RISK!

[Dr Fate]

I just played for the first time in 20 years.

The game is really fun- very easy to play but actually pretty deep...

Any RISK! enthusists out there in Lounge-Land?

[5LeavesLeft]

1. Way back when

my friend and I used to enjoy a little herb and Risk until dawn. Once you start a game, you have to finish it, no matter what it takes!

[ulysses]

2. dude, two things:

1. Yes, I love Risk and never get to play any more. I'll expect you here this weekend.

2. When did the skull get replaced by the dish?

[Dr Fate]

14. The shull will come back if McCain wins.

And any time you are in the Bay Area, my Risk! table is open to you! (I'm allergic to the East coast these days)

;)

[Rhansen]

3. Nobody will play me

anymore because I always win. It's actually pretty simple, I figured out a method by playing vs a bunch of computer generated opponents. The trick is in the cards.

[pokerfan]

4. I mostly play against the computer

Conquest is an excellent and extremely faithful implementation of the Parker Brothers classic.

Download http://www.download-free-games.com/risk_game_download/conquest.htm">Conquest for free.

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[harmonicon]

5. I'm a huge Risk fan

I was just thinking of buying it when I was at the store the other day. Every place that I move, I seem to end up buying a copy of it. I think I have one or two left at a friend's house in Chicago, maybe one in California, and at least two at my parents' house in Michigan. I haven't played in a few years though. I need to get that shit together over here soon.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. If that's you in the pic, then, yes, I love Risk! It's part of my life.

I have a whole house full of Risk related stuff. But, I'm also into other stuff, like the stuff you're into. Totally.





Seriously, though, yes - I love Risk! I haven't played in a long time, but we played a lot in college in the late 80s. Then we got into Supremacy, and the Risk playing died out except every now and again.

We did have a fun rule in playing risk, in that if a person rolled 3 6's, that was "nuclear annihilation!", and destroyed the entirety of the opposing forces; and if a person rolled 3 1's, that was a "Chernobyl!", and the roller's forces were all lost.

[Elidor]

34. lol!

She is rather fetching, isn't she? I think that's the famous Obama Girl.

[Dr Fate]

35. I LOLed at his clever post too. Yes- its the infamous Obama Girl.

I'm trying to get more "working class" mechanics to vote for the O. I thought a pin-up girl might be a good start...

;)

[SteppingRazor]

7. Meh. It's pointless. He who rules Australia wins the game.

In college, we had mad, 10-hour sessions of that game, fueled by terible drugs and Beethoven cranked up to 11. Almost invariably, the damned Aussie would wind up winning. It got to the point where we had what we caled "Atlantis Rules" -- Australia has sunk beneath the waves, and must be ignored for the duration of the game. It worked out surprisingly well.

[Broken_Hero]

10. agreed, I

love starting out with Australia....get those extra armies in quick. :)

[Connonym]

17. LOL, they mentioned that on Lost a couple weeks ago

couple of the characters were sitting around playing Risk and Hurley made a comment about Australia being the key to everything (which, if you watch the show, is symbolic to the show as well).

[Dr Fate]

18. Ahh- a Risk! cultural reference!

I was unaware of that- I watch very little boob-tube except for DVDs...

[kentauros]

22. Here's another one, courtesy of Eddie Izzard's

Dress to Kill :)

And the German empire, very organized, they’d always build an empire, “ein, zwei, ein, zwei, “build an empire, very Prussian, and then they'd celebrate with a World War! And then lose the whole fucking empire by the end of the war. In the 30s, Hitler, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, World War II... the Russian front, not a good idea...! Hitler never played “Risk” when he was a kid...! ‘Cause, you know, playing “Risk,” you could never hold on to Asia. That Asian-Eastern European area, you could never hold it, could you? Seven extra men at the beginning of every go, but you couldn't fucking hold it! Australasia, that was the one! Australasia, all the purple ones! Get everyone on Papua New Guinea and just build up and build up...

Risk was fun, but I always had more fun with this one:

Nuclear War

[pokerfan]

37. I wonder if the game could be improved

by taking a magic marker and either

1) adding a connection from Australia to say, South America. SA's points would have to be increased now that it has three connections.

2) adding Anarctica which would connect to SA, Africa and Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/v/fzLtF_PxbYw&hl">Ukraine is game to you?!

[Dr Fate]

39. Nothing wrong with "house rules"- why not give it a try?

I'm loving this threas BTW- I cant wait to use all these tips for next time..

[pokerfan]

40. In college we made our own boards

For our "continents" and "territories" we had:

• Greeks (made up of individual houses)
  
• Dormies (individual halls)
  
• Off campus apartments
  
• Campus (libraries, labs, various buildings)
  
• Jocks (gyms, arenas, stadia)
  
• Admin (various admin buildings)
  
• Downtown (stores, pubs, restaurants)

Yeah, we were nerds...

[pokerfan]

20. That is my strategery against the computer

First Australia to gain the two bonus armies per turn advantage.

Then Asia. Once Asia is taken, it and Australia can be defended with just three territories: Ukraine, the Middle East and Kamchatka.

