{"id":3232,"date":"2014-12-12T13:07:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2014-12-13T23:04:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T04:04:01","slug":"cuba-libre-board-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/cuba-libre-board-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Libre Board Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cuba-libre-box.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style='float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 10px;' src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cuba-libre-box-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"cuba libre box\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cuba-libre-box-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cuba-libre-box-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cuba-libre-box.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>For Wednesday game night, Rob, Pete and I played <a href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/111799\/cuba-libre\">Cuba Libre<\/a>.  I played the  Revolutionary Directorate (Directorio, &#8220;Student Uprising&#8221;, Yellow).  Pete was the Government (Blue), and Rob was the 26July faction (i.e. Castro\/Che, Red).  The Syndicate faction (Green; Organized Crime) was played by an AI.  The AI system (flowchart, dice for some decisions, etc.) worked well, and we definitely had to watch out for the Syndicate.  As it was, the Syndicate AI player beat me&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/adp.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style='float: left; margin: 10px 10px 0 0 ;'  src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/adp.jpg\" alt=\"adp\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was the first time play for me (and I think Rob also?) but Pete had played a couple of solo games to get the feel.  He did a great job teaching us.  I&#8217;ll definitely play this one again.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 2nd in the COIN (&#8220;CounterInsurgent\/Insurgent) series from GMT.  I have <a href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/127518\/distant-plain\">&#8220;A Distant Plain<\/a>&#8220;, the 3rd in the series and this play of Cuba Libre *really* makes me want to get ADP to the table!<\/p>\n<p>Rating:  8\/10.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3232 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3044-e1418419674457.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3044-e1418419674457-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cuba Libre; middle of game. I played Directorio (yellow)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3044-e1418419674457-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3044-e1418419674457-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3044-e1418419674457.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3043-e1418419396940.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3043-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cuba Libre; middle of game. I played Directorio (yellow)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3043-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3043-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3043-e1418419396940.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3045-e1418419371443.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3045-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cuba Libre; late in game. I played Directorio (yellow)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3045-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3045-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3045-e1418419371443.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3046-e1418419544485.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3046-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cuba Libre; I played Directorio (yellow). Never really controlled much more than this, though I did have more bases elsewhere.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3046-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3046-e1418419544485.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3047-e1418419241875.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3232]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3047-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cuba Libre; I played Directorio (yellow). Never really controlled much more than this, though I did have more bases elsewhere.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3047-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3047-e1418419241875.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Wednesday game night, Rob, Pete and I played Cuba Libre. I played the Revolutionary Directorate (Directorio, &#8220;Student Uprising&#8221;, Yellow). Pete was the Government (Blue), and Rob was the 26July faction (i.e. Castro\/Che, Red). The Syndicate faction (Green; Organized Crime) was played by an AI. The AI system (flowchart, dice for some decisions, etc.) worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,23,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3232"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}