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A RISK thread. Risky buisness perhaps?

#1

phil

phil

We can change the title later if this thread survives.

Ok, so I figured we could talk about RISK and maybe get some games going or something on Warfish, if anyone here has heard of it.

Otherwise I may just use this as a rant thread for talking about games that go on forever on where I get screwed over. Perhaps other can too!

So here's the game I'm playing right now.



The map is the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and it's both huge and confusing because each suburb is a different continent and not all of them are connected.

I'm dark blue, and currently get 9 armies per turn due to having 3 territories that give me a +1 bonus. It's red's turn, and he has 4 cards, which at this point if he can turn them in are worth I think 36 armies. after him is grey/blue who has 5 cards so he HAS TO turn in cards to get either 36 or 38.

It looks like this could be the end for me, if both of them decide to attack. I'll still probably live through the round though, just because even if they both go after me I doubt they'll get my whole main force plus my one satellite country out there. Rebuilding would be more or less impossible though, so who knows how long I have.

I might still have a shot though, if I get lucky defense rolls or if the two of them don't just gang up on me. Even then though, me and Red will just go back and fourth like we have trying to take over my territory.

8 players and no teams. This game has gone on for weeks. UGH.


#2

Rob King

Rob King

I love Risk. And it never occurred to me to play it on a city scale.

I will have to investigate this for my annual Risk! night.


#3

ElJuski

ElJuski

We had a fun RISK-willed weekend here. I lost every time :(


#4

phil

phil

Warfish has a lot of custom made maps. I've played one that was just Italy and the surrounding area, so lots of the islands in unexpected ways.

This one is NYC, and what's interesting about it is that the three airports all connect to one another, but defend on a 7 sided dice.




There's even a zombie map that has 4 human players that all start out with a small number of armies in few territories and one zombie player that starts off with almost everything else. They take away the Xcounties/3 bonus so you only get more troops by holding ares like the diner, the cemetery, the shed etc. You get defense bonus if being attacked through a window and so on.


If you'd like, I could invite you into warfish ( I think, they have kinda weird rules it seems) but because I'm not a paying member, I don't have access to the specialty maps, which you have to buy for like 2 bucks each. Maybe we can get a halforums game going.


#5



Soliloquy

The real question:
Does warfish have a map based on XKCD's map of online communities?. If no, then why not?


#6



Alucard

where can I find to download this? Looks like fun.
Can you do a whole of the state your in as well or of the world?
I need a fun relaxing game to play on


#7

phil

phil

Nothing to download, it's all online. The way it works is that you get invited via e-mail and then get additional e-mails when it's your turn or when you've been eliminated or if you're on a team, when your team has won.

As far as maps go, the players make the maps and sell them for between one and two dollars each. There's one for Gotham City, the human brain, middle earth, the mansion from resident evil, the state of texas, the roman empire and so on. It just depends on what people have taken the time to make.

I still have a dollar in my paypal account. I could buy a cheap map and invite some people into play I think.


#8

Shannow

Shannow

I would play this.


#9



BoringMetaphor

warlight.net is completely free and just as awesome.

I have no help for you on the game, sorry!


#10

phil

phil

hmm, warlight seems kinda cool. I kind of like some of the extra features, but it looks like you can't take over a territory and then instantly attack from that place? That would make games much longer.

It's up to y'all I guess though. I found 3 maps on warfish I'd be willing to get, each with their own set of rules, if people are interested in playing a game.


#11



BoringMetaphor

You can enable multi-attack in multiplayer, if you were just playing single player

Id be up for a game of risk !


#12

phil

phil

Cool, let's see who wants in and we can select a site and a map to use.


#13



Alucard

I'm game


#14

phil

phil

Ok, so it looks like we have maybe 6 people who have shown some interest (not 100% about Juski, so it might only be 5). I think based on that there are a few maps we can use, depending on what kind of game we want to play.

