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Favorite Territory
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:20 amby sharrakor
When you're playing a game of Risk (on any map), is there any single territory that you really hope to have or gain?
Is there a territory that is just really valuable to have for whatever reason?
What makes it so valuable?
I'm just wondering, as almost every territory is unique in its borders, location, etc. So there has to be one territory that's considerably "better" to have, right? Or wrong?
If you do have a favorite territory, please specify why.
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:33 pmby boberz
classic north africa when you havce it you are usually holding a continent or are about to
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:40 pmby snufkin
mexico with lots of armies in world2.1
because you can stop invaders from northamerica and asia/hawaii if you´re holding south america.
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:13 pmby Rocketry
south africa in classic.
Rocketry
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:28 pmby wcaclimbing
Siam.
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:37 pmby boberz
why south africa, i thought siam but i always find it harder to expland from there than from north africa
Posted:
Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:38 amby Grendelgod
China, in the classic map, cos it borders most of the asian countries.
Posted:
Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:52 amby Coleman
Downtown in Montreal
The Throne in Siege
Quad in CCU
Pirate Cove in Age of Merchants. Overall Favorite, Arr Matey
For obvious reasons.
Posted:
Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:30 amby Bob Janova
Pirate Cove is overpowered in my opinion ... don't really like that map at all though.
For Classic, the schoolboy answer of Siam takes a lot of beating – you're blocking Asia and holding Australia with it. North Africa is a good one too, it gives you a good sight at South America, obviously Africa, and Europe.
Posted:
Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:00 pmby Coleman
Bob Janova wrote:Pirate Cove is overpowered in my opinion ... don't really like that map at all though.
Well it always starts neutral and if you are playing adjacent or chained forts you are going to have some troop backlog after taking it most likely. The trade connections are really much more powerful then the pirate cove, it's better not to get it until you have something else solid going for you.
Anyway, overpowered = important.
Which reminds me, Alcatraz for San Francisco.
Posted:
Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:56 amby cena-rules
Indonesia.
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:59 amby AK_iceman
Alaska.
Posted:
Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:26 pmby MeDeFe
AK_iceman wrote:Alaska.
I wonder why ;)
Posted:
Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:16 pmby riggable
cena-rules wrote:Indonesia.
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Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:37 pmby Emperor Skippy
When I start, I like to have Argentina in Classic because for some reason, I can plan accordingly from there in gaining SA, then getting Africa and North America and stopping anyone from getting those areas.
Posted:
Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:47 pmby civver
Pirate Cove (Age of Merchants)
Quad (CCU)
Ukraine (Classic)
Posted:
Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:46 pmby borox0
boberz wrote:classic north africa
Posted:
Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:36 amby kerosion
If holding Australia; Middle East and Siberia.
I can project power over a very large expanse of the board from here. The same concept applied to other sources of unit income is just as good.
Posted:
Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:02 pmby cjoe
Classic:
no cards - siam
flat rate - North Africa
Esc. Middle East
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Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:39 amby khazalid
siberia/china/ukraine/mid-east/greenland/central america/north africa for classic escalating. if youve got a few of those youre usually in good shape.
Posted:
Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:45 amby Genghis Khan CA
Eastern Australia
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Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:52 amby Coleman
cjoe wrote:Classic:
Esc. Middle East
This isn't sarcastic at all, you're a genius. That is so true.
Posted:
Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:54 amby unriggable
Any heli pad in king of the mountains.
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Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:14 pmby jako
Emperor Skippy wrote:When I start, I like to have Argentina in Classic because for some reason, I can plan accordingly from there in gaining SA, then getting Africa and North America and stopping anyone from getting those areas.
Posted:
Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:59 pmby Earnie
When I start on Classic I like to hold Siam, reason is obvious but overall my favourite is India its easy enough to defend and its good to attack into Asia or take the Middle East for an attack in to Europe or Africa
