RISK!!!! How did you dominate the world?

[LynneSin]

Me, it's all about Australia. The only way in there is through Siam so it's an easy continent to pick up early in the game. Then you move out conquering Siam, then China & India and then keep expanding your world from there until you control the world.

Who thought that world domination would start with the Aussies?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I get my foes (usually MrG) drunk.

:thumbsup:

[LynneSin]

23. So you lure him with lurid tales of sex

and then not put out after you've gotten him too drunk to see straight and you take over the world

You're a harsh woman there!

:eyes:

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. It's how I've gotten this far in life...

...it doesn't work as well in Monopoly though...:(

[mikeytherat]

2. Africa!

Build up a large amount of armies, group them all in Africa, and wait. If you've got enough armies, you can usually wait out the assault and win (or at least piss everyone off until they bail on the game)!

mikey_the_rat

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. I like South America.

Only two connectors and you get 3 pieces for it. What I like is the opening into North America. Asia is far too unwieldy to dominate easily, which is why I don't terribly like getting stuck on Australia.

Truly though, it has everything to do with your opening draw. If you can land enough to reasonably dominate a continent, you've got to focus all of your original pieces there and forget about all your other little dudes elsewhere.

[LynneSin]

5. Yes, but you sorta build across to Africa

First Siam, then India and then Middle East

I've been know to grab South Africa, Madgascar and Congo just to start my control of Africa.

See the thing is never take more than one country at a time until you turn in some risk cards and get a big influx of fresh armies. Don't want to spread yourself out too thin. And you know there's always a George Bush wannabe that will try and invade every country out there in the first two rounds only to be picked off first because he/she barely has more than 1 troop per country. And btw the third round I have a major fortress of armies just sitting there in India & China protecting the gateway into Australia (and even Siam has some forces just in case you break through)

[Ravenseye]

7. SA is the way to go

Anytime I see someone go for Australia I know that, while they've played the game before, they're probably not great at it. It's an intermediate strategy not an advanced one. Too frequently you have to sacrifice nearly all other board placement to put enough armies in Australia to hold it initially. Then though you have almost nowhere to go. Asia is almost never controlled during a game, and you are far away from the next three closest continents.

South America on the other hand is perfect. Two entry points to two other continents, North America and Africa. You can play spoiler and hold the early parts of North America to keep that continent's 5 armys out of play, and you can spread into Africa. If you sit on South America, defend Brazil with occasional foray's into Africa, and keep the bottom of North America you can let the other teams fight in the middle east over Europe Africa and Asia....With your friend in Australia sitting their slowly gaining armys doing nothing. Thing is you are too, and you're in much better striking position. If you play your cards right, literally, you can explode with enough armies to take North America, move into Asia a bit and hold Kamchatka, as well as up to Greenland...Then all of a sudden you're getting 8 more armies a turn...Play another set of cards and Africa is essentially yours....Meanwhile your friend in Austrailia is slogging his way out of Asia with no clear additional Continent to capture and his inital extra 2 armys a turn become meaningless when cards really get into play.

Nah...south america is the way to go.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Sounds like exactly what I try to do.

Pisses me off when I don't draw any there initially. :grr:

[Blue-Jay]

4. Aussie's the way to go.

I try to get it on my first turn, and then spend the next few turns taking one new territory at a time and building up cards. If you start slow and let the other players beat the crap out of each other, you always win. (unless someone else has the exact strategy as you. then, you're fucked.)

[LynneSin]

6. Like I posted elsewhere - there's always a "George Bush" playing

trying to invade everything even though there aren't enough troops to support all your battles. By taking it real slow I'm able to build up a major army that can wipe right through 'George Bush's' defense

[DrGonzoLives]

9. Iceland

Fortify the hell out of it and use it to harry North America and Europe.

[Benfea]

10. Meh. I prefer Civilization 4.

Oh, and when did they change the map to a more accurate one?

[Strong Atheist]

21. I liked the original...

have not bought the ones since.

[Benfea]

25. You don't know what you're missing.

The series has just been getting better and better, although the latest (Civ4) has really steep hardware requirements (never mind what the box says, you need a minimum of 1GB of RAM, preferrably more). It's worth it, though.

[Strong Atheist]

26. Ah. Well, it would not work on my system. I have Windows 98

running on a Pentium III with 333 Mhz processor and about 512 m. of ram ... no 3d card ...

[Benfea]

27. You can still run Civ3

And since it's a much older game, you can get it and all the expansions for dirt cheap.

