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I have to say, it is pretty nice that we can put 2 dice on a 40-resource option and 2 dice on a 30-resource option and still have mostly enough Resources to do everything else.

In terms of the plan: We're ahead of the moving target on capital goods and consumer goods, and behind on MFPG, so more dice towards heavy industry seems called for. Pharma plants count as consumer goods probably? If those went to baku oil extraction instead, we'd have 60 more Resources to get things with. Or even just shifting one - there would still be a 25% chance of the pharma plants completing in one die.
 
Okay, I think I've gotten this well enough to make this an actual plan for submission.

[ ] Plan Steel, Hospitals, and Military
Infrastructure 6 Dice (4 idle)
-[ ] Regional Interlinked Grids (Urals)
--1 Infrastructure Dice (15 Resources)
-[ ] Regional Interlinked Grids (Caucasus/Black Sea)
--1 Infrastructure Dice (15 Resources)
Heavy Industry 6 Dice
-[ ] Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 4)
--6 HI Dice (120 Resources)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice (2 idle)
-[ ] Large Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
--1 LCI Dice (20 Resources)
-[ ] Radio Plants
--2 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
-[ ] Pharmaceutical Plants
--1 LCI Dice (40 Resources)
Agriculture 5 Dice
-[ ] Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3)
--[ ] 1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[ ] Set up Fertilizer Distribution Systems
--1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[ ] Modernization of Animal Farming
--3 Agriculture Dice (30 Resources)
Services 5 Dice
-[ ] Creation of the State Hospital System(Stage 2)
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
-[ ] Creation of new Medical Universities
--1 Services Dice (10 Resources)
-[ ] Create new Community Centers
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
Military 3 Dice (+5 Free Dice)
-[ ] Transfer State Management Assets
--1 Free Dice (5 Resources)
-[ ] New Uniform and Infantry Equipment Trials
--1 Free Dice (10 Resources)
-[ ] Construct Officer academies (Stage 2)
--3 Military Dice (45 Resources)
-[ ] Formalize Minimal Equipment Standards
--3 Free Dice (90 Resources)
Bureaucracy 2 Dice
-[] Hire Additional Engineers
--2 Bureaucracy Dice

Remaining Resources: 5

List of edits from my first draft below.
Edit: First edit made. Taking off two from Caucasus to put a third Dice on Minimal Equipment Standards. Uses up the last Free Dice but leaves to Infrastructure ones idle.

Edit2: Second Edit made. Gets rid of the whole Caucasus Power Grid Line in exchange for using up the last LCI Dice to start on Pharmaceutical Plants. Now I have no other Dice idle except for Infrastructure and LCI. Also leaves us with 5 Resources left over.

Edit3: Changed from Uniform and Equipment Trials to Mortar Trials, using the extra 5 Resources.
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EDIT: In preparation for getting to work on the Norilisk Combine Next Turn, I'm slashing the Pharmaceutical Plants and reducing Mortar Trials back down to Uniform/Equipment Trials. Then putting the spare LCI Dice into Electrical Heaters, and the remaining 15 Resources go to starting on Caucasus Power Grid.

EDIT2: Electrical Heaters won't be reached ULAG inmates in Norilisk. Instead, I'm redevoting those resources to Pharmaceuticals, which gives us a surplus of 5 Resources.
 
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I'd say to pull free dice out of military stuff and use it on the aluminum plant. The only military things we need this turn are finishing the current level of military academies and setting up equipment standards; trials can wait until we improve our production quality.
 
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I'd say to pull free dice out of military stuff and use it on the aluminum plant. The only military things we need this turn are finishing the current level of military academies and setting up equipment standards; trials can wait until we improve our production quality.
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Taking stuff out of military doesn't give enough Resources for that. It takes 30 Resources for just one die on Aluminum, so I'd need to take away the Trial and one from Officer Academies to get just one Die. And I want to make sure we stay healthily ahead of the curve on Officer Academies.

Also, the earlier we do a trial, the more maturity/testing the actual design will have when the time comes to produce it.
 
Maybe reduce Radio Plants by one die as well? It should free up another 40 resources, and there would be a 26% chance of it finishing regardless.
Otherwise we would just throw one more die at it next turn.
 
Dwergar said:
Maybe reduce Radio Plants by one die as well? It should free up another 40 resources, and there would be a 26% chance of it finishing regardless.
Otherwise we would just throw one more die at it next turn.
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No, we want radios ASAP because they give PI and one of the things Vasilevsky wants to do is increase radio proliferation. We've been throwing so much into Bakelite because we wanted the cheaper Radios it gave us.

