RISK for G40\. COMPLETE!

@empireman:

@knp7765:

I really like the idea of changing the Continental US territories values. This makes the game much more fair. We recently played sort of a RISK style game with the Global map, but did it a little different from your idea. Each nation just picked 1 territory with a VC to be their capital and had to branch out from there to get more territories.
One player rolled for first pick and chose Eastern USA/Washington as his capital so he immediately had 20 IPCs to start with, compared to the rest having 5 or 6, and in a couple of cases 3 IPCs (Rome and Moscow). As you can imagine, that player became pretty overwhelming pretty quickly, despite having to kill another player that chose San Fransico/Western USA as their capital. He then quickly gobbled up all of North and South America while the other players squabbled with each other in Europe and China.

sounds like the one I made, did you see my version of G40 risk?

Yes i did, though i dont think its very balanced

Which is why i made this one ;)

.Eastern US, change to 7 IPC
.Central US, change to 4 IPC
.Western US, change to 3 IPC

Approximately 1/3 value

For realism maybe, for balance i think those numbers work well

Maybe 8, 5, 4 would work, otherwise one player will be OP (one player claimed E US and noone claimed anyother territory in the americas), or 2 players will effectively be taken out before game even starts (Someone took E US and someone else took W US)

Anyhow my game here is not as true RISK style as is yours so it is apples and oranges

I dont beleive that continental US should be worth 31+ IPCs when UK is 6, Japan is 8, and Germany is 14

Japan 8, E US 7, UK 6, Germany and W Germany each 5 those are the top territories and all pretty close

As it stands USSR actually will gain the most IPCs on its first couple of turns, but it also will have the hardest time defending them since there are so many.
UK/France is a little stuck but doesnt have to divide its forces between multiple fronts for atleast 2-3 turns
Germany will be competing with USSR for top income but will have a tough time fighting a 2 front war vs 2 heavy hitters (USSR and UK/France)
ANZAC with an airbase and naval base on Celebes can dominate the Pacific islands but will quickly face some tough choices on where to take its fight to the mainland.
India has the best shot at Africa if its willing to make a few sacrifices in asia.
China really has it tough, though if India goes Africa and ANZAC focuses on taking all the money islands then China and Japan will fight 1 on 1 for several turns

This is a pure FFA analysis. Im looking forward to some 2v2v2v2 and 4v4 games
The 2v2v2v2 is most appealing.

For the purpose of my setup here, US cant total more than 17 IPCs (Starting IPC value of everynation)

And i wanted Hawaii and Alaska to be part of USAs starting territories,
Therefore 7, 4, 3 works perfect

In your style game, Empireman, 10, 6, 5 would probably work well. (50%)

@guy:

so i’m assuming alpha +3.9 NAs have no place in this game right?

just thought i’d clarify

No they dont ;)

Collect money for the territory’s you own and nothing more