First candidate is ROSKO. Classic RISK but with a few minor twists. Good for 4-6 people if that's what we turn out with. cards are 4,6,8,10 and 1 fortification.

DescriptionROSKO! is inspired by the vintage Risk board that I grew up playing with dear old Dad.
A few notable changes to the board: The old continent of Asia has been broken up into three subcontinents: Russia (+3) Greater Middle East (+1) and Southeast Asia (+3). It is my hope that this will enable more interesting and imaginative play.
There are also a few minor boundary changes that affect East Africa and New Guinea that you may or may not notice.
Good luck and good dice.
Or we could do New York City. I've played this map and it's pretty fun. It's a kinda big map with lots of areas that give bonuses. The airports are a fun addition, but don't always come into play all that often because of their placement. I think it should be good with 6 players. Cards are 5,6,7,8,9,10 and 1 fortification.



DescriptionIt's the battle for New York! Fight through the boroughs of New York City and eastern New Jersey in your quest for domination of Liberty City.
The airports can attack other airports but defend with 7 sided dice.
The continent bonuses are color coded. In addition, owning an entire borough (identified by the color coded mini-map) gives an additional bonus of 5. Players will need to modify their strategy and scramble to prevent others from obtaining big bonus reinforcements.
The cards are New York crime family bosses, and the wild card is the infamous John Gotti.
If you'd like to change the rules or make a mod of this board, become a plus member.
Check out my profile for a list of my other boards. Feel free to leave me a comment or, if you are feeling really generous, donate to the FadeToOne board making fund.
The state of Texas. This map is HUGE. It's going to come down to turning in cards for 50 troops and completely eliminating someone on one turn to take their cards and get another 50+ troops the next turn. Minimum army bonus is 4, you divide your contries by 5 to figure out your army bonus, and you get 5 fortification moves.



DescriptionPossibly the most epic battle in the current history of Warfish. 254 countries and over 600 borders. If you like massive maps that will take forever, this is the map for you.
The bonuses for each region are defined in the minimap.
If you'd like to change the rules, or make a mod of this board, become a plus member.
Check out my profile for a list of my other boards. Feel free to leave me a comment or, if you are feeling really generous, donate to the FadeToOne board making fund.
Viking risk. I've heard it's a quick and fun map. The seaways add a fun element because of how they attack and defend. I think if we don't have a lot of players this would be a good one to use. Card turn in is 4,6,8,10.... only 1 fortification move.



DescriptionVÍKINGR attempts to recreate the numerous raids and invasions of the British Isles during the Viking Age (793-1066 AD). The VÍKINGR map is based on a combination of historical maps from different times within this period. Some alterations have been made to facilitate better overall flow and gameplay.
The most notable feature of the map is the network of sea lanes throughout the North Sea. During this era, Viking raiders swept through these sea lanes en route to surprise attacks along the coasts of the British Isles. To celebrate the spirit of these punishing raids, all sea lane territories on the VÍKINGR board defend at -2 and attack (against all coastal territories) at +1. As a result of these modifiers, sea lanes are best used for sweeping attack maneuvers to other coasts.
Also note that sea lane territories do not count toward troop bonuses for any continent.
Good luck and good dice.
Reverse Earth. Take a map of earth, but swap out the land and oceans for one another. What was 75% water is now 75% land. Card turn in is 4,6,8,10..... and you get a 5 army bonus for player elimination and 5 fortifications.

Earth Reversed
Imagine if the land were ocean and the ocean were land. As if in some parallel dimension everything was geographically backwards. This is what it might look like.
I used names from undersea ridges, basins, etc and other bodies of water for country and continent names. Some of them are pretty strange. Most of the city names are made up though.
The cities start with an appropriate number of neutral units to balance out the bonuses.
*v1.1 update
I changed the neautral units on cities to be a little easier to get. I noticed every time we played it no one even tried the cities until near the end of the game. I also made North Atlantic worth +7 instead of +6 since it's proven to be a little harder to defend.
*v1.2 update
I fixed a broken border and removed the country names from the display.
*v1.3 update I fixed the graphic to denote the city names to correspond with the legend so you know what city is worth what.


