Anyone playing RISK?

MyOlde · February 21, 2000, 11:12

Years ago, in another life, I played the board game RISK quite often. But I've never tried RISK I. I've just looked at Gamespot's preview of RISK II and thought it looked very promising (for someone who likes the original RISK).

I was curious as to whether the many blood-thirsty Civ2 players were playing it as well? And how does RISK II look to you folk?

I doubt if my old machine can even run RISK II but it's interesting. Or: is there something even better out there?

Carolus Rex · February 21, 2000, 15:29

I used to play RISK, very fun and addictive board game!

Only tried the electronic version a couple of times on my brother's Nintendo or Playstation (or whatever it was). Still OK, but not as fun as the original.

Didn't know about the upcoming sequel, I'm heading right over there to read about it...

Have you heard of a game called Stratego?

Carolus

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Steve Clark · February 21, 2000, 17:20

Yeah, I have played both Risk and Stratego (board and PC). They're fun but playing them cuts into my CivII play time.

Sparrowhawk · February 21, 2000, 22:03

I've played the older version of risk and the board game both many times each.

Of the newer version you speak of I know nothing.

However I do have Axis and Allies and think it is better than risk. But as I think about it I haven't played it in quite a while, so how good can it really be? Fun for a while but I'm in no hurry to try it again anytime soon.

KhanMan · February 22, 2000, 03:10

Yeah, I've played Risk and Stratego: both pretty fun games. Have you ever played the Caslte Risk variation of Risk? (Similar game, played on the map of Napoleonic Europe).

Personally, risk with many players always seems to degenerate into a chaos game eventually: everyone stops playing to win, and plays only to mess over who ever's doing good...

As for computer games like risk, my vote definately goes to world empires:basically risk with some twists, and every country in the world...

A playable shareware version is availible at http://www.viablesoftware.com

War4ever · February 22, 2000, 03:56

Castle risk rocks but you cant 'buy it in canada anymore.... at least not in vancouver

Wezil · February 22, 2000, 09:42

Must be that socialist utopia you are living in W4E. The rest of us can still buy it if we want.

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War4ever · February 22, 2000, 16:11

really where...... i would love a copy of it ??????

Sten Sture · February 22, 2000, 17:08

This site doesn't have Castle Risk, but it has a TON of other board game stuff. The list is text in alpha order. They are in Oregon, USA, and I'm not sure if they ship to weird places like the Union of Canadian Socialist Republics...
http://www.finegames.com/text/im_title.txt

War4ever · February 22, 2000, 17:32

lol sten..... i wonder if our collapse is inevitable

Steve Clark · February 22, 2000, 18:45

I, too, tried to find a link to Castle Risk using webcrawler, but no success. Gee, it must be frustrating to live behind the Iron Curtain and yet be so close to freedom and liberty.

Sten Sture · February 23, 2000, 18:28

Here is a Royal Canadian Mountee approved game store web site from Calgary.
http://www.sentrybox.com/

They don't have Castle Risk listed either, but at least they might understand your accent when you call.

If Canada ever wants to trade Vancouver for Los Angeles they are done!

February 23, 2000, 18:32

I play risk. Mainly the computer version of course. It's much faster. Same with Axis and Allies. I usually play fixed sets (not the increasing). This seems to make winning based more on stategy, and less on luck (based on which time a person makes a set)

War4ever · February 24, 2000, 01:00

i am playing a game sat night with friends called gimp..... dwarves, elves , orcs, kromian warriors, naggies, and holy orphan empire.... we use risk pieces and poker chips with the country names on them.... we flipped a risk board and made our own fantasy map... with a bit of d&d in it as well..... loads of fun... we get quite loaded but the diplomacy is the best part.and every tribe has unique powers and stuff .....

Kuma no Tsume · February 26, 2000, 17:49

Risk, A & A, Stratego, heaps of cardgames and now Catan.
I think playing a boardgame with your friends beats Civ II MP.

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Seeker · February 26, 2000, 22:27

My freinds and I used to SERIOUSLY play Axis and Allies in H.S. I mean, we practically had it down to some kind of decadent Ming dynasty ritual...

But the computer game just isn't the same!! Where is the half-hour setup? The mistakes about the rules (ie can't move planes on carrier, then take off)?!!

