Risk, the game of domination and betrayals

[Colonel Cuddles]

There is legend of a boardgame, said to be able to make even the strongest men act like total kissasses to their friends, just to save their imaginary little empire. No board game has ever had so many tears shed, so many pleas cried, and so many bottles thrown across the room. This game, is Risk. Tell us about any alliances, failures, successes, or betrayals you have experienced playing this board game. Or anything else that tickles your fancy. Personally, I feel like I'm Nazi Germany or the British Empire trying to take over the world when I play this, and that just kinda makes it all fun for me.

If you don't have the game, or the friends to play with, fear not! You can play online at www.conquerclub.com

SWF USERNAMES:
Incom (Inferiority Complex)
Shadic (Shadic)

 

[Life]

Anyone know a place to play it online? I've heard good things about Risk so I thought I might give it a spin.

 

[Lythium]

Risk 2210A.D., or no Risk at all.

 

[BEES]

The trick to winning at Risk is to be aggressive and never settle. You don't want to find yourself on the defensive end of a large battle. Offense always *always* has an advantage when it can roll 3 dice.

Even if you're at a numerical disadvantage, if you know you're going to be attacked by a larger army, go ahead and attack them first. You'll lose but you'll take more with you if you're on offense. And you don't have to fight the extra 3+ troops they're going to drop when it's their turn.

 

[Colonel Cuddles]

The trick to winning at Risk is to be aggressive and never settle. You don't want to find yourself on the defensive end of a large battle. Offense always *always* has an advantage when it can roll 3 dice.

Even if you're at a numerical disadvantage, if you know you're going to be attacked by a larger army, go ahead and attack them first. You'll lose but you'll take more with you if you're on offense. And you don't have to fight the extra 3+ troops they're going to drop when it's their turn.

Don't forget about those secret alliances with friends, then betraying them. If you ask me whoever takes Asia and Australia first wins, but for some reason I always go for North America, and lose. Also, 300 posts!

 

[SuperBowser]

I'm the jerk that forcibly takes austrailia and never moves.

 

[1048576]

Austrailia isn't good. You can't really expand, and you're getting less troops than everyone else, so you kind of just wait to die.

 

[Colonel Cuddles]

Austrailia isn't good. You can't really expand, and you're getting less troops than everyone else, so you kind of just wait to die.

Yeah, but you forgot that nifty continent bonus, and it's nearly impenetrable (Especially if you have Asia). Great place to turtle into aswell.

 

[1048576]

That's my point. It's a tiny continent/territory bonus compared to everything on the left side of the board. Someone's going to win NA/SA/Africa, and by hiding away into Australia, you ensure that it won't be you.

 

[Lore]

I've never played it before, but I've heard good things about it.

Can you capture Madagascar, close off the airport, and stay safe there for the rest of the game?

 

[Delta-cod]

I've never played it before, but I've heard good things about it.

Can you capture Madagascar, close off the airport, and stay safe there for the rest of the game?

I've always wanted to play Risk, but it sounds like you'd need to get a good group of people together, and I've yet to find potential candidates for it. ;_;

 

[Fuelbi]

I've never played RISK, but I have played Diplomacy twice. Once in 7th grade in class (where I was captain of my team of France and me and my 3 team mates almost won IF IT WASN"T FOR OUR ****ING ALLY ENGLAND BETRAYING US :fuuu and another online, but I never finished that one because it took too long

 

[Colonel Cuddles]

I've never played RISK, but I have played Diplomacy twice. Once in 7th grade in class (where I was captain of my team of France and me and my 3 team mates almost won IF IT WASN"T FOR OUR ****ING ALLY ENGLAND BETRAYING US :fuuu and another online, but I never finished that one because it took too long

Yup, my last game of Risk lasted from 6pm-4am. We gave up though, it came down to 2 powers who could never kill each other. They have Risk availible through PSN/XBLA "Risk: Factions". Bought it today, well worth it. Kinda dims the fun when you can't make allainces with computer players and stuff, but still good practice for strategy.

 

[SuperBowser]

Austrailia isn't good. You can't really expand, and you're getting less troops than everyone else, so you kind of just wait to die.

But it's an awesome place to expand from. I can attempt to control Asia or move out to North America/Europe and nobody can eliminate me from the game without destroying themselves. Being nigh on immortal for the majority of the game gives you a good bargaining chip. But I mainly do it to be a jerk.

Tactically I think South America is the best.

 

[Life]

Anyone know a place to play it online? I've heard good things about Risk so I thought I might give it a spin.

Ten *cough*'s.

