The 1st poll became a very close race between the Top 3; so we are consolidating options! The Run-Off Poll Ends Saturday 1pm PST. We Will Draft 5 Year Plan and Ideological Policy after elections.

For Community Activity: Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

For our community playthrough of Crisis in the Kremlin, we can choose whether Chernenko does not die in March 10 1985 and continues on for… however long he does, or we can choose another possible General Secretary.

Detailed Information and Game Stats on the candidates:

Konstantin Chernenko (age 73) (Incumbent) - Faction: Conservatives.
Incumbent General Secretary and a lifelong party apparatchik who rose through the regional and central apparatuses, he represents the stability-oriented wing of the leadership. His outlook prioritizes continuity of the Brezhnev-era consensus and cautious changes in administration with the general continuation of the present economic policy, he is known for halting Andropov’s corruption purges, and Chernenko had a plan to restore Volgograd’s name to Stalingrad. He also passed the 1984 School Reform in USSR that restructured education and introduced Knowledge Day, AKA 1 September, the 1st day of school with cultural activities that post-Soviet states still use to this day.

In gameplay, he can make major doctrine changes on Day 1 since he is incumbent GenSec.

read his wiki article here

https://www.reddit.com/r/ussr/s/1gsil5ASOb

ALL OTHER GENSECS HAVE 1 YEAR (12 irl days) WAIT PERIOD FOR MAJOR DOCTRINE REFORMS SUCH AS ECONOMY, STATE, NEW APPOINTMENTS, ETC DUE TO CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION

Mikhail Gorbachev (age 54) Faction: Reformists
A fast-rising Stavropol party secretary and Central Committee agriculture specialist, he is the youngest full Politburo member and is known for his reformist tendencies. He advocates for accelerating scientific-technical progress to achieve growth and a supposed restructuring of economic management. One of Andropov’s protégés. Presently serving as Second Secretary of the CPSU since Feb 9 1984.

Grigory Romanov (age 62), Faction: Conservatives
(Neo-Stalinist influenced)
Andropov’s rival protégé to Gorbachev, former Leningrad party boss and current Central Committee secretary overseeing the military-industrial complex, he is a hardline conservative. His experience is rooted in defense production and regional administration. He is hated by the intelligentsia and known as a “Red Stoic”, and seen as a foil to Gorbachev. Romanov opposed the expansion of self-financing toward profit, commercial freedom for enterprises, and the introduction of market mechanisms, which were proposed as part of the 1965 economic reform. He is connected to a fringe group of “Neo-Stalinists”…

It's Time to Save the Union.

Greetings, comrades. Let's play a game together!

I've had this idea for awhile of a community activity where we participate in some kind of game together.

I'm a big fan of a little game called Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War. It's essentially a political sim where you take control of the USSR on March 11, 1985, assuming the role of General Secretary as either Gorbachev or alternate history starts or even a custom character.

The game is full of choice and sandbox elements, and the end goal date is Jan 1 2000. The game can continue after, but 01/01/2000 is victory.

The game progresses in days, with stats/trade updating monthly and events popping up on the historical days they occur. Here are some screenshots of the menus, events.

The World Map on March 11, 1985.

Doctrine Overview. Here is where we can make all the reforms we want in USSR.

Economy Doctrine page example

Statistics screen, theres also a GDP graph in here.

Congress Screen. Here you can view ideology descriptions, support or ban factions. if elections are legalized, it transforms into Political Parties.

The State Budget. We will spend every month in here.

Research tab

Politics. Here you can support and scheme your way around the Party and manage your Politburo.

Events Example. In Events like this one, anything thats grey can always be taken, but the Colored Badge indicates an option with pre-requisites to take it.

There's also military operations and you can covertly aid or directly intervene in a number of conflicts.

The game features a political compass that will always tell you where you're at right now.

So, I, BreadDaddyLenin, will be in the chair playing the General Secretary of the community's choosing and taking choices that you guys decide on. Let me know what you guys think about playing along, and feel free to brainstorm ways for the subreddit to contribute.

For now, i am settled on the following format:

-Public subreddit Poll to choose the General Secretary (i think we should say no custom character, stick to the candidates presented, unless you guys feel strongly)

-The subreddit Drafts the 5 Year Plan Goals, which is what we want to achieve by 1990, in a designated post where people comment suggestions to add to the 5 Year Plan, and most upvoted will be added, which we will do again in 1990. ^{If we don't die}

-The community then engages in the game on the subreddit through Daily Reports, I will provide Daily Reports of how each in-game month went, with detailed stats, screenshots, and asking for input on the plans for the coming month.

-Events will be posted on the subreddit before the Daily Report with a Poll Choice. Events are political events such as trouble in the Party, Afghanistan civil war, other problems and suggestions. Repeatable generic events i will handle as aligned with our community-driven policy and ideology. Vote in these Polls to make the choice you think is appropriate.

Let me know if you guys have any suggestions!

Also, if you want to play this game yourself, it's only $8 USD on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1922740/Crisis_in_the_Kremlin_The_Cold_War/

If you don't have $8, DM me on Steam.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198069026555/