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Offline vyper

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on: October 15, 2005, 08:21:36 pm
Yes, you may call be a sad bastard but it's actually quite fun.

Think Risk, only quicker (it only took three hours for five of us). Oh, and there's specialist generals and such, like Water generals, Air generals, and so forth.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/risk2210
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Offline Rictor

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Reply #1 on: October 15, 2005, 08:27:31 pm
I think that I've only finished one game of Risk in my life, maybe two, out of dozens played.

Looks interesting....long live Imperial Balkania!
 

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Reply #2 on: October 15, 2005, 08:29:13 pm
:D I had that territory for most of the game... until someone decided to assasinate my General, and thus leave me as exposed as a japanese schoolgirl on a subway train.
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Offline IceFire

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Reply #3 on: October 15, 2005, 08:41:24 pm
Risk games usually last months for me...we set it up on a table and play a few rounds every day and go from there.

If its a day long marathon, I usually get ADDish around the 4 hour mark and decide to go suicidal.  I once went from the Russian planes all the way through western Europe and into Canada with my sucidial army.  Then I was defeated and I could go and dance around for a while...

I need more visceral action :D
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Offline neo_hermes

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Reply #4 on: October 15, 2005, 09:06:48 pm
oo..Risk 2210 this looks interesting. got to try it.
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Offline Singh

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Reply #5 on: October 15, 2005, 09:11:26 pm
My uncle is a great Risk fan. They play almost every week - I'm sure as hell betting hes gonna get this.

That said, should this come to Singapore, im buying it as well :drevil:

I still prefer the old Risk game on the original PS though - that was one of the best.
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Reply #6 on: October 15, 2005, 09:17:31 pm
It's fun to see everyone scheme and try to defend their homelands (try playing with a Greek, an Iranian, two Serbs and Ukranian - Eastern Europe and Asia Minor change hands half a dozen time). And not to forget the sweet, sweet treachery.
 

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Reply #7 on: October 15, 2005, 10:09:29 pm
I've only ever played the original. I absolutely LOVE it.
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Reply #8 on: October 15, 2005, 11:49:30 pm
I love this game. Inspired me to write a story too, which I did and came out to be about 50 pages long...

Was a good story too. :nod:
 

Offline Kosh

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Reply #9 on: October 16, 2005, 01:37:01 am
I played this one once, about 2 years ago. It was the only Risk game I have ever played.
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Reply #10 on: October 16, 2005, 02:46:26 am
Iv'e never played RISK but it sounds fun, I may get it, but that's the easy part.  Getting people (including myself) to sit down and do it without getting yancy is the true problem. :D
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Reply #11 on: October 16, 2005, 03:35:32 pm
I used to be infamous for rolling sixes back when I still played the boardgame. Alas, it seems my skill was specfic to that table, now more then 3000 miles away. :/
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #12 on: October 16, 2005, 03:45:52 pm
Ural is my bane. I can never hold it, and never conquer it. Even with 20:3 odds.
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Reply #13 on: October 17, 2005, 09:04:26 am
Australia is the secret. Retain that, and unless you have a global alliance of the other players against you, you can win.
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Offline Dough with Fish

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Reply #14 on: October 17, 2005, 02:23:02 pm
Ahhh, Risk, the ultimate turn-based game.

My family and I are Risk junkies. And, I guess there is some sort of torunament for Risk, and my dad made it to nationals five times before he had kids. He still does local tournaments along with my brother, me, and a couple of my friends.
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Reply #15 on: October 17, 2005, 02:25:50 pm
i like risk....but i prefer axis and allies...
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Reply #16 on: October 17, 2005, 04:22:28 pm
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Originally posted by vyper
:D I had that territory for most of the game... until someone decided to assasinate my General, and thus leave me as exposed as a japanese schoolgirl on a subway train.


Quite a colorfull comparison :lol:
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #17 on: October 17, 2005, 07:26:06 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Australia is the secret. Retain that, and unless you have a global alliance of the other players against you, you can win.
Still won't help me win against the cursed Ural.
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Reply #18 on: October 17, 2005, 09:51:16 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Australia is the secret. Retain that, and unless you have a global alliance of the other players against you, you can win.


I have to disagree. Australia is nigh unassailable yes, but your levies for the continent suck ass. You'll lose more to an opponent nickle and diming you from Indonesia. I know this from direct experience: in every game of Risk I've lost, I've been backed into Australia. Of course, by then, its just me and one other guy.
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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #19 on: October 17, 2005, 09:55:29 pm
The secret to Asia is to ignore it. It's quite difficult to hold on to, especially if you have a significant presence occupying the one Asian country at the gates of Australia. Just pass through on your way to other, more important continents.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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