Deck-building meets the US–Soviet rivalry. Decisions become cards. Geopolitics raises the stakes. The Cold War was always a game of calculated plays.
Experience the Cold War anew through deck-building, with historic events returning to your hands as cards. What will you play to win the power to shape the world’s future? Find your answer through deck-building strategy.
Choose the Soviet Union or the United States. Build a deck that can defeat your rival and set the Cold War on a different course.
Resource Trade-offs — Even a Superpower Can’t Support Everyone
Timing, geography, and finances all demand your attention. Even the leader of a bloc can’t look after everyone. Someone will have to make sacrifices for the cause. Should you prioritize economic development? Secure a crucial foothold for a breakthrough into Western Europe? Or is it time to give the Americans a bloody nose in the Middle East?
Return to the heart of power, where every decision comes with constraints. Great leader, can you find the best way forward among countless choices?
Geopolitical Rivalry — Think Beyond the Next Territorial Gain
Western Europe’s fate may already be settled, but Asia, Africa, and Latin America still offer a world of possibilities. Your contest with your rival unfolds across the globe, all at once. Rather than let them dictate your moves, find a path that plays to your strengths.
Show the people you care, and they will answer your call. Establish a stronger “Influence” presence in a region to gain more powerful cards and persistent effects. Will you blunt your rival’s offensive in Western Europe, or rally the peoples of the Third World across Asia, Africa, and Latin America to spark a wave of revolution? The choice is yours.
Unexpected Events — Historic Opportunity or Bottomless Trap?
Mr. President, the head of our rival’s intelligence network has unexpectedly offered to defect. This could be quite an opportunity. How should we use it?
A chance ripple in history can become a tidal wave that brings everything crashing down. Weigh your response to unexpected events carefully. Even the smallest change could determine the ultimate course of history.
The Course of the Cold War — Rewrite History’s Endgame
In an age shaped by extraordinary figures, history is the sum of countless choices.
Will you choose the United States and guide history toward its familiar conclusion? Or choose the Soviet Union and discover another possibility among history’s countless branching paths?
Turn the clock back to March 5, 1946. What course will history take this time?
