tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535367891237919312.post8696354850069796149..comments2023-12-24T09:37:17.116-05:00Comments on Man OverBoard: Spies vs spies: First impression of Cold WarriorPaul Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260814589584723033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535367891237919312.post-20777177563717948962018-10-13T20:39:09.343-04:002018-10-13T20:39:09.343-04:00Yes, the correct NATO game. I tried to post the li...Yes, the correct NATO game. I tried to post the link, but the tool outsmarted me. <br />Kriegspielerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249933193318725220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535367891237919312.post-10750872769407645182018-10-12T20:29:39.123-04:002018-10-12T20:29:39.123-04:00I assume you're referring to NATO: The Next Wa...I assume you're referring to <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2079/nato-next-war-europe" rel="nofollow">NATO: The Next War in Europe</a>, which I think of as a hypothetical hot war (as you say), rather than a game set in the Cold War. (Also, not ranked in the top 1000, in any case.)<br /><br />Good point about computer skills. My exposure to computers in the 1980s consisted of a mainframe at Annapolis, a Hewlitt-Packard desktop used for sonar planning aboard our submarine, and an IBM-compatible PC used for word processing at Submarine School. Whereas computers are, I am sure, central to espionage today, they seem to have been oddities prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.Paul Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260814589584723033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535367891237919312.post-57044782328477964222018-10-12T17:25:27.319-04:002018-10-12T17:25:27.319-04:00Cold Warrior looks intriguing. You write a great r...Cold Warrior looks intriguing. You write a great review of its strengths and weaknesses. <br /><br />My first observation was of the final skill: computer skills. For most of the cold war, 1947-1991, only a tiny fraction of scientists had ever used a computer. Most spies had probably never even seen a computer. <br /><br /><br />As for other cold war games, does NATO count? <br /><br /><br />It’s not intrigue or brinkmanship, but full up warfare – hot war, if you will. <br />Kriegspielerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249933193318725220noreply@blogger.com