And, all importantly, WHERE ARE THE LITTLE PLASTIC TANKS AND PLANES?!!

KhanMan · February 27, 2000, 05:13

They got smushed in a trash compactor...but you can reconstruct them if you smash the CD, grind up the bits, and recite the following formula over them in latin:

"jack be nimble,
churchill be quick,
give me back the *&^%#$ toy tanks!"

:P

-KhanMan
"Quad Erratta Demonstrata, et Ave Aquelle Vale!"

ghen · February 28, 2000, 09:04

I played risk every morning before school in 6th grade.. The one on the PC that is

That was definitely a classic, but rail baron beats it

Christopher · March 16, 2000, 10:13

If you have tried RISK have you tried JUNTA?

JUNTA is the most hilarious funny game ever! I recommend it to anyone...

Chris

MidKnight Lament · March 31, 2000, 01:05

I'm playing Risk with a bunch of friends tomorrow night! I love the way everyone tries to tell each other what to do.

Lots of diplomacy there. It turns into a diplomacy-fest

My cousin used to have Castle Risk. I played that before I played the original, and I loved it. They've stopped selling it here in Australia as well. As far as I was aware they don't make them anywhere anymore. I pretty much decided that if I was going to get one I'd have to buy it off eBay or at a garage sale or something

I haven't done it yet though.

If anyone's got a copy they're willing to sell for a reasonable price....

- MKL

monolith94 · April 8, 2000, 23:38

I actually saw a couple of Castle Risk games at my school, just sitting there. . .

I knew I should've taken them when I had the chance, now I'll constantly regret it. . .

I play risk with my dad and one of my friends, usually. It turns into a real diplomacy game.

My favorite risk strategy is to take Australian continent first, and then sweep asia from ther, then going for Africa and Europe, and then finally moving into the Americas.

MidKnight Lament · April 10, 2000, 10:08

Yeah.... Asia can be tough to hold though. The South America/Africa combo is usually the most sought after in our games. It can lead to big face-offs in the first turn of the game though

We have great fun complicating the game by enforcing treaties across important borders like Europe/Africa, and Greenland/Iceland. Those without a treaty usually end up having everyone come after them.

KaiserIsak · April 13, 2000, 10:11

I play the board game risk, its really great, and it definatly beats a civ2 multiplayer game. But a civ2 HOTSEAT game, beats everything, especially when u try to convince your enemie to attack your secound enemie, and then fall him in the back (=

kaiser

MidKnight Lament · April 14, 2000, 00:00

I've only ever played hotseat with HMM3, but it was fantastic. There was 3 of us, and we'd always be conspiring about the person who was currently playing their turn. And people would accidently let out little secrets out about their location or what they were doing, which would get passed on to the next player. 'Twas good fun. Took bloody ages though.

- MKL

April 25, 2000, 18:49

Ahhhh, yes. When I go to Virginia to visit my buddy all we have to do is say, "RISK!" His wife rolls her eyes and begins an impassioned plea to watch a movie... to no avail. Then to drive everybody nuts we'll put PDQ Bach's Edipus Tex on the CD player. Ahahahahahaha!

MidKnight Lament · April 26, 2000, 07:16

Hahahahaha! My flatemate's girlfriend gives very much the same reaction. Luckily my girlfriend likes playing it too!

And I just managed to borrow Castle Risk off my cousin. We played that for a couple of years before we even knew it was a sequel. We haven't played a game yet because I'm waiting for my flatmate to get back from a holiday, but I'm looking really forward to it.

- MKL

AustralianJeremy · April 30, 2000, 09:21

Got Risk2 a couple of weeks ago - great fun; much faster to set up than the board game, and the little zoom-ins on territories during battles are really cool. The AI plays a vicious game too. Still, although you can make temporary alliances with the computer, it's not the same as with human players - ie I won't attack you from Kamchatka, if you won't attack me from Alaska... The computer treaties are just for one turn and they're quite limited.

Same-time risk is really freaky - I think I prefer Classic but I'll give it more of a go in the holidays. Haven't managed to play multiplayer on the Zone yet. Keeps crashing. Hotseat works fine though.

Strongly recommend it.