Then I launch a fourth, expeditionary force somewhere in North America and ultimately capture Greenland. Then, while holding Greenland, I use my Kamchatkan army to sweep through all of North America, eventually holding at Mexico.

I now hold three continents worth 18 bonus armies per turn and are dfending on just four fronts: Ukraine, the Middle East, Mexico and Greenland. At this point, I don't even need cards. I can collect my 21 armies per turn, mock my enemies and gloat for a few rounds.

South America is next to fall; Europe and Africa are last.

But the key is taking Asia (especially the Ukraine) as quickly and as early as possible. If you can't manage that, you are srewn. But if you can, you will find it is a "piece of pie."

[Rhansen]

29. Strategy

If you play your CARDS right there is no need to even hold a continent (though it helps), the entire board can usually be taken in one or two turns (after the cards are right, usually 10-12 turns to finish a game). The key is in the cards.

[pokerfan]

31. My strategery in action

[Captain Angry]

8. Quite possibly Megadeth's worst album.

Oh, you mean the game. :-)

It's probably been 20 years for me as well.

[TheMightyFavog]

9. I'm more of an Axis and Allies man.

The first nation to control heavy bombers controls the game.

Although I did end up winning a game as the Axis where the USA got Heavy bombers early on (IWe won because the guy playing the USA was a moron.)

[Dr Fate]

11. Funny you should mention that one- I'll be getting the revised edition soon...

I saw a dude on-line with a giant, dinning-room table sized A & A game board that he scanned and enlarged...super cool...

[TheMightyFavog]

19. Yeah, you're gonna need a bigger game board...

The Game board that comes with the revised edition is way too small to play on.

[Dr Fate]

21. Do you prefer the 1980's Milton Bradley edition or the 2004 revised edition?

?

[TheMightyFavog]

23. Revised edition.

The breakup of the Eastern Front makes things go a lot more quicker, and the two new units (Artillery and destroyers) are a OK, although I do miss the cheaper units tech (Replaced with "Combined bombardment")

Only major complaint is that the board's too small.

[Dr Fate]

24. Thanks- I was debating- considering that mint 80's versions are easy to get on E-bay...

However, the revised version is $40 bucks at the good old D&D store near the house...Thanks for the review...

Lately I've been going back & collecting some retro, non computer games- we have been having big fun with it....

[pokerfan]

25. Anyone ever play D-Day?

Or any of the other Avalon Hill wargames?

[Dr Fate]

26. No- but I would like to.

I've realized recently that board games & non-digital games are great and more fun with company...

I'll add this one to the list of options...Who doesnt love WWII motifs?

[Rhansen]

28. I like the avalon hill games

used to play Guadalcanal and Gettysburg fairly often.

[LanternWaste]

30. Proud player of Advanced Squad Leader

Proud player of Advanced Squad Leader, Third Reich, Panzer Leader, and a few other vintage AH games chiming in.

Those games turned me into a geek in Middle School... :)

[pokerfan]

32. Great stuff

D-Day, Arab-Israeli Wars, Dune, and Panzer Leader.

Acquire was a major departure from their wargames but we played it a lot in college.

[LanternWaste]

27. Try Axis and Allies and Shots...

It's the same as A&A, but every time you lose an infantry unit, you have to take a chug of beer. Lose any other type of unit, and you have to take a shot of liquor.

I'd tell you about our Advanced Squad Leader w/ Beer games, but we've never gotten past turn two... :P

[applegrove]

12. My brothers were. All i know is to get Australia fast and hold onto it.

[unpossibles]

13. I love it, but no one wants to play - too long

I'll check out the Conquest game.

Funny aside: shortest game of Risk I've ever played! I was visiting some friends, and the guy of the couple wanted to play Risk but his wife did not. He kept badgering her to play, so finally she agreed just so he would shut up. She did not care if she lost since she wanted out of the game anyway, so did little for a turn or two, got sick of it, and started attacking us, especially since we had weakened each other a little already.

It was a maelstrom of hilarity - she wiped us out completely with no effort, leaving only one piece behind in each country, and the game was over in less than an hour!

Lesson learned.

[Dr Fate]

16. The newer versions include "Mission Risk!" rules which makes the game a little shorter.

You get 3 missions that you have to complete as opposed to world domination...apparently Mission Risk! has been part of the European releases of the game for decades...I have not tried it yet but it looks fun...

[Parche]

15. Me Me Me Me

I always win too!!

:woohoo:

[madinmaryland]

33. Irkutsck or Yakutsk???

[crim son]

36. My son plays it with his friend. For a while, then they quit.

I asked one of the boys what he thought about the game and he said, "It's really cool and complicated and after you've played it for a while you think, why the hell am I playing this?" :rofl:

[Dr Fate]

38. If he passed a few hours using his math & strategy skills, I'd say he did well!

I could think of a million less productive ways for boys to spend a few hours...Or 35 yr old men for that matter! ;)

[Q3JR4]

41. I've only played it a couple of times

with a friend and her husband, so far she's managed to beat us every time.

I recently created an American version just for the fun of it. Even spent a good couple of hours cutting out the cards.

Q3JR4.