Mid War cards have been added in this turn. This puts many Scoring cards into play adding the other continents to the fight.
Headlines demonstrated that both players are looking for VPs as they both played a scoring card. USSR played SouthEast Asiaas he controls Thailand and two other countries for a net +2VPand US played MiddleEast Scoring as he is dominating and leads by 2 BG for a net +4VP. As a result US gets 2VP and the match is now even.
As his first card, USSR tried a coup in Egypt but with a dr of 1 it completely failed (just removing 1 US influence). US played a 2-ops card for realignments: first in iraq as he controlled surrounding countries of Arabia, Jordania and Iran which gave US a drm of +2. Winning the roll by 5-1, all Russian influence in Iraq is removed. Second realignement in Lebanon is unsuccesful.
USSR played Arms Race as event and he catched US player without MilOps, resulting in a easy +3VP. But US counterattacks with Kitchen Debates event scoring 2VP as he controls more BGs.
First Man in Earth Orbit is launched by Soviets that now may see American Headline first. US safely playes OPEC for operations in Panama (0/1) and South Africa (0/3) as Russian does not control any involved country.
Defcon is decreased to 2 as Russian attempt a new coup in Egypt. But with a dr of 2 it fails short. US enjoys the opportunity and scores in Central America adding +2Vp thanks to the control of Panama.
USSR claims for 1 Vp after U2 incident whereas another american spacecraft is crashed.
SALT Negotiations allows Soviet to claim for Decolonization card but increases defcon level by 2. American takes advantage of this increase and tries a coup in North Korea with the China Card. A dr of 4 results in removing all the Soviet influence.
USSR finally played Decolonization to control Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola and Birmania. US hit a coup in Cameroon to remove Russian and control the country (0/2).
End of Turn: Match is even. Russia still clearly leads Space Race but his position is critical in Middle East. The other areas are contested.
Analysis: Both players were seeking for VPs mainly through events. Several cards allowed Russian to even the match and recover many VPs.
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