Strategy

Depending on your objective, you should adopt different strategies:

Gorbachev/Kryuchkov

Place tokens on seats where you may vote for all three policies of your color. Remember that if all your policies are voted for, you will win and don’t have to risk a coup. If not, identify the players who have voted against your color and exclude them from the coup. If the coup fails anyway, there is likely a Nationalist among you. If you think you know who, try again. If not, stay cool because the Nationalist needs policies of both colors to win and may eventually be revealed by their votes.

Reformer or Represser

Place tokens on seats where you may vote for at least one, preferably both, the policies of the colors you need to win. Remember that if both policies get your color, you will win and may vote for the other color of the third policy to confuse your opponents. If not, vote instead consistently to gain the trust of Gorba-chev/Kryuchkov and get included in a coup.

Nationalist

Place tokens on seats where you may vote for at least one, preferably two, of the policies of the colors you need to win. However, remember that only Nationalists win with different colors so try to stick to one color only in the initial votes so that the other players will not realize that you are a Nationalist. Ideally, you want to vote in crises with one Reform player and one Repression player and purge one of them when the vote is dissented to sow confusion and fail coups.