusia has a lot od advantage

[NikDanger]

I haven't played with Turn Zero, but from what I've read in reviews the expansion seems to give a big shot in the arm to the US side.

[YueJin]

If you play the base game with US +1 it's very well balanced. Turn Zero and the new cards are favouring the US though and I'm not sure yet whether no handicap or USSR+1 is more balanced with it in play.

Kremlin Flu is just such an overpowered card that can flip any battleground by forcing your opponent to skip a turn and giving you a two ops play and even more, it's not starred so can potentially be played 3-5 times (star wars and SALT pickups). It's by far the biggest game changer in the expansion.

The turn zero events are quite interesting, they do favour the US but the USSR does have some nice possibilities.

[Benkyo]

I don't think serious players consider the expansion to be an improvement over the base game.
The crisis balance is off, so, for instance, having the game pretty much decided on a 1 or 6 roll for Yalta and Potsdam is not very interesting. A repeat card like Kremlin flu added to the deck is a massive game-changer, and not in a way that I like. I'm not really qualified to judge, because I don't think I will ever pay for the expansion, but from what I've read I think the game is better without the expansion than with it.

[TsudaTumiko]

And another question... are people playing turn zero? Will i find games ?

[tenente_kage]

Turn Zero as it is now is seriously bugged

[Blue symmetriad 🐠]

Turn zero itself is interesting, with the pre-game bidding etc. The new spoace track is also interesting.

Having said that, the new cards are unbalanced - Kremlin Flu is very strong and the USSR does not get any card that would remotely be as influential (pardon the pun).

[Ronnan]

do both players need to buy it or only the host?

[shnowitzer]

I purchased turn zero, which only caused my game to crash on start up every time. So I got it refunded. I don't know if that is an issue other people ran into.