Nuclear War VII

[GeneralTacticus]

Day 8 (What wuld have been the 'Report for the 9th of March' if I'd remembered to put a title on it).

[DrSpike]

When was the second stockpile out of interest?

[Skanky Burns]

Because you needed at least 4 nukes to hit the one city that was left...

[Adagio]

I see my memory is very bad... I don't remember stockpiling twice

[DrSpike]

He wants to use them first round next game.

[GeneralTacticus]

Well, you stockpiled nukes on the first turn, and then launched them at Herc on the next... however, you then stockpiled nukes again on day 8, and never launched them.

[Adagio]

No, it was way before that... I launched them just after I stockpiled them, at a player who had 4 cities left at that time, IIRC...

[DrSpike]

Hmm wouldn't have mattered I suppose, since I only had one city anyway and ADG only needed to hit it with 1 nuke.

[GeneralTacticus]

Yes, when stockpiled nukes are being launched and sabotaged, they are lost... and no, you didn't launch your stockpile. When you sent your roders in, I asked if you wanted to use your stockpile, and you said (and I quote):

I'm getting old... I thought I had launched them... but no, I don't wish to use the stockpile...

[Adagio]

IIRC I launched all 4 nukes, so they should get destroyed...



... or maybe my memory is playing with me, and I forgot to use them..?

[DrSpike]

Yeah if you fire stockpiled nukes and are sabotaged you lose them for sure.

[Spaced Cowboy]

It depends, I you launched 3 or more, then yes, they should have been destroyed, If you only launched your normal two, then the two stockpiled ones would still be safe.

[Adagio]

Btw, didn't we agree that when some launcing stockpiled nukes while being sabotaged, the stockpiled nukes got destroyed? IIRC I launched some stockpile nukes, but they got destroyed, but as I sent in the orders for last turn GT asked me if I would use my stockpiled nukes...
Or is me who's forgetting something?

[Adagio]

Yeah, I used the deflection order, in hope you would nuke me

I didn't use a spy, since I chose from the beginning of this game that I would try to see if I could win without using any of those... and I got closer to winning that I thought I would

[DrSpike]

Did you bunker/deflect when I built the spy? I figured you would plump for deflection since you wouldn't want the MAD that would occur if we nuked each other, and wouldn't want to build a city/spy since I would want MAD.

Hence I risked the spy, and it worked nicely. However when I saw the wording I thought you had countered with a spy and hence we would both sabotage on the last round and be back where we started!