#15

Rob King

Rob King

Oh. Did you interpret my response as me wanting in? That's not how I meant it, but I am definitely game if there's still room.


#16

phil

phil

Oh. Did you interpret my response as me wanting in? That's not how I meant it, but I am definitely game if there's still room.

I did, and there is!

which map sounds interesting to you?


#17

Rob King

Rob King

New York and Texas both sound promising, I will admit. But I won't be entirely broken up if we just use a standard map.


#18



BoringMetaphor

I vote for normal map or New york
texas sounds too big for a first time


#19

Rob King

Rob King

sounds too big for a first time
I get that all the time :smug:


#20



redapples

Those who like that may also enjoy http://www.conquerclub.com/


#21

phil

phil

The game I was in ended. I lost, but at least the guy who fucked me up the most didn't win, so I guess I'm happy.

http://warfish.net/gm/31672423/phil20081117005947



I purchased the new york board, so I'll be pming people for e-mail addresses so I can invite you into the new game!


#22

phil

phil

e-mails have been sent out, so check your inbox and maybe spam folder for the invite.

also, last call for anyone who wants to play. we have 5 right now, so only like one or two more could really get up in here. PM me your e-mail address or post it here if you want in.


#23



Soliloquy

Is Shannow going to join? Like, ever?


#24

Rob King

Rob King

Is Shannow going to join? Like, ever?
He must have watched WarGames recently ... :ninja:

---------- Post added at 04:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:49 PM ----------

A thought, though, is that once this gets started, we could update this thread with progress reports/screenshots, unless screens will reveal too much to other players ...

Or, maybe nobody will care about how our game goes. But I did always love reading the Dwarf Fortress game thread ...


#25



Soliloquy

A thought, though, is that once this gets started, we could update this thread with progress reports/screenshots, unless screens will reveal too much to other players ...

Or, maybe nobody will care about how our game goes. But I did always love reading the Dwarf Fortress game thread ...
Ooh, and we could write the updates in the style of WWII-era propaganda films!


#26



BoringMetaphor

NEWSFLASH

Hiter's armies race across Europe! Are you prepared to fight?

Mr. Roosevelt asks the nation to stand up to the Nazi menace. Well Mr. Roosevelt, we'll stand up to Hitler when you stand up for the American people.


#27

Rob King

Rob King

Am I the only one envisioning this game as a Battle of Stalingrad-esque ordeal? I get the impression that it's supposed to be a mob war, but I'm envisioning it as street-to-street fighting in a New York under Siege.


#28



BoringMetaphor

I think I just screwed up my first turn cause I didnt understsand how to play
whoooo


#29

phil

phil

All shall fall under the bootheels of my troops!


If blackcat would ever fuckin' go.


#30

phil

phil

OK!

So it's been a week and blackcat has yet to go. If you're in the game, click on "waiting for players"--->cldwinter----> vote to boot.

then maybe Soliloquy can take his first turn.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!


#31

Rob King

Rob King

wheeee


#32



Soliloquy

Yeah, I can't wait to actually play this game.


#33

phil

phil

ITS ALL UP TO YOU BORING METAPHOR!

DON'T BE BORING!

BE ACTIVE!


#34



BoringMetaphor

whooa shit
sorry, didnt get an email about this

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ----------

wait its not my turn :(


#35



Soliloquy

no, see, you're supposed to vote to boot CldWinter, so we can actually get around to playing.


#36



BoringMetaphor

good point
done and done!


#37

phil

phil

WE ARE A GO! woooooo!

Our first complete round only took us a week and a half!


#38



Soliloquy

Is there a way someone can get an image of the current board up on this forum? 'cause I think things are going to go down soon, and I don't have any image editing software right now.


#39

Shawn

Shawn

A friend of mine strangled me over a game of risk.
Be careful who you let play.


