Lets play "RISK."

[andre the giant]

Triples and doubles games are great. If you get teamed up with the right guys, you can be pretty unstoppable. The key is to have constant communication in the chat area. (make sure to click the box that only shows your chat to your teammates... I found that out the hard way.) Always make a plan with your teammates before taking action. Work as a team, set goals for each player and support each other.

In one game, I was paired up with two other noobs against three old timers who had very high rankings. We would post chat messages before and after each one of our turns letting each other know what we're up to and how others could help. If someone needed some extra troops for a drive, we'd give him what we could. We ended up beating the veterans pretty handily.

Another cool thing is, say you are strong in south america, and your teammates have troops in south america too, they can give you their troops and let you kill off their one remaining army in the territory so you can get the bonus for having the whole continent.

If any of you are interested in doing a triples game against the Brewboard guys, I started a triples game: 81047 pw: peanut I need two more players from HBT to join, then no more. When those slots are full, I'll post on the green board so they can get a team together.

this should be fun!

 

[ian]

Yes! I just had my first win!

Andre, I joined that triples game you posted about. . . Who else wants to be on the team??

 

[rdwj]

Yes! I just had my first win!

Andre, I joined that triples game you posted about. . . Who else wants to be on the team??

What number and password? I'll join

 

[ian]

81047 pw: peanut

Andre, What's up with a missed turn??

 

[andre the giant]

I played my turn on Sat am. Then I went to a wedding out of town. On Sunday afternoon/evening, I sign on and had missed my turn by a couple hours. No love for the Giant.

Still lookin for one more player for that triples game. It will be us against some greenboard players. I haven't clued them into this deal yet, and won't until the third slot is full.

When it starts, lets keep our lines of communication open through the conquerclub chat. Remeber to use the checkbox by the chatline that only shows your chat to your teammates. I've given away a lot of info to the enemy by forgetting about that box. :B

 

[rdwj]

Still lookin for one more player for that triples game. It will be us against some greenboard players. I haven't clued them into this deal yet, and won't until the third slot is full.

I'm in - just can't do it from work. I'll join as soon as I get home

 

[alemonkey]

Ok, I just signed up to see what this is all about. I'm sure I'll get schooled, but here goes nothing...

 

[andre the giant]

OK alemonkey.... If you want an education, join this game:

82798
Password: peanut

Its a standard game, (4 players no teams) Freestyle, (which means you can take turns out of sequence, one turn per round.) Classic RISK map, Escalating card values, Unlimited movements of armies at the end of your turn.

If you need help finding the game, click on "join a game" on the left part of the screen, then "join a private game" at the top right. Scroll down and click on the number of the game you want to join, enjoy! If you have any questions, just post in the conquerclub game chat at the bottom of the window. We'll help you out... before we keelll you! Muuuuaaahahahaha!

Come on everyone, lets give alemonkey a warm welcome to the RISK cult. Join the game if you've got an empty slot!

 

[alemonkey]

Ok...I'm in

 

[rdwj]

I'm in both open games - go ahead and advertise on Brewboard

 

[alemonkey]

I've got another game going at the same time, and I have to say so far that I'm totally confused. The instructions are pretty vague - how many times can I attack in one round? When I attacked, it seemed like nothing happened until I clicked auto attack.

Also, WTH does fortification do? Can I unfortify?

No, I've never played Risk before

 

[rdwj]

You can attack as many times as you wish ...as long as you have more than 2 armies in a territory and an enemy in the next space.

If you have less than 3 armies attacking (4 total), you'll get to roll 3 dice to the defenders 1 or 2. If he only has 1 army, he only gets one die. When you fortify, you're just advancing troops from some of your territories to others. How you're allowed depends on the rules of the game. Adjacent means just one move of as many as you want to the next space. Chained means as many as you want to move to where ever you can go in your chain of territories (connected), but just one set. Unlimited means you can fortify as many times as you wish.

 

[alemonkey]

ok....so here's another question - the map never seems to change! How in the world do I tell who has what?

 

[rdwj]

The colors of the numbers match your color

 

[ian]

Has 81047 been posted on the green board yet?

 

[rdwj]

Has 81047 been posted on the green board yet?

Yep - Andre posted it yesterday

 

[andre the giant]

They are afraid of us...

Yes Alemonkey, If I had to explain the game in less than an hour, I'd say, on the map there are numbers. The numbers correspond to how many armies that player has on that space. You can attack from anywere that you have more than 1 army on a territory, to any surrounding territory that has enemy armies on it. It takes one army to occupy a territory, so if you have 4 armies on a space, you can roll three dice, one for each army you are attacking with. The defender can roll up to two dice, one for each army on the space. So if you have 4 armies and you're attacking a space with 2 armies, when you press "attack" you'll see three dice for you, and two dice for the defender. If you have 3 armies on a space and you're attacking a space with two armies on it, you've only got two armies that can attack, so you'll see two dice for you and two for the opponent.

