Originally posted by tejoNow tejo wants a piece of me! Bring it on!!!!! I still haven't even played more than five games of Risk but nonetheless, I AM THE IRONMAN OF RISK! BOW BEFORE ME! 😉 Hehe
I don't have enough time to read the whole thread, but here is my experience with Risk.
I have played it very much on the internet. It is fun, because it can fasten the game pretty much on the internet. I was quite good at it, I have to admit. I was around the same place as I am here with chess, only there were about 50000 players there.
The reason I quit th ...[text shortened]... put the site here where I played, so I am not putting it here. Besides that it was a dutch site.
Originally posted by tmetzlerOf course any game with more than 2 teams has diplomacy, but Diplomacy 'purifies' it, if you like, by the mechanics of the game - it's difficult to explain why without playing. The essential differences are:
Wow, how you described "Diplomacy" is how I remember most games of Risk. If you have 3 or more veteran Risk players, than the Manipulations, Scheming, alliances, temorary treaties, etc.... are all part of the game.
There is nothing like convincing one of your opponents that you are weak and not worth attacking (they should attack the "Big Dog" inste ...[text shortened]... shing them off sneakily (when you go next and they are weak) then you [b]take their cards. [/b]
No luck so plans can be more precise - of course, good players will try to deal with several possibilities for their rivals at once.
No 'attrition' so everyone will be fighting as hard as they can, all the time, if they don't have some diplomatic reason to hold still. In Risk, by comparison, it's usually a good idea to avoid fighting as much as possible unless you're guaranteed to make a big gain.
Simultaneous movement means you have to move based on what you think your opponents will do, rather than just looking at the board.
Maximum one unit per province means you have to attack from several directions to prevail - usually this means getting another player to help you.
@XanthosNZ: it's not just the openings, even some of the tactics have amusing names, eg: "The way to break through a self-bounce is by means of malicious support."