 

[jugfingers]

friends of mine in highschool custom made a giant board and used whatever those stick baton things that generals use to push people around on maps to move there men, and wore aviators and smoked cigars.


personally I find dice rolling games to be repulsive.

 

[1048576]

friends of mine in highschool custom made a giant board and used whatever those stick baton things that generals use to push people around on maps to move there men, and wore aviators and smoked cigars.


personally I find dice rolling games to be repulsive.

Then Smallworld is for you my friend.

 

[Jam Stunna]

Risk is awesome, I love it even though I've only completed two games of it. It just takes too darn long.

 

[#HBC | Dancer]

I've only played the game once, in a group of six friends, and I must say that it was a really fun game, and I would love to play it again sometime.

Everyone who I played it with was total noobs (including me of course), and at the first stage when we were claiming terriorties, one of the guys there just went ahead and took all of Austrilla and everyone else just let him. xp

We ended up quitting about two hours in because four of the player just decided to give up (lamesauce) when it become clear that me and my friend Adam were winning by a long shot.

Also, even though I'm not really experianced, I probably would have to agree that Austrilla is the best, even though it encourages a lamish style of play.

 

[Atomic Yoshi]

How to Win at Risk
Try to make yourself as strong as possible. Don't let opponents attack you; let them kill each other instead. Strengthen your borders and make yourself impenetrable. I find I do best when I take Australia, and put almost all my troops in the Middle East. The Middle East borders Africa, Europe, and it's in Asia, so you can "police the world" in a sense. With your bonus from Australia, you can usually keep troops in the Middle East pretty easily. If no one can attack your powerful borders, they'll be attacking each other, thus weakening themselves. If they're at a standstill while you're getting stronger, you win. Plank the ledge in an FFA. North America is the biggest threat to this strategy, so try to keep pressure with Kamchatka as well. When you are strong enough go in for the kill.

Tips:

1. If a huge enemy army is approaching, don't attack an enemy territory next to it. Let the other guy take the beating for you.

2. Don't start out competing for continents. Even though Australia might be the best, don't put all your resources there with someone else. You'll just end up killing each other and getting wiped out by the other opponents.

3. Pay attention to the amount of borders your continent has. While Europe gives 5 bonus for 7 territories, the best ratio in the game, it can be attacked from 4 different places, and from three different continents. Remember, your goal is to avoid battles, not be in the middle of them. Australia only has one border, so it's relatively easy to defend.

4. Don't attack a territory unless you have more troops than it does. You will probably lose and instead of leaving yourself weak to one opponent, you leave yourself weak to multiple opponents.

5. Even if an enemy territory has more troops than you, it might not attack you in fear of leaving itself open. They might want to avoid big battles too.

TL;DR ----- Conserve troops by making borders strong and avoiding battles - Take Australia and police the world with the Middle East.

 

[Chill]

risk is awesome!

It's all about taking NA, SA and then filtering into Africa.

 

[Shadic]

Anyone know a place to play it online? I've heard good things about Risk so I thought I might give it a spin.

You can play online at ConquerClub.
If anybody wants to play me, just get in touch with me on AIM or something. My profile is here. (Must be logged into ConquerClub to view, I think.)

(Also, the CC link should be added to the OP)

 

[Colonel Cuddles]

You can play online at ConquerClub.
If anybody wants to play me, just get in touch with me on AIM or something. My profile is here. (Must be logged into ConquerClub to view, I think.)

(Also, the CC link should be added to the OP)

Alright, added! Also, anyone feel free to share your username, and I'll add it to the OP.

 

[Life]

I just registered as Incom.

 

[Shadic]

I'm Shadic, like I said.

 

[Grandeza]

risk is awesome!

It's all about taking NA, SA and then filtering into Africa.

This guy clearly knows what he's talking about. North America is the way to go.

 

[Pikaville]

I've played the original game and the transformers version a whole bunch.

The new 2210ad version looks amazing, with nukes and underwater bases and the moon and whatnot.

 

[Yo$himan]

Does anyone else still play on conquer club?

 

[HoChiMinhTrail]

There is a Risk UMS for Starcraft Brood War that is everything you would want risk to be. Same map, card bonuses, etc. but instead of having to battle by rolling dice, you actually get to control your infantry,cavalry,tanks, etc. It is ****ing amazing....

For awhile it was the most popular UMS cuz it rocked so hard, i havn't played since sc2 came out so who knows how many people still play.

 

[Napos]

I love taking South America. Now is conquer club the only online game worth playing or is there another?

 

[Yoshi]

Risk is awesome. The Transformers one is where it's at haha. I need to play it again. I would love a giant board and use sticks to push armies around, that sounds incredibly awesome.