{"product_id":"twilight-struggle","title":"Twilight Struggle","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are – but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle...\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– John F. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1945, unlikely allies toppled Hitler's war machine, while humanity's most devastating weapons forced the Japanese Empire to its knees in a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers, there then stood only two. The world had scant months to sigh its collective relief before a new conflict threatened. Unlike the titanic struggles of the preceding decades, this conflict would be waged not primarily by soldiers and tanks, but by spies and politicians, scientists and intellectuals, artists and traitors. Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the forty-five year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States. The entire world is the stage on which these two titans fight to make the world safe for their own ideologies and ways of life. The game begins amidst the ruins of Europe as the two new \"superpowers\" scramble over the wreckage of the Second World War, and ends in 1989, when only the United States remained standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwilight Struggle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einherits its fundamental systems from the card-driven classics\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/620\/we-people\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/620\/we-people\"\u003eWe the People\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/234\/hannibal-rome-vs-carthage\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/234\/hannibal-rome-vs-carthage\"\u003eHannibal: Rome vs. Carthage\u003c\/a\u003e. It is a quick-playing, low-complexity game in that tradition. The game map is a world map of the period, whereon players move units and exert influence in attempts to gain allies and control for their superpower. As with GMT's other card-driven games, decision-making is a challenge; how to best use one's cards and units given consistently limited resources?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwilight Struggle's Event cards add detail and flavor to the game. They cover a vast array of historical happenings, from the Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1948 and 1967, to Vietnam and the U.S. peace movement, to the Cuban Missile Crisis and other such incidents that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Subsystems capture the prestige-laden Space Race as well as nuclear tensions, with the possibility of game-ending nuclear war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComponents (original edition):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e228 full colour counters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22\"x34\" full colour map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e103 event cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 six-sided dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 24-page rulebook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 full colour player aid cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39498001875141,"sku":"GMT0510","price":74.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/6962\/0933\/files\/pic3530661_c7d6f980-ee6f-4ae8-8c03-4eb73ab458fe.jpg?v=1764217533","url":"https:\/\/tapsgames.com\/products\/twilight-struggle","provider":"Taps Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}