Isn't Risk the best board game ever?

[gflores]

Just played it last night. It's got the perfect amount of skill so that the strategists enjoy it and it's got the perfect amount of luck and simplicity that even a girl can play it. (I don't mean to offend here, it's just that you don't see most girls playing strategic games.) And best of all, if you lose, you can just blame it on having bad rolls . The only downside is that the game is long, just like Monopoly, so people usually give up after 2 hours.

 

[minendo]

Nope.

 

[godmare]

mousetrap is the craziest trap you'll ever see

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: gflores
Just played it last night. It's got the perfect amount of skill so that the strategists enjoy it and it's got the perfect amount of luck and simplicity that even a girl can play it. (I don't mean to offend here, it's just that you don't see most girls playing strategic games.) And best of all, if you lose, you can just blame it on having bad rolls . The only downside is that the game is long, just like Monopoly, so people usually give up after 2 hours.

Axis and Allies > Risk

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

I like Monopoly.

 

[Albis]

last summer when the midwest had that crazy power outage, my friends and i played risk for 7 hours straight

since than, i can't touch risk without getting annoyed

 

[yobarman]

The Ukraine is weak!

THE UKRAINE IS NOT WEAK!!

 

[Falloutboy]

Risk rocks

Its a blast trying to influence the other players to benifit you. I remember I was once down to just south america and was on the edge of being wasted when I started giving "pointers" to the guy that was nearest to me that he needed to attack Asia instead. the two of them battled it out and pretty much were at a stale mate with most of thier armies gone. I swept thru africa and eventually took them both out. I couldn't stop laughing that it worked

 

[z0mb13]

conquering asia is just impossible

 

[msparish]

Axis and Allies rules except for one point: once someone gets some heavy bombers the game is basically over. Just sending in a few of those every turn against a factory ensures that you're opponent(s) have no more money.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: gflores
Just played it last night. It's got the perfect amount of skill so that the strategists enjoy it and it's got the perfect amount of luck and simplicity that even a girl can play it. (I don't mean to offend here, it's just that you don't see most girls playing strategic games.) And best of all, if you lose, you can just blame it on having bad rolls . The only downside is that the game is long, just like Monopoly, so people usually give up after 2 hours.

Axis and Allies > Risk

Used to play A&A for hours I'm a Monopoly Master though---actually won $1000 in a citywide Monopoly competition about 15 years back.

 

[Falloutboy]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
conquering asia is just impossible

nah the trick is to do it in phases..if done right you only have to defend 4 spots in any on turn.

I usally try to get australia in the first or second turn then move into asia on the 3rd turn and have it dominated by the 5th or 6th.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Falloutboy

Originally posted by: z0mb13
conquering asia is just impossible

nah the trick is to do it in phases..if done right you only have to defend 4 spots in any on turn.

I usally try to get australia in the first or second turn then move into asia on the 3rd turn and have it dominated by the 5th or 6th.

uhh what I meant was the green area, is that russia?

 

[Falloutboy]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Falloutboy

Originally posted by: z0mb13
conquering asia is just impossible

nah the trick is to do it in phases..if done right you only have to defend 4 spots in any on turn.

I usally try to get australia in the first or second turn then move into asia on the 3rd turn and have it dominated by the 5th or 6th.

uhh what I meant was the green area, is that russia?

nope thats asia and its not that hard its not as easy though if you play random teritories

 

[Falloutboy]

speaking of risk does anyone know a good place to play it online?

 

[jaydee]

I think a little-known game called the Settlers of Catan is much better. Kind of a combination of Monopoly and Risk, anyone here ever play it?

 

[PTCvette]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: gflores
Just played it last night. It's got the perfect amount of skill so that the strategists enjoy it and it's got the perfect amount of luck and simplicity that even a girl can play it. (I don't mean to offend here, it's just that you don't see most girls playing strategic games.) And best of all, if you lose, you can just blame it on having bad rolls . The only downside is that the game is long, just like Monopoly, so people usually give up after 2 hours.

Axis and Allies > Risk

Exactly what I was going to say!

A&A > All board games

Jeff

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: jaydee
I think a little-known game called the Settlers of Catan is much better. Kind of a combination of Monopoly and Risk, anyone here ever play it?

Is that the game with resources and 20 billion expansion packs?

 

[Mo0o]

When we play we just make alliances w/ allied victory so we end up having two major sides and duke it out.

 

[Ninepepper]

In regards to Axis and Allies, there was a shareware program called "dogs of war" that faithfully recreated the game on pc much better than Hasbro ever did. If you want to check it out:

Dogs of War

the above webpage has a God-Awful design but make note of the "Random Letters" before you leave.

 

[gflores]

I downloaded the demo of Risk II. Not bad at all.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: minendo
Nope.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: FleshLight

Originally posted by: jaydee
I think a little-known game called the Settlers of Catan is much better. Kind of a combination of Monopoly and Risk, anyone here ever play it?

Is that the game with resources and 20 billion expansion packs?

yeah. i have a friend who goes to columbia who LOVES that game.

 

[tk149]

Yes.

 

[anxi80]

Topic Title: Isn't Risk the best board game ever?

no, that distinct title belongs to hungry hungry hippos