Too risky?

Are you playing Risk?

Are you playing Risk?[/b][/quote]
Just wondering how many people thought of Risk before they clicked the link. I should have made a poll.

Guilty (of thinking of Risk).

Anyone ever play the board game "Diplomacy"? Always thought it looked cool but never played.

Austral-Asia... 2 extra men every go and build build build... Eddie Izzard had it right, just not worth the hassle for 7 extra men...

i was never an australia guy...usually whoever goes there has their last stand there.....

for the record..i was thinking of the inexpensive vodka :hic:



Last edited by Jim at May 18 2004, 12:43 PM

ah ha ha ha ha!!!

Your cultural depths never fail to amaze me :okthumb:

I always liked Australia. Few attack points and some bonus armies early on.

ah ha ha ha ha!!!

Your cultural depths never fail to amaze me :okthumb:[/b][/quote]
Vick,

"Don't let them see you coming. That's the gaff, my friend -- make yourself small. Be the hick. The cripple. The nerd. The leper. The freak. Look at me -- I've been underestimated from day one. Do I look like a master of the universe?"

~Pacino, Devil's Advocate

South and North America -- take them both and you only have 3 borders to defend (each border against only 1 country) and 7 extra men (2 + 5).

Unfortunately Buff, you constantly have Africa coming across to SA as it's easier to take that first than Europe. NA looks easy to defend, but whoever gets stuck with trying to take EU (and the poor fuck that's deluded into thinking they can hold Asia) will be a constant thorn in your side. If playing with a full board, that's more than likely 3 different players you are battling against. With the purple powerhouse of AA you are usually only fighting 1 or 2 at the most (and they generally aren't too concerned about losing those green territories)... Just a matter of taking country, falling back to build reserves, getting that card and then maximizing when you turn in your cards. Isolating the unlucky Asia guy and saving him for the plucking (and getting his cards) is popular play as well.

there is a lot of oil there

there is a lot of oil there[/b][/quote]

Slav,

Dunno about oil but seen it covered with roman numerals before... :biglaugh:

Geeze - i haven't played "Diplomacy" since high school when I was hanging with a bunch of d&d ubergeek chessclub types, most of all who, oddly enough now hold upper level positions in several fortune 500 companies... hmmm... :blink: