Tom vs Bruce: Twilight Struggle
TURN 6 – Brezhnev
Tom: On turn 6, I draw three scoring cards to my hand. Which gives me an edge in terms of knowing when certain regions will score. But it seriously hampers my ability to actually accomplish anything this turn, which is bad news given that Bruce is running away with the game. I find the worst time to be unable to accomplish anything is when you’re losing. I manage to instigate a Korean War, but I lose it. I also forget the space race. However, I am able to decolonize the holy crap out of Africa. So I’ve got that going for me.
Bruce: The problem with having too many scoring cards is you have to have set up for them in a previous turn, because almost half of your hand will be cards that don’t let you do anything. Tom scores Central America (which I dominate), South America (which I control), and Africa (which who cares). Tom’s Decolonization takes the sting out of Africa for him. Meryl Streep would be proud.
Tom: That reminds me. Watching Bruce run away with this game is about as much fun as watching Ricki and the Flash.
