ChrTh
Happy Yule!
Yeah, space race isn't happening; not enough time to research all the techs, and unless the AI suddenly teams up to each research their own path and trade across, no one is getting it.
Once we finish Radio/Fission, I think we should research Satellites first in the next row. Besides revealing the map, it'll also allow us to build SDI--which we should do asap. I don't trust the AI with so few turns remaining. If we get through the game with only one war, I would be highly shocked (then again, I predicted early warfare among ourselves, Hattie, and Liz, and that never happened, so what do I know?
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Diplomatic: My guess is that GW will be the one to build UN. If so, that may be beneficial as I'm guessing Monty won't be voting for him (and he wouldn't normally vote for us) ... it'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
So it looks like Score victory is our best bet.
Once we finish Radio/Fission, I think we should research Satellites first in the next row. Besides revealing the map, it'll also allow us to build SDI--which we should do asap. I don't trust the AI with so few turns remaining. If we get through the game with only one war, I would be highly shocked (then again, I predicted early warfare among ourselves, Hattie, and Liz, and that never happened, so what do I know?

Diplomatic: My guess is that GW will be the one to build UN. If so, that may be beneficial as I'm guessing Monty won't be voting for him (and he wouldn't normally vote for us) ... it'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
So it looks like Score victory is our best bet.