Risk Ideas

@crsluggo Thanks for picture.
It is a pity these units are not more ‘same scale’. Still these vehicles seem to be OK when compared to size of Axis and Allies tank.

@Baron:

I will not buy anything for now, but if we play more often, I will try to add something for Fortresses.

Monopoly hotels really work?

Not just ANY Monopoly hotels… as you know, Monopoly comes in many, Many, MANY different themed versions… the Monopoly Hotels I used were from LotR Monopoly… and yes, the hotels from LotR Monopoly are basically Middle Earth fortresses perfectly suited in size and sculpt for use in LotR Risk… as I mentioned earlier, by default they come in a semi-translucent white, which can be used for all sides… I went one step further and painted mine to match the four army colors for further clarity. If you search E-Bay, you can probably find someone just selling the LotR hotels for cheap… I didn’t spend much, and a lot cheaper than buying the whole game just for the hotels.

Can anyone with a ruler tell me how tall the infantry for this game stand? (Particularly the blue axe and shield infantry?).

@Mallery29:

Now if we were talking say LOTR Risk, I’d have to go with Gondor! It’s the key to the entire game, even if it’s a b���� to hold!

Awww… I finally got around to getting this game too!

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Thanks for all the ideas. You people rock!

I was really looking at one of the campaign based games like the bulge or D-Day.

we really have no battleship capability. we can buy aircraft. and some really heavy duty artillery, (which could substitute battleship support.)

but basically its a ground based tactical thing we have going.

If you type ‘combat mission’ into youtube there are a few films that show ‘us’ in action.

It can be run on a points based system (which was what I sort of had in mind.) so obviously shermans are cheaper than Tigers/Panthers. otherwise no one would bother playing.

Our biggest problem would be the length of time it takes us to play a game. By PBEM (Play By E Mail) a 20 turn game could take about a month to finish. which, by looking at your rules, I think would take a little adjusting. so you’d maybe have to play all you German turns first, then the allies would get to have a bash. And so on. just to keep thing going.

Anyway. I’d be more than pleased to keep this discussion going…

@calvinhobbesliker:

Does the napoleon edition have naval pieces?

It looks like you get naval chit pieces.

@Malus:

I can’t see what there is to so mad about regarding Risk…
As long as your 3 or more players it can be a real fun game to play, theres not much thinking about strategies its all luck and everyone against whoever is on the stronger side.
Don’t ever mistake Risk for being more than it is, its not strategic you don’t need to calculate much, its just Risk.
I like it…

-Daniel

Good point.  Risk is just a game of luck.  No strategy.  However it is still fun to play.  Call 3 or 4 friends over, order some pizza and buy some beer……and you got yourself a fun night.  :wink: