Glad to see this thing is going. Thanks for the show of confidence last turn. Below is more nasty Stalinist reactionary actions for you: Poland Action: Military Solution --The new Prime Minister Mazowiecki, with support of the new government, orders the Polish Army to resist the occupation of their country by the Soviet Army. Solidarity supports this decision. Result: War in Poland -- Limited battles between Polish units and the Red Army erupt along the border. Soviet garrisons are attacked by army units and citizen militias. Reasons: Anger --Poles are angry that the iron hand of the USSR is still trying to control them, even if Gorbachev's talking new progressive policies, Eastern Europe: Establish Independence -- Poles want to be independent, Solidarity -- Solidarity wants Poland to be free of any external control. Romania Action: Military Solution -- Romania is the only Warsaw Pact government to support the Soviet Army in its occupation of the rest of Eastern Europe. Result: Romainia invades neighbors -- Hungary and Bulgaria declare war on Romaina and ask for western military aid. Reasons: Fanatically loyal to Stalinism -- Tchecheskiu is in power & a loyal ally of the USSR, The Warsaw Pact -- Romanian Army still takes orders from the Kremlin, The Red Army -- Romania thinks that if it supports the Soviet move, the Red Army will not subjugate it. First Arguments for #3 Poland: Soviets hurry reinforcements into Poland, and escalate conflict by using chemical agents on Polish Army concentrations. Poles call for aid from the w Romania: Hard pressed by the armies of its neighbors, Tchecheskiu gets a local Soviet General to commit tactical nuclear weapons in Bulgaria. Thousands are killed. The world condemns the action and NATO forces are put on alert. The remaining players are either hard to read or written on unphotocopyable paper. Chris Blair Sent Action: Non-violent Demonstration -- There is a general strike to Result: The Hungarian Communist Party promises free elections by the end of the year. Reasons: 1. Record of going against Moscow, 2. Diplomatic solution, 3. Magyar Nationalism Yes And Result:The Government withdraws its forces from the Czechoslovakian operation. Reasons: 1. 1956, 2. Fear, 3. Justice (a new matrix element that Chris thinks SHOULD be there) Chris Engle Sent Action: The Czechoslovakian people lead by reformmarches against Soviet troops. Result: Soviet troops now have poor morale. Reasons: 1. Shame: It's wrong for soldiers to shoot civilians, 2. Glastnost: The Brezhnev Doctrine is NOT Glastnost, 3. Martial law solved nothing in Poland. Yes And Result:Warsaw Pact troops refuse to take offensive orders from the Soviets. Reasons: 1. Eastern Europe yearns for freedom, 2. Solidarity: The Eastern Europeans have solidarity with the Czechs, 3. Shame: The Eastern Europeans are ashamed of having supported an immoral invasion. Ian Engle Sent USSR Action: Military Solution: The Soviet Army in Siberia mutinies! Result: The Siberian Army demands Reasons: 1. Waste and Inefficiency -- life miserable in Siberia, 2. The Red ultimate defender the Soviet Union aga external, 3. The Ghost of Stalin -- Stalinism, and the army purges Action: Jihad (new element):Turkis independent Islamic republic Result:The local Red Army (Ukrainians) and militias support the revolution Reasons: Ethnic unrest -- Turks are treated poor Union, Islamic Fundamentalism -- The success of the Afghanistan revolutions is the model for resistance, Stalin -- Non-Russians are often garrisoned in far locales like Central Asia. Back to Experimental Games Group # 9 Table of Contents Back to Experimental Games Group List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Chris Engle This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com