World Domination . . .
Ok, second straight night of Risk at Ryan's place. Just yesterday, i talked to PJ, and we lamented that neither of our new group of friends was into Risk. Well, i bought Risk yesterday, took it to Ryan's, and Cole, Chris, Ryan and myself played two rounds of mission Risk. Chris won the first, i won the second. Turns out, everyone loved the game because today, when we were talking about what to do, Cole suggested Risk and everyone went along. i was excited.
So, i took the board to Ryan's and we set it up. The first round was a bit strange, since eugene was added to the mix. In classic Eugene style, he played mostly to enjoy himself, rather than win or do well. That's what he's about, though. so, good for him.
The first game went to Cole, even though i controlled 3 continents, comprising the entire southern hemisphere.
The second game was much more hard-fought. Eugene managed (somehow) to take Europe and hold it for most of the game. Unfortunately, one of his missions was to control Asia, and pretty much everyone else was fighting it out in the East. I had a dismal showing, and was eliminated. Chris, too, was eliminated after evacuating his stronghold in Australia to Cole, cutting across Asia, jumping over to Alaska and then heading South to Argentina. He didn't protect his rear, however, and he was quickly put to rout. Finally, the stage was set: Ryan was one simple condition (eliminate 12 enemy units) away from victory. Cole was one impossible condition (control at least 22 of the 42 territories) away from victory. Eugene held Europe, but had little chance of accomplishing any of his goals, least of all controling Asia at the end of his turn. (Eugene seemed to be playing without a strategy. I think he was doing whatever seemed fun, then seeing if he had done anything that matched the conditions on his cards. He also refused to break treaties.) After an ill-fated yet heroic effort to neutralize Ryan's forces, the game came down to a few dice rolls to see if Ryan would be able to destroy enough opposing forces in order to win. In the end, Ryan succeeded. Now, everyone (except Eugene) has won once.
Who needs girls, anyway?
So, i took the board to Ryan's and we set it up. The first round was a bit strange, since eugene was added to the mix. In classic Eugene style, he played mostly to enjoy himself, rather than win or do well. That's what he's about, though. so, good for him.
The first game went to Cole, even though i controlled 3 continents, comprising the entire southern hemisphere.
The second game was much more hard-fought. Eugene managed (somehow) to take Europe and hold it for most of the game. Unfortunately, one of his missions was to control Asia, and pretty much everyone else was fighting it out in the East. I had a dismal showing, and was eliminated. Chris, too, was eliminated after evacuating his stronghold in Australia to Cole, cutting across Asia, jumping over to Alaska and then heading South to Argentina. He didn't protect his rear, however, and he was quickly put to rout. Finally, the stage was set: Ryan was one simple condition (eliminate 12 enemy units) away from victory. Cole was one impossible condition (control at least 22 of the 42 territories) away from victory. Eugene held Europe, but had little chance of accomplishing any of his goals, least of all controling Asia at the end of his turn. (Eugene seemed to be playing without a strategy. I think he was doing whatever seemed fun, then seeing if he had done anything that matched the conditions on his cards. He also refused to break treaties.) After an ill-fated yet heroic effort to neutralize Ryan's forces, the game came down to a few dice rolls to see if Ryan would be able to destroy enough opposing forces in order to win. In the end, Ryan succeeded. Now, everyone (except Eugene) has won once.
Who needs girls, anyway?