Also, getting rid of radios wouldn't free up Free Dice to use.
 
By the way, would one of the new projects be research into uses of slag, as construction material if nothing else?

It's essentially free, casting slag into bricks should be easy, and it would greatly improve availability of construction materials.
 
[x] Plan Steel, Schools, and Trials

INFRASTRUCTURE, 6 Infra Dice
-[]Regional Interlinked Grids (Ural), 1 Infra Die, 15 Resources
-[]Regional Interlinked Grids (Caucasus/Black Sea), 4 Infra Dice, 60 Resources

HEAVY INDUSTRY, 6 HI Dice
-[]Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 4), 6 HI Dice, 120 Resources

LIGHT & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, 5 LCI Dice
-[]Large Nitrogen-Fixing Plants, 1 LCI Die, 20 Resources
-[]Electric Heating Plants, 2 LCI Die, 30 Resources
-[]Radio Plants, 2 LCI Dice, 60 Resources



AGRICULTURE, 5 AG Dice
-[]Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3), 1 AG Die, 15 Resources
-[] Set up Fertilizer Distribution Systems, 4 AG dice, 60 resorces


SERVICES, 5 Serv Dice
-[]Create new Community Centers, 2 Serv Dice, 20 Resources
-[] Creation of State Libraries, 3 service die 45 resources.
-[]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 3), 2 free die, 10 resources.


MILITARY, 3 Mil Dice
-[]Transfer State Management Assets, 1 Mil Die, 5 Resources
-[]Construct Officer academies (Stage 1), 2 Mil Dice, 30 Resources
-[] Start of new Rifle Trials, 10 resources, 1 free die
-[]New Uniform and Infantry Equipment Trials, 10 resources, 1 free die
-[]Start of new Mortar Trials, 15 resources, 1 free die

BUREAUCRACY, 2 Admin Dice
-[]Hire Additional Engineers, 2 Admin Dice,

The plans so far have been neglecting infrastructure, so I have made a modified version of @HanEmpire plan. Instead of doing Formalize Minimal Equipment Standards, I am doing trials of rifles, uniform and mortars, we need to keep building up the Soviet institutional experience.

[X] Plan Steel, Hospitals, and Equipment Trials
[X] Plan Random
 
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[X] Plan Steel, Fertilizer, and Standards

INFRASTRUCTURE, 6 Infra Dice
-[]Regional Interlinked Grids (Ural), 1 Infra Die, 15 Resources
-[]Regional Interlinked Grids (Caucasus/Black Sea), 2 Infra Dice, 30 Resources

3 Infra Dice Idle

HEAVY INDUSTRY, 6 HI Dice
-[]Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 4), 6 HI Dice, 120 Resources

LIGHT & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, 5 LCI Dice
-[]Large Nitrogen-Fixing Plants, 1 LCI Die, 20 Resources
-[]Pharmaceutical Plants, 1 LCI Die, 40 Resources
-[]Radio Plants, 2 LCI Dice, 60 Resources

1 LCI Die Idle

AGRICULTURE, 5 AG Dice
-[]Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3), 1 AG Die, 15 Resources
-[]Set up Fertilizer Distribution Systems, 4 AG Dice, 60 Resources

SERVICES, 5 Serv Dice
-[]Creation of new Medical Universities, 2 Serv Dice, 20 Resources
-[]Create new Community Centers, 2 Serv Dice, 20 Resources
-[]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 3), 1 Serv Die, 1 Free Die, 10 Resources

MILITARY, 3 Mil Dice
-[]Transfer State Management Assets, 1 Mil Die, 5 Resources
-[]Construct Officer academies (Stage 1), 2 Mil Dice, 30 Resources
-[]Formalize Minimal Equipment Standards, 3 Free Dice, 90 Resources

