Galactic Legislation and Dragon Depreciation
Politics and Economics in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Worlds
Actual Cold War Impact- 8 (out of 10): The U-2 incident was a major event in the Cold War as it definitively exacerbated tensions between the US and Soviet Union. The backstory to the crash is as follows. The US was concerned with the USSR's improvements in military technology and so in order to learn... Continue Reading →
Actual Cold War Impact- 5 (out of 10): Much of the difficulty in assessing the impact of NATO on the Cold War is that we simply don't know what would have happened without it. Its purpose was to provide a unified and ideologically similar alliance in Europe as a counter to the Soviet Union's military... Continue Reading →
Twilight Struggle, for those who are unaware, is one of the best board games ever made. And while that may sound hyperbolic, empirical data from Board Game Geek (the definitive board game website) backs me up here as the site rates Twilight Struggle as the 5th best game in existence right now. Personally, it is... Continue Reading →
Galactic Legislation and Dragon Depreciation 