#40

Rob King

Rob King

The map as of right now:



The principality of the Bronx is fearful of invasion. To mitigate possible slaughter, a raid was staged on New Jersey, in order to deprive the state of valuable material. However, some fear that this very raid might provide Causius Beli for the people of New Jersey to invade ...


#41

Rob King

Rob King

I'm terrible for this game. I hate conflict, even in it's simulated form. And I'm very wary of what happens around me.

At first, I was afraid of Phil because it appeared that we were both attempting to sweep the Bronx.
Then, I was afraid of Soliloquy, because all of New Jersey became Yellow in like one turn.
And now, the more I think about it, I'm afraid of Boring Metaphor, precisely because I wasn't afraid of him before. There's this nagging feeling that he's simply a more subtle enemy, and the only reason I have not feared him yet is because we have not yet clashed to date.

Yes. My disposition does not lend itself well to Risk.


#42



Soliloquy

How about a truce, Rob? I leave you alone to focus on the threats from Phil and BoringMetaphor, keeping the Bronx intact, and you let me take New Jersey, so I can focus on my problems down south.


#43



BoringMetaphor

No need to fear me, Im not used to playing this style of risk, I can feel myself imploding soon.

---------- Post added at 05:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:07 PM ----------

If it would please the masses, I would suggest playing some rounds on Warlight and comparing the two.


#44

phil

phil

Problems down south eh, soliloquy? You know, they make a cream for that.

That's right, you got a hemorrhoids problem, and it's name is Phil!


....wait that came out wrong.


Ok, what I'm trying to say is that I came after you through your back door and really caused a wreck in your southern parts.

...FUCK

OK, what I mean to say is there was a hole in your southern region that I penetrated and you may want to get it checked out ASAP or something.


#45

Rob King

Rob King

god dangit, if you guys play again I really want to play...

can we play in Stalingrad?
I would most definitely be in.


#46

Rob King

Rob King

How about a truce, Rob? I leave you alone to focus on the threats from Phil and BoringMetaphor, keeping the Bronx intact, and you let me take New Jersey, so I can focus on my problems down south.
I feel like it's only fair that I admit to you before you take your turn that circumstances have changed slightly, and I won't be pursuing this truce. The people in the Kingdom of the Bronx now call for blood.


#47



Soliloquy

How about a truce, Rob? I leave you alone to focus on the threats from Phil and BoringMetaphor, keeping the Bronx intact, and you let me take New Jersey, so I can focus on my problems down south.
I feel like it's only fair that I admit to you before you take your turn that circumstances have changed slightly, and I won't be pursuing this truce. The people in the Kingdom of the Bronx now call for blood.[/QUOTE]

A bold decision, and a foolish one. Allies are rare in these parts, and you have no shortage of enemies. I'll give you your next turn to reconsider.


#48

Shannow

Shannow

Sorry guys, the email was buried in my inbox, and I forgot about this thread :/


#49



Soliloquy

This just in:

The nation of the Bronx, led by Rob King, has thrown our generous offer of peace back in our face by once again invading our fair New Jersey soil at the region of Englewood Cliffs.

Outnumbered almost three to one, our boys fought heroically, holding the line and destroying Rob King's forces.

With the Bronxian army in shambles, let's show him why peace with the New Jersey Nation is always a good idea.


#50

Rob King

Rob King

This just in:

The nation of the Bronx, led by Rob King, has thrown our generous offer of peace back in our face by once again invading our fair New Jersey soil at the region of Englewood Cliffs.

Outnumbered almost three to one, our boys fought heroically, holding the line and destroying Rob King's forces.

With the Bronxian army in shambles, let's show him why peace with the New Jersey Nation is always a good idea.
Yeah. My boss gave me a strange look when I made those attacks. She was standing six feet away when I yelled "What the hell is this Voodo shit?!"


#51



Soliloquy

Voodoo shit is a perfectly legitimate way to defend a nation.


