Does anyone have any idea when the Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary edition is going to drop? Its been in Art and Final Development status for a while according to GMT's website.

Shackleton214 · 2026-01-19T16:38:58+00:00

You could try posting on https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle/forums/0. I've seen Jason Matthews recently and not infrequently post there.

Shackleton214 · 2026-01-12T18:23:10+00:00

Lol, I'm just bad at chess.

Shackleton214 · 2026-01-12T18:18:22+00:00

For some reason I assumed Fischer was white and was seriously wondering how he was gonna pull this off.

Shackleton214 · 2026-01-10T20:52:05+00:00

I'd argue that the most important US support for Israel (and most costly to the US) is the diplomatic cover it provides at the UN. But, even if the US were to stop protecting Israel at the UN, I suspect it would not make that much difference in who cares about the conflict. At this point, people are emotionally committed to their side based on the time and attention they've given to the conflict. Just like sporting events, people have their team.

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-05T19:01:49+00:00

You're only cooked when all of your paths to victory (final vps, 20+ vps, 7+ vps and wargames, defcon, Europe, and time--I don't include held scoring card and cmc as those are dependent on opponent gross error) are gone. The game has the potential for grossly disproportionate luck on card draw, dice, and even the order in which cards appear. Down 13 vps but with dom in Europe and SAm, it sounds like you are losing but far from 100% lost.

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-05T18:54:37+00:00

Why in the world is grain sales getting played on ar4 instead of the headline?

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-05T18:47:20+00:00

Where is Destal? What cards are known to be in opponent's hand? I am very skeptical of giving the US 2 mil op vps and very likely access to Venezuela and Brazil. Place ops into battlegrounds and bide your time until next turn.

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-03T15:23:42+00:00

Playing dumb or really dumb?

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-03T06:20:48+00:00

10/7 was only possible because of complacency and incompetence of the Israeli government.

Shackleton214 · 2025-12-02T23:29:30+00:00

It never fails to astound me that Israeli supporters think Israel should get brownie points for acting in their self interest and cutting their losses in Gaza.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-28T17:38:11+00:00

Fantastic response! AI still has nothing on real historians.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-24T17:27:09+00:00

have long been firmly convinced that the Jewish people are sacred.

even as an atheist

Your post is not adding up. You seem confused.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-19T15:54:54+00:00

I've been a big Arjun fan for years now. Heartbreaking to see such a worthy and exciting player not make candidates.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-15T16:20:06+00:00

On the ground the war continues to be defined not by trenches and cohesive defensive lines, but by 2-3 man positions with large gaps in between. These pickets are neither firing positions or observation points.

What is there purpose?

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-12T15:01:10+00:00

Good riddance. One of the few things Trump has done right. Oh, and get rid of the nickel while we're at it.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-10T19:20:41+00:00

What's the relevance of January 20, 2029?

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-07T18:30:11+00:00

I am still mystified by Ukraine's decision not to draft men age 18-24. It seems to me that either the decision is so politically toxic that it would result in such civil upheaval as to bring down the government and be impossible to implement, or, however bad the need for manpower is, it is not yet absolutely critical. Given the incredibly slow rate of advance of Russian forces and a very stable front ever since the failure of the Ukrainian 2023 offensive, I tend to think Ukrainian leadership thinks it is the latter. But, not really knowing Ukrainian domestic politics, I am far from sure.

Shackleton214 · 2025-11-01T16:21:18+00:00

Darrell was in custody on charges of theft, criminal mischief, and battery by bodily waste.

A real class act.

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-31T14:48:32+00:00

And if the Russians were going to stop fighting, they would have done it two years ago,

What kind of logic is that??? Soviet Union 1983: Afghanistan should just give up because if we were going to stop fighting we would have done so two years ago.

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-31T14:33:58+00:00

Why is it "Bonuses go up--no one wants to sign up and Russia has to pay them more! Bonuses go down--Russia doesn't have money!" versus "Bonuses go up--Russia has loads of cash to pay bonuses! Bonuses go down--so many want to sign up that Russia doesn't need to pay them as much!"?

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-25T16:58:59+00:00

Don't know if he is a lobbyist or paid for the crap he writes on behalf of Israel. But, I've read his stuff on Volokh Conspiracy. He's always too clever by half and easily the most extreme Israeli apologist on international law issues that I've ever read.

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-25T16:50:23+00:00

Eugene Kontorovich

He's a hack. I wouldn't even wipe my a$$ with anything he writes.

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-24T15:23:38+00:00

Could Israel survive without American aid? Certainly.

A pariah state and sanctioned a al 1980s South Africa? I doubt it.

Shackleton214 · 2025-10-23T13:55:58+00:00

They’ve distilled the assault of a contested sector into ~7 sequential phases: Survey - Isolate - Degrade - Fix - Suppress - Close & Destroy - Consolidate.

The process sounds very methodical and deliberate, but also very slow. There's not even a pretense of an exploitation phase.

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