COIN Collectors #3: A Distant Plain

Welcome to a special Dads on a Map: Game Over session discussing the 2013 war game “A Distant Plain”, hosted by the COIN Collectors, the war gaming channel of the Dads on a Map discord. This session saw COIN Collectors Phil, Tom, Tyler, and Mark reliving the 20 year conflict in Afghanistan. The game challenged our abilities to manage alliances and balance goals, and caused us to examine our perspectives on this conflict and war games broadly. If you like what you hear, come join us in the COIN Collectors channel in the DoaM discord. We would love to hear your opinion!

Our music in this episode was recorded by Ustād Gadā Mohammad and is available on the Wikimedia commons. Our sound effects came from Quicksounds.com and Freesound.org.

Timestamps:
Introduction (00:00:40)
War Correspondent (00:05:05)
Coalition (00:07:52)
Government (00:11:46)
Taliban (00:16:20)
Warlords (00:24:05)
Map Discussion (00:29:25)
Delayed vs. Instant Propaganda (00:41:03)
Events Discussion (00:51:20)
Fluid Alliances (01:02:56)
Subject Matter (01:05:09)
Learning the Game (01:13:00)
Scenarios (01:19:42)
Next Game (01:23:16)
Outro (01:25:18)