#52

Rob King

Rob King

Hey, if it works I'm certainly not judging. I'm considering a prayer or two to Odin next time I make a turn.


#53

phil

phil

Sorry guys, the email was buried in my inbox, and I forgot about this thread :/


It's cool, I think juski will be down for the next game so i'll for sure send you another invite when we get that going.

Maybe we could get a 2nd game going if enough people are interested.


#54



BoringMetaphor

It is a dangerous time for a Canadian gangster in New York. Though my territory is expanding, other, meaner, crueler, gang leaders are rising to oppose me. I have now secured TWO airports, so i can safely funnel in my drugs from Toronto. It seems the others are afraid of me, they stay out of my hoods.

I have almost secured this east borough (red tinted). Do I move north against Rob/orange? Do I move west to keep Phil on his toes? Do I consolidate?

Time will tell....



#55

Rob King

Rob King

I was really hoping to let sleeping dogs lie, Metaphor. But be assured that I am prepared

*Shakes a Newfie fist defiantly*


#56



BoringMetaphor

Drug ops are going well. I have gained control of an entire eastern section of the city. My Timmy Hos are prowling the streets while I fly in snow from Canada. As a gang lord I am given the utmost respect on the streets. I am thinking of letting my gang go casual on fridays. This may seriously affect morale.

Here we are again:



The black arrows represent the offensives from last round (I think) You can see that Soliloqy is having a rough time of it, being attacked by both Phil AND Rob. O woe! Double teamed!

I myself have secured a borough which gives me a +5 bonus for income. The green arrow indicates where my next potential offensive might be. But do consider that my opponents read this blog, and I might just by lying to confuse them.

Circled in red is probably where some fighting it about to go down. Rob also might choose to attack me, despite our shared canadian heritage. Remember, he is from Newfoundland, and that means stranger, danger.


#57

Rob King

Rob King

I'm so glad that you're recapping the rounds like that. It's good stuff.


#58



BoringMetaphor



Once again, the black arrows indicate offensives. Phil has clearly knocked Soliloquy out of the races. Meanwhile, Sol and Rob are duking it out in a brutal gang war which will hurt both of them. They admit they have no chance at winning, but would rather take the other down with them.

As it stands I am consolidating my borders. In white you can see the defensive choke points I will have to secure. I am more worried about Phil coming through at the larger ones on the river, and besides Rob doesn't seem like a threat.

In red, you can see the airports. They are transferable between them, so I really have to worry about Phil jacking me through there and getting in the back end. Luckily, he has to worry about the same thing, and since I control two, he'd have to have a powerful force to come through and defend his own territory from my forces. I expect Phil to continue taking out Sol.


#59

Rob King

Rob King

That last round is a testament to how one maniac can mess shit up. I feel like I'd have had a chance at continuing in the game a little longer as long as Soliloquy continued attacking rationally. But as soon as he gave up on his continued existence and set on me like a rabid dog ... it's all over. I went from 15 reserves/turn to 3.

For the record, I was trying to deprive him of resources and gently push my borders outward, taking advantage of the fact that he's fighting at both ends. Then he gave up on Phil and blitzed me. I'm still hoping to get my feet under me yet, but it isn't looking likely.

That said, I get it. It's not what I'd have done, but it was quite a feat. And that's what makes an Risk awesome boardgame. It's one of the more open-ended ones out there.


#60



BoringMetaphor



Perimetre secured!


#61



BoringMetaphor



Super busy, here's the latest situation. No comment, pretty self evident.. Wil Rob/Phil be able to take me out!?

I have 11 at that airport, defending myself. Not sure if it will be enough.


#62

Rob King

Rob King

The glorious kingdom of the Bronx is no more. To the gallows goes your king. To the grave goes his dream.

Remember him.

**h-gurk**


#63

phil

phil

Your sacrifice has served the greater good. I shall liberate the people of New York from the boring menace! My gurilla warriors have broken his defenses down and disrupted his supply routes.

VICTORY IS WITHIN OUR GRASP!


