Paul ([info]happyfunpaul) wrote,
@ 2009-03-16 19:08:00
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Playing the USSR
Is there a game, in the vague style of Diplomacy, Axis and Allies, Civilization, etc.*, that focuses on playing the Soviet Union during the Cold War (as one option, at least)? The question came up over lunch with other teachers.

* I hasten to point out I've never actually played any of these, nor Settlers of Catan, so I may be talking out the wrong orifice when I handwave "in the vague style". Work with me here. :-)


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[info]jadasc
2009-03-16 11:22 pm UTC (link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin_(board_game)

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[info]ckd
2009-03-16 11:25 pm UTC (link)
Twilight Struggle may be close enough; it's a card-driven "war"-game similar to Hannibal or We the People. The cards are based on actual events and trends, so it'd be a pretty good baseline for teaching Cold War history.

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[info]ultimatepsi
2009-03-17 01:16 am UTC (link)
That was what sprung to my mind as well.

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[info]crouchback
2009-03-16 11:54 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure if you include computer games, but Crisis in the Kremlin comes to mind there.

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[info]metalfatigue0
2009-03-18 04:36 am UTC (link)
"General Mud" is almost certainly not what you want. I mention it because of the "almost."

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