Quartermaster General: The Cold War. A conventional opening moved along with a normal slower early development, but all of a sudden things got hot pretty quickly. Ho Chi Minh unified Vietnam in the 50s. Chemical weapons were deployed in Germany as the NATO/USSR conflict escalated briefly, only to peter out as Asia went up in flames with US-backed Nationalist reinvading the mainland in combined operation with the Soviets in Manchuria, while the nascent Indonesian republic was crushed by the Dutch (backed by the US) and Vietnam was hit hard by US bombing and chemical warfare. It was not pretty; the non-aligned movement, which had gained a ton of momentum, was severely battered by the superpowers. The USSR/Warsaw Pact would pull it out in the end by a single point, after massive US aggression against China left China with little choice but to use their small nuclear arsenal. Crazy game in the end! Once players make the choice to start escalating, things can get out of hand really fast. I really like the way the escalation tracks and WMDs work; the cost of escalation is high enough that you generally want to try not to do it - but you have to invest in your nuclear deterrent! This game doesnβt seem to have gotten quite the same love as some of the other QMG games, but I find it super-fun and a really interesting take on the Cold War period. Still have only played it 3-player; I would like to try the team game once, just to see how it is. #bgg #boardgamegeek #boardgames #quartermastergeneral #pscgames https://www.instagram.com/p/B2qjzr_hL3v/?igshid=iuvwm968kdy0
