Mr. President Playthrough turn 1 - 1st activation phase

[@UlrikNørreris-h9m]

I am just trying out this game for the first time, and I find your playthrough very helpful. But I have to point out, as you said at the beginning: you need to read slowly (and thoroughly!). You tend to skip paragraphs, if the first line does not apply, thus only playing half the game. For instance: China and Russia will always perform espionage. You read "if relations is 1 or 2 and posture is 2... it is not" so you skipped the rest of the paragraph, which ends with "otherwise...". Also, when you rolled a 4 on the D6-table, you concluded it was a waste of time, because there were no bills in play, but you missed the "if none, the -1AP, -1PA". But as I wrote, I have learned a lot from your playthrough. Thank you!

[@jtfike]

Good points. I do believe the "otherwise" clause needs to be more pronounced, because I will skip if it doesn't apply. Why would someone continue to read something that fails an if statement? But thanks for pointing it out. It might have helped.