I don't know if I like this idea. With 8 people on the board it would be way to crowded and would probably take a lot to program.
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Yeah, things would swing so wildly between teams turns that i don't think it would be terribly fun or strategic... then again I'm not that big of team games in any capacity. Maybe if you rotated turns so teams didn't go all at once? Still, people complain about waiting around on a 6 person game, why make the move into 8 without some compelling reason.
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I think it could definetly work and be a lot of fun, it would just require one of the larger maps such as London Postcode, Freakshow's gimongous map, or THE world map. It wouldn't work out any of the maps we have now.
I get frustrated enough playing with one deadbeat let alone having to deal with three.
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Derwiddle wrote:Ditto that, it could get a bit hectic. Not to mention there have never been 8 players in a real riskboard anyway. It's always been 6.
The classic board just has 6 continents. But there are at least a couple maps here that have 8 continents--Crossword & Montreal I can think of offhand. It could be interesting, at least if they stagger the turns. 4 teammates going in a row could make for a devestating attack.
yes it could possibly work but we would need a bigger more open map 4 this to really work , the only problem i can see is that it would get EXTREAMLY annoying if someone went into to a "4 on 4" game just to waste time
well this was made back when all the members of one team would go and then all the members of the other team would go instead of alternating turns between teams. So back then the 4 v 4 would have given a definite advantage to the first team but now I don't see a problem with the option.