# Twilight Struggle PBF 2, Benkyo's commentary thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Play by Post\ **Created:** [8 October 2022 08:54 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453 "2022-10-08T08:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2023 21:07 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453/21 "2023-06-19T21:07:35Z")
![0028](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/c/6/c64d9f99f8b91a76a59c3cfde01bd34e98ff8281.jpeg) USSR plays Flower Power to coup Egypt, rolls a 3, putting Egypt at 0/1. I get confused, think they couped Iran, and decide to respond by playing U2 Incident to refill Iran-that-is-actually-Egypt and give away 1 VP. Not sure I would have bothered if I had realised I was putting 3 OPs into Egypt and not Iran, but there you go. I also forgot NORAD, but added 1 to Algeria once I realised (after I took the move to repair Egypt). ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2023 21:13 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453/22 "2023-06-19T21:13:36Z")
![0029](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/2/8/28bbc0056d4ae134769652853690b326379d0e20.jpeg) USSR responds with another power card, ABM Treaty as event and coup, in Egypt again. This time rolling a 4 for a safe flip. I can’t think of anything great to do with NORAD, so fill Malaysia (some protection against a red Asia, future Brush War, and 1 VP from SEAsia Scoring). I play Latin America Death Squads to fill Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2023 21:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453/23 "2023-06-19T21:14:57Z")
![0030](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/f/1/f1bc8c4dc11b09be08678429b64fc6e8dd54b49c.jpeg) USSR plays ME Scoring, no great surprise there, for 3 VPs. I space WWBY just to get it out of the way, and advance a step. ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2023 21:23 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453/24 "2023-06-19T21:23:58Z")
![0031](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68c0c8b1c6de439d796f02b4a4df37d76e13813a.jpeg) USSR space Alliance for Progress, rolls a 1 so gets 1 VP. I worry a bit about one small leap beating me to the 2 VP space race spot, but decide to Brush War Argentina for the event, to at worst get MilOps, and maybe dominate S. America. Roll a 2, so just the MilOps. ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2023 03:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453/25 "2023-08-01T03:38:56Z")
![0033](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/f/9/f93c2ef1bc145cd32fe43e2082507fad12e7e9b1.jpeg) USSR plays Lone Gunman for the event. Given the dire situation for the USSR, it might have been better to hope this and a boosted Terrorism could win the game by Defcon in the Late War, but it depends on what the rest of their hand looks like. Anyway, I reveal my hand, (SocGov, Cam5, Pope, Puppet Govs), which wasn’t a big deal since I had no real problems left, and the USSR adds one influence to Poland, which seems like a mistake. Sure, the pope is annoying, but with 7 influence in Poland already there seemed little point in me wasting 2 OPs to put Poland at 1/5. I don’t really want to leave a USSR card in my hand once it has been seen, and the USSR move requires no response, so I space SocGov and get 2 VPs with a roll of 2. Just one more to see headlines, which is a really nice perk. [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/twilight-struggle-pbf-2-benkyos-commentary-thread/4453.md?page=1)