Win at Risk by using systems thinking
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Win at Risk by using systems thinking
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#2I always thought that the key to winning at Risk was to avoid getting caught up in a land war in Asia....
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#3Every time I've played Risk, two things happened. First, a massive bloodbath over Australia. Second, a long slow slog to a dissatisfying end, where multiple players wind up pissed off, because the Australian ends up winning somehow.
The AU continent is just so easy to hold. With only one country to go through, you can amass a huge army in Siam and no one touches your continent all game.
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#4I dislike games where it’s just a system to win. Kinda defeats the purpose. No actual gamesmanship.
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#5Every time I've played Risk, two things happened. First, a massive bloodbath over Australia. Second, a long slow slog to a dissatisfying end, where multiple players wind up pissed off, because the Australian ends up winning somehow. The AU continent is just so easy to hold. With only one country to go through, you can amass a huge army in Siam and no one touches your continent all game.
Sounds like you’re playing with sloppy players
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#6This basic strategy „get a card each turn and avoid losing armies“ gets you from beginner to intermediate. Once every player understood this it once again is a question of who controls the southern continents. The additional two or three armies each turn add up.
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#7Title: How To Win At Risk Every Time By Using Systems Thinking
Disclaimer at bottom of page: The above strategy works “on paper,” but that doesn’t mean that it will work in your next game of Risk.
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#8Every time I've played Risk, two things happened. First, a massive bloodbath over Australia. Second, a long slow slog to a dissatisfying end, where multiple players wind up pissed off, because the Australian ends up winning somehow. The AU continent is just so easy to hold. With only one country to go through, you can amass a huge army in Siam and no one touches your continent all game.
AU is an easy way to get second place, not to necessarily win. Focus on getting cards elsewhere. Card bonuses build up to where the Siam bottleneck won’t matter.
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#9It seems like this only works against not very good players. Only getting a card per turn while slowly losing armies will not stack against 2-3 players holding continents, getting bonus armies and a card.
Letting the other players fight each other imagined a game where no one notices you.
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#10This basic strategy „get a card each turn and avoid losing armies“ gets you from beginner to intermediate. Once every player understood this it once again is a question of who controls the southern continents. The additional two or three armies each turn add up.
I was thinking this as well. It assumes the other players are naiive to your strategy and will not counter it. If someone were gathering a collection of bonus cards I think this would tip off the other players and awaken the dragons.