Now the hard part

[wacicha]

Let us now Write these transgressions in A proper format that is Simple to read and understand. Let us concentrate on 4 - 6 player games. give both why it is a problem and what to do to correct it.






This is being done for a pet project I am working on. You all have played the occasional new players. I am making a list of the common mistakes that are made by new players that will be a helpful guide to them so they can enjoy this freakish game of CC risk without doing these 5 or so most common mistakes. The list of course must be able to cover multiple maps or types of games. PLEASE, ONLY CONSTRUCTIVE INFO. this is not to flame them but to help them.

#1

Attack from every territory they have until just one army is left on each.

#1- attack too much for whatever reason.......... a- too close, b- continent bonus, c- in the way, d- next to their bonus.

#2

Focus on continents and not cards in escalating.

#3

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned, but:

Attacking neutrals in a 2 player game.

or any game do not waste armies on nuetrals

#4

i think a very bad mistake is to play with the heart not the mind. too often people seek revenge and simply go suicidal or they lose their temper because you break their bonus and do something stupid.

#5

they also tend to take out a player when it costs them more armies than they will gain.

#6

#7

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#9

#10

Most new players, including me, tend to go after the territories that are bigger, or worth more bonus armies...

Attack from every territory they have until just one army is left on each.

Sometimes they don't bother to take away bonuses with only a one on the border, if you know what I mean.

waste too many of their own armies trying to keep another player from holding a continent.. , and turn in cards too early in escalating.

attacking an enemy territory with lots of armies on it just to get a bonus in an escalating game

make alliances/accept foolish alliances that dont benefit them.

they also tend to take out a player when it costs them more armies than they will gain.

Focus on continents and not cards in escalating.

[-ShadySoul-]

Most new players, including me, tend to go after the territories that are bigger, or worth more bonus armies...

[frood]

Attack from every territory they have until just one army is left on each.

[Scott-Land]

#1- attack too much for whatever reason.......... a- too close, b- continent bonus, c- in the way, d- next to their bonus.

[Gilligan]

Sometimes they don't bother to take away bonuses with only a one on the border, if you know what I mean.

[hwhrhett]

waste too many of their own armies trying to keep another player from holding a continent.. , and turn in cards too early in escalating.

[Mentos-]

attacking an enemy territory with lots of armies on it just to get a bonus in an escalating game

[hwhrhett]

make alliances/accept foolish alliances that dont benefit them.

[hwhrhett]

they also tend to take out a player when it costs them more armies than they will gain.

[sully800]

Focus on continents and not cards in escalating.

[wacicha]

attacking an enemy territory with lots of armies on it just to get a bonus in an escalating game

Mentos did you mean to get a card in escalating

[hwhrhett]

attacking an enemy territory with lots of armies on it just to get a bonus in an escalating game

Mentos did you mean to get a card in escalating

i think he means like if there were 10 armies in indonesia, someone would try to kill them to gain australia.

[Scott-Land]

it looks like he's talking about an actual bonus Wac. For instance you can have 15 in Venez to defend against a bonus continent. Guy cashes and takes the 12 for a 2 bonus. Hanging a player and no realistic chance of recouping the armies. Taking him 8 rounds to get it back. Let's not be too hasty and say that it is a bad play. Depending on the size of the map.......... it could be a good strategy.

[wacicha]

I agree that is why I asked

[richardgarr]

get bottled up in one area in an escalating game, not staying spread out enough.

Go for a kill, when they have no chance of gaining a mid turn cash

Listen to threatening propaganda

miss deploy when mid turn cashing

attacking a large army just because it is beside them

taking and retaking the same country, meanwhile everyone else is building

attacking the same player over and over again

attacking the weakest player in a game , making them an easy target

killing off a guy behind your lines b4 you can gauruntee his elimination..

attacking anything above a 5 , while in build up stage

There are many more common mistakes, but these are the ones that pop to the top of my head right now..
Hope it helps

[graeme89]

When a player dominates early dont attack other weaker players like rats in a trap

[Scott-Land]

xxxx

[richardgarr]

[graeme89]

no comprende ?

[graeme89]

I wasn't flaming

[BaldAdonis]

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned, but:

Attacking neutrals in a 2 player game.

[graeme89]

Many times i have seen new players attack the wrong opponent resulting in defeat, I was giving constructive advice

[Turkmenbashi]

Doing massive breakouts too soon. One or two players are out, everyone left has a continent or two, and all of a sudden the new guy cashes his cards, drops everything on one of his border territories, and proceeds to rampage halfway across the map, cripple other players, and come very close to owning three or four continents... and then wonders why everyone drops whatever they're doing and gangs up on him.

God knows I do it way too often, and every time I'd have been better off just sitting back, building up my numbers, and waiting for someone else to disrupt the game's balance first.

[mibi]

make a truce with the most powerful player, there by giving them the game.

[graeme89]

Doing massive breakouts too soon. One or two players are out, everyone left has a continent or two, and all of a sudden the new guy cashes his cards, drops everything on one of his border territories, and proceeds to rampage halfway across the map, cripple other players, and come very close to owning three or four continents... and then wonders why everyone drops whatever they're doing and gangs up on him.

God knows I do it way too often, and every time I'd have been better off just sitting back, building up my numbers, and waiting for someone else to disrupt the game's balance first.

Yes Ive been guilty of all of the above and more. But I've survived, impatience is the biggest sin.