Here's how the dice work. Your highest roll goes against your opponent's highest roll, Your second highest roll goes against your opponent's second highest roll. The defender wins a tie. So here's an example..

you roll 6, 3, 1 your opponent rolls 6, 2 Here's how it breaks down. your opponent's 6 beats your 6, but your 3 beats the opponent's 2. So you lose one army, and he loses one army.

Another example,

you: 4,2,1 Him: 6 (he only has one army on his space so he only rolls one die)
his 6 beats your 4, you lose one army.

you: 6,5,1 Him: 5,5 you lose one, he loses one

When you wipe out all the armies on a territory, one army is automatically moved there to occupy. you are then given a choice of how many to "advance" into that country.

When you finish your attacks, you get to fortify. this means you get to move troops around the board depending on the type of game. If someone has a pile of troops on your border, and you need to move some of your armies in to deter an attack, use the fortify function.
Like rdwj says, if it's a chained game, you can make one move, of as many armies as you want from one space to any other thats connected. So if you have a string of armies across a continent, you can pull armies from Alaska for instance, and put them in Greenland.

In an adjacent game, you can only make one move, from a territory to an adjoining territory.

In a Unlimited game, you can make multiple movements from one place to any other territory as long as they are connected.

Then there's the continents..... If you occupy all the territories on a continent, like you are doing in South America right now in our game, you get bounus armies every turn. in your case, you get two for owning all the territories in S. America.

And then, there are the cards. Each time you take a turn, and take over a territory, you get a card. The card will have a color and the name of a territory. When you collect three of the same color, or one of each color, you can turn those cards in at the beginning of your turn and get armies for them. In an escalating game, the first set that's turned in is worth 4 armies, then 6, then 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30... And when you turn in a set, if you occupy a territory that's listed on a card, you get a couple bonus armies added to that space. Cards are important, and you have to conquer at least one territory in a turn in order to get a card. You can collect 5 cards and then you must turn in a set.

If you wipe another player out, (kill all his armies on the entire board) you get his cards.

That's all I can think of right now. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask here or on the CC chat.

 

[TheJadedDog]

Okay Andre, since you just took us all out, what games do you have going for HBT with space in them?

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

Grah, I didn't know we were all playing- I just started a few new games, but I'll be 'appy to join one of ours. How do signups/game creation work for the HBT crowd?

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

OK- I plunked down the sawbuck for the membership. So I'm creating a game:

It's a Circus Maximus, a really wild type of map (one-way around a ring).

6 players, doubles, sequential. Flat rate cards.

Password, naturally, is "booty"

Please join up.

 

[rdwj]

I really hate escalating cards

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

I hate escalating too- you get hosed by one?

 

[Wolf]

OK- I plunked down the sawbuck for the membership. So I'm creating a game:

It's a Circus Maximus, a really wild type of map (one-way around a ring).

6 players, doubles, sequential. Flat rate cards.

Password, naturally, is "booty"

Please join up.

Whats the game number (or is it going already)

 

[Wolf]

Well, with 11 completed games I finally got my First Positive points :rockin:
It was a terminator game, I was taken out last, but I elimated the player before, so it was +12 points on the game.
Stilll haven't won one, it's so pathetic. Twice I've been in a good position and then the whole board attacks me in one turn and cripples me.

I hate Risk.
I think I'll join some more games.

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

Whats the game number (or is it going already)

Ah, sorry for that omission- it's 83603! And still waiting for players.

 

[rdwj]

I'd join, but I have a final in an MBA class that I need to study for. Don't need any more distractions

 

[TheJadedDog]

I'd join, but I have a final in an MBA class that I need to study for. Don't need any more distractions

I just finished my MBA so I feel your pain; meanwhile, everyone seems to be kicking my a** at this game, ugh.

 

[ian]

Man, Andre sure rolled us all over on that one! 79279 I believe.

I was sitting back thinking I had it. I didn't think about all the cards TWolf must have had!! Inexperience on my part. Should have been hitting him when he only had a those 10 in Siam.

 

[andre the giant]

Okay Andre, since you just took us all out, what games do you have going for HBT with space in them?

Sorry dog. I've been paring down the number of games I'm involved in becuase I inevitably have some sort of schedule conflict on the weekends and end up missing turns.

Here's a game for you...

84093
pw: peanut
Standard game, freestyle turns, Middle Earth Map, flat rate cards, (since someone hates escalating... Unlimited fortifications

6 players needed... well... I guess 5, since I'm in there.

 

[andre the giant]

Ah, sorry for that omission- it's 83603! And still waiting for players.

I'll give it a shot. Never played this map before... I expect to get pounded....