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A Distant Plain (2020 UPDATE 2)

Planned Improvements:
- Determine and announce winner if victory conditions are met upon Propaganda card

2020/03/02 - UPDATE 2 - Propaganda Track Tooltips and Automation
- Resource and Reset Phases are fully automated (Except discarding any Momentum cards you've got around). No more adding up LOCs and bases, no more triaging of casualties or removing those pesky Terror and Sabotage markers!
- Added tooltips for propaganda steps to avoid trips to the manual

2020/03/01 - UPDATE 1 - Huge Scripting Overhaul!
- Scripted setup! Choose from Short, Main and Extended, or your own Open setup.
- Control is now calculated by counting the units inside the province/city, using complex zones!
- Score is also completely computed automatically and updates on the fly!
- 'Adjust & Next Card' button automates adjusting eligibility and advancing the cards
- Tooltips on all the event cards, giving you all the background info for deeper immersion
- Tooltips on all the tokens to keep you out of the manual and playing the game!
- And more!

Enjoying the mod and want to say thanks?
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Zn4CVA7
I've put a lot of time into this, so if you enjoy it, please consider buying me a coffee to say thanks and let me know which COIN game you'd like to see automated next!

Tips:
- The automation has been done in a way that tries to avoid biting the user. Don't be afraid!
- The score track should just work.
- Don't forget the overflows, they're great!
- The deck area takes cards from the Draw slot and just moves them down, adjusting for eligibility for new current cards. If you mess up (not that I can see how you might), just put the cards back on top of the draw deck, re-sent your eligibility and try again.
- The standard setup suggests that you apply any Capabilities that were discarded in the initial deck setup. You should Search the discard pile for them manually when you start your game.

Want to play?
Join the COIN Series Players Club Discord: https://discord.gg/H5VetVT

Part of the COIN Series, A Distant Plain is a 1- to 4-player board game depicting insurgent and counterinsurgent (COIN) conflict in modern Afghanistan. Each player takes the role of a Faction seeking to guide Afghan affairs: the international Coalition, the Afghan Government, the Islamist Taliban, or narco-trafficking Warlords. Using military, political, and economic actions and exploiting various events, players build and maneuver forces to influence or control the population, extract resources, or otherwise achieve their Faction’s aims. A deck of cards regulates turn order, events, victory checks, and other processes. The rules can run non-player Factions, enabling solitaire, 2-player, or multi-player games.

SOLO PLAYERS: Solitaire bot charts are not included. This is a direct request from the mothership. GMT Games are watching, and are happy that this mod exists, but have specifically (and directly) asked me that solitaire charts are not included. For solo solitaire play, you are expected to use the bot charts from your physical copy of the game. If you do not own a physical copy of this game, please buy one.

Original Game by GMT Games
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-656-a-distant-plain-3rd-printing.aspx

Custom Faction Overviews & Operations cards made by Arthur Switalski
https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/110579/arthurs-aid-faction-overviews-and-opsspecial-activ

Better notecards and countersby Idan
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1552081476

Background by sIBL HDRI Archive
Uploaded by Noodles In SOup
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385594409

All made possible with help and advice from the #scripting channel on the TTS discord - special thanks to benjamin_dobell, 381654729, Eldin, dzikakulka, Bone White and Omniraptor