[Strong Atheist]

28. Ah. Quick reply! Well, now I play MOO I, Nethack (I forget which

version, but it actually uses windows, the latest version of which I have NEVER beaten, BTW), Colonization, Larn, and Diablo II with the Lord of destruction expansion, and I have gotten into some mods for it. That is pretty much it for now...

[Benfea]

29. Get it.

You can thank me later. ;)

If you need any advice on the game when you're starting out, I would suggest CivFanatics.com or Apolyton.net. Both have extremely large and active message boards, as well as a very large collection of essays and tutorials.

[Strong Atheist]

30. Ok, I will try sometime to get it. nt.

[myrna minx]

11. My brother taught me how to play on the 1970's board game.

I was a wee tot when I played and he was a teenager. To make it more difficult, he drew dotted lines from Australia to South America. :scared: He reveled when, at 7 years old, I would have 2 armies on Madagascar and he would have a mountain of armies parked on Africa. Needless to say I came close to beating him as I got older, but he would always cheat. He could never have his baby sister whoop his butt at Risk. :rofl:

[LynneSin]

12. My brother quit playing with me as soon as started kickig his ass

in world domination.

In fact, my mother has strictly prohibitted my brother, his wife and myself from ever playing this game together in her presense.

I bought a copy of the game for my nephew and they have Friday night Risk parties!

[myrna minx]

18. You mom is a wise woman.

:rofl: So you now have a new generation poised for world domination. :hi: I've never played with the new rules. Is it true that there are nukes involed with the new rules? Hmm...

[WilliamPitt]

13. Take Greenland, Northwest Territory, Ontario and Quebec

Maybe Iceland as a buffer if it is available. Build a power bloc and work south. Try to keep someone from getting control of South America.

[LynneSin]

14. But you need those extra armies from a continent

I would rather start with South America and work my way up from. Get Mexico and North Africa and move your armies out from there PLUS you get an extra 2 armies per turn.

[DS1]

15. The actual countries are irrelevant to me when I'm playing with

people who have never played Risk with me before. Because I work out deals with them, and totally fuck them over as soon as I'm done with their needs. Yes, it's brutal. Yes, I've lost friends for about a week. But that's the nature of Global Domination.

[LynneSin]

22. Damn, I wanna play Risk with you

I do the same thing. I make George Bush look like a kind, gentle, fair leader when it comes to risk!

[madinmaryland]

16. You have to control Irkutsk!!!

[genie_weenie]

17. Castle Risk is much Cooler!

Especially with 6 players, the way to go is to control Italy and Spain and then move in on other Empires.
I also like to fight bloody WWI style battles. If someone builds up a huge force on my border, I'll knock it down to 6 or less armies but not take the terrain. I'm glad there's no rebellion factor in Risk...

[LSK]

19. i always built a stronghold on South America

Then took North America, then Europe, then Africa, then Asia.

[LSK]

20. the Kramer strategy:

New scene.
Kramer and Newman are on a subway car, the Risk board sits on their laps.

Newman: Are you sure you know where the impound yard is?

Kramer: Oh, stop stalling. Come on.

Newman: I can't think, there's all this noise.

Kramer: Or is it because I've built a stronghold around Greenland? I've driven
you out of Western Europe and I've left you teetering on the brink of complete
annihilation.

Newman: I'm not beaten yet. I still have armies in the Ukraine.

This comment perks up the ears of what appears to be a Russian immigrant.

Kramer: Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It's a sitting
duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's
time to put the hurt on the Ukraine.

Ukrainian: I come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak.

Kramer: Yeah, well we're playing a game here, pal.

Ukrainian: Ukraine is game to you?! Howbout I take your little board and smash
it!!

The Ukrainian pounds the game board, destroying it and sending army pieces
flying.

[TheMightyFavog]

24. I got three words for you:

Axis and Allies.

Much cooler game.

I always harass the Soviets when I play Japan. Remeber, the first power to control heavy bombers (Escpeacilly when that power also controlls long range aircraft) controls the game.

[entanglement]

31. I thought one Risk board per person solved the problem

Each person dominates her/his own world :)

[LostinVA]

32. OMG! We must be soul mates!!!

I've been saying that since 1979. If you get Australia, you'll ultimately win.

[Radical Activist]

33. Australia then South America.

Hope the other players fight eachother for Europe and Africa long enough for you to sneak in and catch Australia and South America.