{"id":959,"date":"2008-05-25T11:21:34","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/25\/1960-the-making-of-a-president-turn-five\/"},"modified":"2008-05-25T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T15:21:55","slug":"1960-the-making-of-a-president-turn-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/25\/1960-the-making-of-a-president-turn-five\/","title":{"rendered":"1960: The Making of a President TURN FIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turn One<\/a><\/p>\n

Turn Two<\/a><\/p>\n

Turn Three<\/a><\/p>\n

Turn Four<\/a><\/p>\n

Phase 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

-2 Kennedy, initiative, Nixon goes first (16 vs 21)<\/p>\n

NIXON 1: Nelson Rockefeller 3CP (+1 rest): +1 NJ (zero), +1 PA, +1 NY +77<\/font> 260-277<\/font><\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> With so many Endorsements breaking ties for me, I can play the game very close to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153flip point\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the important states. The only risk is that Troy will collect Campaign Strategy cards in the last two turns that will give him support checks on Election Day. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen several games swung by a lucky support draw during the election round which flipped Pennsylvania or New York to the opponent. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit early to be protecting states with massive support cubes right now, though. Too much can change in three turns.<\/em><\/p>\n

KENNEDY 1: Greater Boston Ministerial Ass\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n \/ Event: +1 NY (zero), +1 PA (zero), +1 NJ, +1 IL (zero), +1 CA (2 Ken) +104 381-156<\/FONT><\/p>\n

Troy:<\/strong> This is a big event for me, letting me increase my support across the entire nation in a pretty substantial way. I neutralize Bruce in NY, PA and IL and add strength to CA. But zeroes in states aren’t really enough at this point. I need Bruce to screw up in a major way or get some lucky draws because I’ve botched the media and endorsement game pretty seriously so far. This is partly why I’ve begun to think that hovering around +1 or +2 in big states is a failing strategy, even if it is efficient cube wise. It’s too easily undone by bad luck or a brain freeze.<\/em><\/p>\n

Phase 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIXON 2: Gallup Poll 3 CP (+1 rest): +2 Def no change<\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> The Nixon player always needs to push the issues because the card mix is stronger on this point for Nixon than for Kennedy. So let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start calling Kennedy soft on communism.<\/em> <\/p>\n

KENNEDY 2: Southern Revolt 3 CP (+1 rest): +2 Def (zero) no change <\/p>\n

Troy<\/strong>: I can’t let Bruce kill me on the issues again. This is where he is corrupting the media.<\/em><\/p>\n

Phase 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIXON 3: World Series Ends 3CP (+1 rest): +2 Def no change<\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> Troy zeroes out Defense, and I push it right back to +2 Nixon. Every round he responds is a round he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t campaign in states.<\/em> <\/p>\n

KENNEDY 3: Voter Registration Drive \/ Event (+2 rest): +1 NY, +1 PA, +1 IL no change<\/p>\n

Troy:<\/strong> This play is mostly to get some big states out of reach for Bruce’s tie-breakers. If he wants to keep trading chits on the issues, that’s fine. But I move last this turn, so I can probably hold out for a little while.<\/em><\/p>\n

Phase 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIXON 4: Quemoy and Matsu \/ Event: +1 Momentum (increase to 2), +1 CA (1 Ken), +1 NY (zero), +1 IL (zero) no change<\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> Eisenhower supposedly overruled his military commanders in 1958 when they wanted to use nuclear weapons in response to China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blockade of the Taiwan Strait. Would Nixon have done the same? Almost certainly.<\/em> <\/p>\n

KENNEDY 4: Dwight Eisenhower 4CP: +2 Def (zero), +1 Econ no change<\/p>\n

Troy<\/strong>: Quemoy and Matsu was a real election issue in 1960, which would be analogous, I suppose, to having Obama and McCain engage in a debate over Venezuela. There was certainly none of this “flag pin” crap. In any case, I use the power of Eisenhower’s campaign points to gain on the economy and weaken Nixon on defense. But I open myself up to a big smack in the head.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nixon Event: -1 momentum, +1 CA (zero), +1 OH (zero), +1 NY, +1 PA (zero), +1 FL (zero), +1 TN (zero), +1 IL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> This is why you always need to have some Momentum tokens, as we discussed in Turn 4. It looks like my decision to let Troy have Eleanor Roosevelt last turn was the right one. Troy has no Momentum, and thus can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pre-empt this. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take that event in a second \u00e2\u20ac\u201c seven cubes! With all of my Endorsements, zeroing out a state allows me to take the lead there. I like Ike!<\/em><\/p>\n

+150 306-231<\/font><\/p>\n

This is the first Republican lead of the game, and it proves to be a big shift,<\/p>\n

Phase 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIXON 5: Whistlestop \/ Event: +1 NY (2 Nix), +1 PA, move South, +1 NC, +1 VA, move West, +1 CA +58 364-173<\/font> <\/p>\n

Bruce:<\/strong> Whistlestop is a great event: it gives me seven (!) CPs to spend, albeit not more than one per state. When you take into account travel costs, I \u00e2\u20ac\u0153only\u00e2\u20ac\u009d gain 5 support cubes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s huge. I have to be winning at this point.<\/em><\/p>\n

KENNEDY 5: Herb Klein 3 CP (+1 rest): +2 Def no change<\/p>\n

Troy:<\/strong> At this point, I need to pick up support on the issues or at least neutralize Bruce there. I’ll rest and recuperate for the debate and then plan my recovery strategy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nixon Event: +3 Def (1 Nix) -1 momentum decreases to zero <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Troy<\/strong>: Of course, Bruce undoes all my hard work with an event activation.<\/em><\/p>\n

MOMENTUM: Kennedy 1 (no decay), Nixon has zero<\/p>\n

Issues: Nothing Civil Rights, Economy<\/strong> Kennedy takes Momentum, Defense<\/strong> Nixon gets +1 Momentum and Endorsement (EAST) no change<\/p>\n

Issue decay -1 Kennedy econ, -1 Nixon Defense <\/p>\n

Nixon Campaign Strategy: Old South 4 (Defense)
\nKennedy Campaign Strategy: East Harlem 3 (Economy)<\/p>\n

REST: +4 Kennedy, +4 Nixon (20 to 25) <\/p>\n

End of Turn 5: 364-173 +181<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turn One Turn Two Turn Three Turn Four Phase 1 -2 Kennedy, initiative, Nixon goes first (16 vs 21) NIXON 1: Nelson Rockefeller 3CP (+1 rest): +1 NJ (zero), +1 PA, +1 NY +77 260-277 Bruce: With so many Endorsements breaking ties for me, I can play the game very close to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153flip point\u00e2\u20ac\u009d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114,115,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5GFeQ-ft","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}