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HemlockGrey wrote:Ah, but in Risk 2210 Australia is open to attacks from the sea territories. A bonus of having the Northwestern Oil Emirate controlled is that you deny your opponent the NA bonus, and if you place a number of armies and a Space Station there, you have a virtually invincible fortress.

And if you play the Land Death Trap card, it only gets better...

That's bastard Risk. Real Risk is the Risk everyone knows, with only one way in and out of Australia.

Gandalf wrote:Where do you like to start off, my personal favorite is Africa-South America, as it offers a very defensive start, but yields little building power.

What do YOU do?, is there one amongst you that can start in Asia and not get raped?

austrlia, preferably stringing along india, the middle east, and the mediterrian.

That's bastard Risk. Real Risk is the Risk everyone knows, with only one way in and out of Australia.

Bah. Risk 2210 is far superior to grandfather Risk.

There are those who swear that is you start the game in control of Madagascar you are garunteed to win. I have beaten many people you thought that!

What do the rest of you think about this theory?

never met anyone who really cared bout madagascar. its filled in nigh last.

Enforcer Talen wrote:never met anyone who really cared bout madagascar. its filled in nigh last.

I personally know 8

The funny thing is when i beat them they always say it was cause I always took it before killing them so the theory still stood

irishmick79 wrote:

Stravo wrote:Uh...would now be a good time to say that I never played Risk before??

BLASPHEMER! STRIKE DOWN THE HEATHEN!

Actually, just givin' ya crap. Risk is a fine game and all, but real men play Diplomacy.

Amen to that. Who needs dice when we've fot knives to stick in each other's back? Austria sucks though unless there's a decent Italy playing. Getting hammered by a triple alliance at the start of the game sucks and Italy doesn't seem to realise he's going to come out of it worst of each time. Should always be an Austrias-Italian alliance. Though there is of course that little border problem. Fascinating dynamics having an unbalanced game.

SA and Africa virtually every time. Build up your forces, make small raids into Europe/NA to get Risk cards and let your opponents stretch themselves thin before you attack. Though I did win a game by simply holing up in Ausralia with just those 4 territories and an unbrekable defence in Indonesia. Everyone else wore their armies down so most countries were undefended and I was able to sweep across most of Asia, NA and Europe in 1 go, then complete the domination next turn. Fun, fun, fun. I generally don't go for Australia though because it's a pain going through Asia and I like to have more immediate influence on NA and Europe.

Build up forces in Australia, then break out through Asia, taking the entire Asian continent and much of Europe and North America in a single turn.

Iceberg wrote:Build up forces in Australia, then break out through Asia, taking the entire Asian continent and much of Europe and North America in a single turn.

It just... wrong to do it that way. I mean Australia? New Zealand? I just can't take the diea of them taking over the world seriously. And where's that big army coming from? Are most of the enlisted 'men' actually just the brighter sheep of the flock? I suppose the USN trained dolphins to attach mines, so why not train sheep to operate a claymore.

HemlockGrey wrote:

That's bastard Risk. Real Risk is the Risk everyone knows, with only one way in and out of Australia.

Bah. Risk 2210 is far superior to grandfather Risk.

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HemlockGrey wrote:

That's bastard Risk. Real Risk is the Risk everyone knows, with only one way in and out of Australia.

Bah. Risk 2210 is far superior to grandfather Risk.

Yes....

Just like how the Federation is far superior to The Empire...