BUREAUCRACY, 2 Admin Dice
-[]Hire Additional Engineers, 2 Admin Dice, 1 Free Die

Budget Used: 535 Resources
Budget Stored: 0 Resources



[X] Plan Random
 
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[X] Plan Steel, Hospitals, and Military
Infrastructure 6 Dice (4 idle)
-[X] Regional Interlinked Grids (Urals)
--1 Infrastructure Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Regional Interlinked Grids (Caucasus/Black Sea)
--1 Infrastructure Dice (15 Resources)
Heavy Industry 6 Dice
-[X] Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 4)
--6 HI Dice (120 Resources)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice (2 idle)
-[X] Large Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
--1 LCI Dice (20 Resources)
-[X] Radio Plants
--2 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
-[X] Pharmaceutical Plants
--1 LCI Dice (40 Resources)
Agriculture 5 Dice
-[X] Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3)
--1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Set up Fertilizer Distribution Systems
--1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Modernization of Animal Farming
--3 Agriculture Dice (30 Resources)
Services 5 Dice
-[X] Creation of the State Hospital System(Stage 2)
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
-[X] Creation of new Medical Universities
--1 Services Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] Create new Community Centers
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
Military 3 Dice (+5 Free Dice)
-[X] Transfer State Management Assets
--1 Free Dice (5 Resources)
-[X] New Uniform and Infantry Equipment Trials
--1 Free Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] Construct Officer academies (Stage 2)
--3 Military Dice (45 Resources)
-[X] Formalize Minimal Equipment Standards
--3 Free Dice (90 Resources)
Bureaucracy 2 Dice
-[X] Hire Additional Engineers
--2 Bureaucracy Dice

Remaining Resources: 5
 
DkArthas's plan of focusing heavily on the trials now to build up some institutional experience got me thinking. So, I decided to write up another plan that does that and see what people think.

[X] Plan Steel, Hospitals, and Equipment Trials
Infrastructure 6 Dice (2 idle)
-[X] Regional Interlinked Grids (Urals)
--1 Infrastructure Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Regional Interlinked Grids (Caucasus/Black Sea)
--3 Infrastructure Dice (45 Resources)
Heavy Industry 6 Dice
-[X] Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 4)
--6 HI Dice (120 Resources)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice (1 idle)
-[X] Baku Oil Extraction(Stage 3)
--1 LCI Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] Large Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
--1 LCI Dice (20 Resources)
-[X] Radio Plants
--2 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
-[X] Pharmaceutical Plants
--1 LCI Dice (40 Resources)
Agriculture 5 Dice
-[X] Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3)
--[X] 1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Set up Fertilizer Distribution Systems
--1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Modernization of Animal Farming
--3 Agriculture Dice (30 Resources)
Services 5 Dice
-[X] Creation of the State Hospital System(Stage 2)
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
-[X] Creation of new Medical Universities
--1 Services Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] Create new Community Centers
--2 Services Dice (20 Resources)
Military 3 Dice (+5 Free Dice)
-[X] Transfer State Management Assets
--1 Free Dice (5 Resources)
-[X] Start of new Rifle Trials
--1 Free Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] New Uniform and Infantry Equipment Trials
--1 Free Dice (10 Resources)
-[X] Start of new Mortar Trials
--1 Free Dice (15 Resources)
-[X] Construct Officer academies (Stage 2)
--3 Military Dice (45 Resources)
-[X] Formalize Minimal Equipment Standards
--1 Free Dice (30 Resources)
Bureaucracy 2 Dice
-[X] Hire Additional Engineers
--2 Bureaucracy Dice

Remaining Resources: 0

With the spare resources from reducing the Minimal Equipment Standards to just 1 Dice, I was able to put two dice onto the Power Grid. Put the last 10 Resources on Baku Oil Extraction. It does grant PI when it's completed, and we'll need to complete it sooner or later.

[X] Plan Steel, Hospitals, and Military

Edit: Actually, yeah. I fully prefer this plan to my old one.
 
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We can't let our infrastructure be neglected. It's not only regional grids we have to do but also more rail stock. Every turn counts.
 
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Guys, we also need to look toward our party influence. Scapegoat Passively Resisting Priests might be necessary. From what I can see even in best case scenario we will only have 40-45 PI after this turn.
 
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I'd rather avoid doing that. Yeah, it sucks that we don't have PI, but the entire reason people voted for only doing price decrease was to keep the rural areas quiet. Pretty foolish to turn around and ruin that effort now.
 
10ebbor10 said:
I'd rather avoid doing that. Yeah, it sucks that we don't have PI, but the entire reason people voted for only doing price decrease was to keep the rural areas quiet. Pretty foolish to turn around and ruin that effort now.
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Made some changes in the service sector, I am doing State libraries instead of medical universities and education for additional PI. That should also provide our workers an alternative to the opium!
 
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[x] Plan Steel, Schools, and Trials
[X] Plan Steel, Fertilizer, and Standards
[X] Plan Random
 
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