Precipice
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
About
Atomic Age Brinkmanship
Take control of the United States or Soviet Union and provide technical and economic assistance to guerrillas all over the world fighting for your cause, all while avoiding a direct and open-confrontation with the enemy.
In Precipice, subterfuge is the most important strategy. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Will you be victorious in the Cold War, or will you send us all over the precipice of nuclear annihilation?
Features
- Face a highly-responsive, unpredictable AI that will attempt to understand your strategy and counter it at every turn.
- Hotseat play and online multiplayer play available.
- World leaders from 72 countries realized as animals native to the region, all pawns in the dangerous game of nuclear chicken.
- Manage resources from territories under your control to resolve immediate crises or win over future allies.
- Recreate history, or forge your own path. Put a bear on the moon. The possibilities are endless.
- Simple, intuitive gameplay that is also difficult to master.
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Achievements
As the US, invade Cuba without ever having backed down from a challenge, then go on to win the game.
As the Soviet Union, invade Afghanistan without ever having backed down from a challenge, then go on to win the game.
As the US, stay at war in Vietnam for five consecutive turns.
Decline to press the big red button.
Press the big red button.
Win the game, playing in the Classic Map, and having cornered the global market of raw materials at game's end.
Secure the full loyalty of both East and West Germany in the Classic map.
As the USSR, secure the loyalty of Canada and Mexico in the Classic map.