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Every 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 pla
by Dumblydorr 5y ago
Every 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.
- kochikame 5y agoSounds like you’re playing with sloppy players
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- 1123581321 5y agoAU 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.
- prpl 5y agoThis is why it’s great to focus on Siam if you play with that one person who always focuses on AU.
- Aeolun 5y agoWhile everyone else is fighting over Australia, I generally managed to get a win by completely ignoring it (and uh, making use of the people that were so irrationally focused on it).