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I1989L · Internet 1989 League

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  • Members: 16
  • Category: Wargaming
  • Founded: Jun 23, 2009
  • Language: English
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1 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jun 24, 2009
11:01 pm
Thanks for joining the i1989 League. The first issue is how many games to play. Bruce and I originally thought 16 games, but if that seems too long we can...
2 sir_evelyn_wood Offline Send Email Jun 27, 2009
11:57 am
I like this design, and assuming enough players register, I'd like to play in the tournament....
3 jholowachjr Offline Send Email Jul 2, 2009
10:02 pm
Hi, I'd like to participate in the league. I love playtesting for people, and this seems like a cool premise. Also, I'm currently in the TS league, and it'd...
4 Steve
sbauer9 Offline Send Email
Jul 3, 2009
4:35 am
Steven Bauer...
5 damasta106 Offline Send Email Jul 4, 2009
7:56 pm
Hi Bruce, could you please sign me up for the 1989 league? Thanks, -Brendan...
6 RJ Jenulis
rjenulis Offline Send Email
Jul 11, 2009
5:00 am
Hi Bruce, I would like to sign up for the 1989 league. RJ...
7 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jul 15, 2009
3:00 am
I'm hoping you guys will help me develop and polish this game. I feel it has a lot of potential and also a lot of room to improve. It would help a lot if you...
8 riku_riekkinen Offline Send Email Jul 17, 2009
10:45 pm
Regarding 1989.... I find power struggle dull. In HRC there is a chance to retreat every time you got initiative, it makes battle card choces much more...
9 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jul 18, 2009
2:57 am
... I lovwe this idea. It also makes the leader cards useful to discard to reject the draw. I'd like to hear from experienced Hannibal players what they think....
10 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jul 19, 2009
4:47 pm
1. This game is a variant of Twilight Struggle but the deck management strategy works differently. The Democrat needs to play his own events more often than in...
11 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jul 25, 2009
12:05 pm
Very close game. I never drew Solidarity. I think Jeff played it the TS track 3 times. I drew Tank Man twice and was able to make it to the second to last...
12 damasta106 Offline Send Email Jul 28, 2009
2:52 am
Communist victory, -28 on final scoring. The game started well for Ted, as Free Speech gave him Lodz on a roll of 6 despite USSR control of Lublin and Warsaw...
13 damasta106 Offline Send Email Jul 28, 2009
4:43 am
Commies win on final scoring, -19, sides decided randomly both games. This game was a bit more even than our first, though early on it looked like the USSR was...
14 damasta106 Offline Send Email Jul 29, 2009
3:41 am
USA Autovictory on turn 2, +20 VPs. The game began with a war over board position in Hungary and Poland, as usual, with Hungary neutral (Budapest/Szeged USA,...
15 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Jul 29, 2009
12:09 pm
Mike placed a lot of at start SPs in Germany. I was able to score Hungary for control after using Gorbachev to flip Budapest. He played Solidarity first turn,...
16 taulus88 Offline Send Email Jul 30, 2009
10:37 pm
Version used: 2.1 Things started relatively evenly, although Ted had some better cards and rolls. The fact that I drew most of the Power Struggles really did...
17 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Aug 5, 2009
8:57 pm
Democrats had a nice start with Solidarity. Communists had Poland Scoring and played it early. Democrat took power and scored for domination. Communist built...
18 taulus88 Offline Send Email Aug 9, 2009
10:38 pm
Communists: See Democrats: Robinson (winner on turn 9 with 23 VPs) I got off to a horrible start the first turn, with a weak hand that was made worse by a...
19 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Aug 9, 2009
10:54 pm
Any thoughts on this idea: 1. Add 1 Democratic SP to Szeged to the set up. 2. Reduce the extra SPs to place at start to 7 each. New order for placing SPs would...
20 riku_riekkinen Offline Send Email Aug 12, 2009
7:01 pm
Democrats got good foothold in the Poland at the start. I decided to make Hungary mine to counter that. Poland was won by Democrats early on, in Hungary they...
21 Ted Torgerson
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Aug 12, 2009
7:35 pm
VPs were -3 I placed an SP in Timisoara to break control. In final scoring I had control of Germany and Poland, but Riku had control in Czechoslovakia and...
22 riku_riekkinen Offline Send Email Aug 12, 2009
9:36 pm
Commies went after Hungary and got it under control, while Democrats got a solid domination in Poland (Commies held only elite space). In Germany there was a...
23 taulus88 Offline Send Email Aug 12, 2009
9:44 pm
... I could be wrong about that. Having looked at the card text, it says that the Democrat may exchange it for any card with the title written in Red. I...
24 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Aug 12, 2009
10:29 pm
... The cards with the title in Red are the pre-requisite cards. They are St. Nicholas Church, Laszlo Tokes, Sajudis, Baltic Way, and Solidarity Legalized....
25 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Aug 14, 2009
3:29 am
It's apparent that the Communist has a substantial advantage at this point. I am happy with the event cards, though if someone thinks an event doesn't work, or...
26 Bruce Wigdor
brucewig Offline Send Email
Aug 14, 2009
5:36 am
Hi, Version 2.2 with the play balance changes Ted mentioned, is now available at the website. Please make sure to use this version in all league games going...
27 coolpapabell22 Offline Send Email Aug 15, 2009
1:01 pm
Hey everyone - I've been slacking a little bit as far as the league goes thanks to work stresses - hoping to get in a game this evening. Is there a card list...
28 coolpapabell22 Offline Send Email Aug 15, 2009
1:06 pm
Or I could check BGG. Sorry....
29 Ted Torgerson
thayerctorge... Offline Send Email
Aug 15, 2009
1:57 pm
This 1989 Electronic Hand program gives you all the information you need. It's 2 Excel Spreadsheets. 1 has to whole deck. You can drag the cards into the other...
30 coolpapabell22 Offline Send Email Aug 16, 2009
5:33 am
A close game, -6 at final scoring. The Dems made a strong push for Poland early, while the Commies went for Hungary (I had the scoring card in my opening...
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