The scoring cards are reshuffled into the deck in turns 3&7. Technically the Early War scorers (Europe, Middle East and Asia) can come up 3 times in the game and in final scoring.
Mid War (from Turn 4) introduces Africa, Central America and South America (and South East Asia?) scoring cards into the deck, which can all come up couple of times plus final scoring.
Each region has slightly different points on offer. I imagine @lalunaverde or @chrislear will know the points, Ben certainly will. Asia and Europe score higher than the Middle East. Losing control of Europe 3 times is not going to be helpful. There are cards in the mid and late war decks (all shuffled with retained cards) which will swing Europe towards the USA.
Ideally we’d get Asia scoring 4 times and not see Europe again.
Yes. Also the scoring ramps up when you control Battleground countries.
At the moment, in Asia we control a lot more countries, but only have the same number of Battleground countries so our score is limited. If we can get another, or break one of his our score would be much higher. If the scoring card comes up again.
My recommendation is to prioritise battlegrounds. Forget non-battlegrounds, and make sure you take India. Also don’t try to take South Korea without holding the China card. Then, go for it. It’s nice to have control of South Korea in the late game. It’s also nice to be ahead in the Space Race in the late game, but I think forget that one. Definitely don’t play into a battleground right now that’s coupable by USSR on move 1 of next turn. That would be a gift to him (of a coup target and a possible 2 points). What you’re hoping for is to roll a 6 while couping Algeria in round one of next turn, then play the Panama Canal or some other south/central america card later on. And for him not to use 5yp on Asia Scoring. That would be sad. Then work on snagging the China card, headlining Grain Sales, and watching him trigger nuclea war. Other outcomes are possible, I should mention, and markets can go down as well as up.
I would het soc gov out of the way, in case he has something nasty left (can’t remember what has been played or not) and you want to respond with 4 ops. And in that case the option quoted below, depending of course how he removes. If he removes three from WG/UK, put back three influence, but that’s stating the obvious.
Is Asia scoring already played btw?
And could you ask your opponent if they can send over the discarded and removed cards at the beginning of next turn? Because I lost track of that already
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Nice. You have some great events there that can get you into Africa and South America, which are crucial. Plus (good news) you’re holding Liberation Theology, which means he isn’t. The only downside of holding good events with small op values is that you don’t have so much to react with if you need ops. Also headlining some of the best ones hands over coup targets… which you’ve worked hard to avoid. If you can continue to give no coup targets throughout the turn, the missile crisis is worth 5 points at the end. Long shot, but worth keeping at the back of the mind.
Just a thought: if you play Cuban Crisis on headlines. USSR cannot coup anywhere for the entire Turn. Unless he removes 2 or 3(?) influence in Cuba, which he doesn’t have.I believe you MUST remove that amount to cancel Cuban Crisis. So his only way out is Fidel
I was thinking to headline Our Man in Tehran while we control Jordan.
Use an ops card for a DEFCON coup - probably Algeria and then use OAS, Puppets and Panama to combo through Central and South America, possibly Africa. Can’t headline any of those 3 because of the coup target.
Cuba would be a good headline though. How does that work if he played Junta or Che?
