Risk at Church

I was surprised this Sunday when I was sitting around after church and Vincent brought Risk over. It's been a while since I last played so I had to look at the rules a bit.

The first game, I played against Vincent and Spencer. The only way we play is with Secret Missions, otherwise, it just takes way too long to play.

On the first turn, I took both Australia and South America. My secret mission was South America and Asia and with this early conquest and boost in resources, it wouldn't be long before I took all of Asia.

Both Vincent and Spencer thinned themselves out by attacking each other, letting me sweep through Asia and winning in the next two turns.

In the mean time, some other guys came by and wanted in the next game. This time, my mission was to destroy green. It was difficult, because I wasn't anywhere near green. Instead, I took and held Europe on turn 1. With the extra 5 armies, I was poised to take over North America. In the mean time, the other guys had thinned green down to only about 3 territories, 2 of which were in North America with only 1 army each.

Dan surprised me and traded in his risk cards for a 4 army boost and invaded Europe. Luckily, I had a set ready and traded mine in for 6 armies. North America was difficult, just barely wiping out green's 2 positions. His last position was in Japan. I put the rest of my armies in Alaska, crossed over, and surprised both Spencer and Matt as I took Japan easily for the win on turn 4.

We're going to be playing again next Sunday, so come out.