The people of New York WILL know the peace of Phil!




alt boast: Looks like New York really is going green :smug:


#64

phil

phil

So it was about here when I decided to revise my strategy a bit.



#65



BoringMetaphor

I am. whooo


#66

phil

phil

so, whos up for another game?
I need your e-mail address. PM me with it!


#67

phil

phil

Sending out the e-mails for the next game!

Phil
Boring Metaphore
Rob King
Soliloquy
Shannow
Mr. Thehun

Still awaiting a reply from Juice if he wants in or not! YA GOT UNTIL THESE GUYS JOIN THE GAME TO LET ME KNOW!


How the last game went down

http://warfish.net/gm/22791377/phil20081117005947


#68



BoringMetaphor

I know right? Victory can't be mine if we can't get by turn 1


#69

Shannow

Shannow

Should be all good.


#70

phil

phil

Yo, defensive dice. Cut that shit out, until Mr. The hun's turn again 'cause that would make me LOL. Also, when people attack me keep up the good work.

what I'm trying to say is that you're doing your job TOO well.

I'm glad we had this little talk.


#71

Rob King

Rob King

Hey, tell me if this works for anyone else. Since it was an available feature, I figured I'd post a link to the game movie here.

The Halforums Civil War: First Battle for New York


#72

Rob King

Rob King

I also figured that the (hopeful) series of Risk! games was worth an article on the Wiki. In addition, I added a post about our first game under "First Battle of New York." Perhaps at the end of the current game, someone (probably me) will put a page up for the "Second Battle of New York."

Please, I actually beg of you to edit both articles. Particularly about the first game, I probably only remarked on things that I thought were important, and for instance, didn't even mention the conflict surrounding the three airports. If you feel like I left something out, or could have written something a bit differently, go ahead and fix it.

And if anyone is any good at formatting Wikis, it might be neat to put a table at the right like they do on Wikipedia, listing belligerents, dates, etc ...


#73

Rob King

Rob King

Hey, Shannow! Wakey, wakey!


#74

Dave

Dave

That wiki entry was great! A month to play, huh? Whoa.


#75

Rob King

Rob King

It all depends on the players. The only reason our first game went that long was because one of the players had computer trouble, and the game made us wait 7 days for us to boot him so we could continue the game.

This one is looking like it'll be long as well. One player has moved cities (IRL) during the game holding it up for a few days, and I suspect that Shannow's spam filter is discarding the "Your Turn" notifications.

All in all, it's been a blast for me, though.


#76



Soliloquy

Yeah, starting up a job in Carson City put a dent in my global domination time.


#77

Rob King

Rob King

Soliloquy ... why do you want to hurt me? :(


#78

phil

phil

Soliloquy ... why do you want to hurt me? :(

Well, after this turn of events we might want to start considering the next game. Do we want a different board? Maybe we should look around for a new one.


#79



BoringMetaphor

There was a suggestion of trying a game on Warlight.


#80



Soliloquy

Soliloquy ... why do you want to hurt me? :(
It's more out of tradition than anything.


#81

Rob King

Rob King

It's more out of tradition than anything.
You just couldn't bear to see New Jersy and I happy together, could you?! :'(

I wouldn't mind trying another map. I would consider Warlight, but does it have interesting maps? The globe gets boring after a while. And what does it mean when someone said that turns are simultaneous?

On Warfish I saw a few cool maps. Like Texas, and there were some other states as well.


#82



BoringMetaphor

warlgiht also has a better way of calculating if you win or lose when you attack than warfish, I think


#83

Rob King

Rob King

I am open to this Warlight suggestion, pending the end of the current game.


#84

phil

phil

Jeeze, I think this game might be over soon (turn wise).

I hope shannow does take his next turn or surrender. I really don't want to have to wait a week to boot him out.


#85



BoringMetaphor

I invited everyone to a warlight game.. Lets see what people think of it!


#86

Rob King

Rob King

I don't see anything on Warlight about maps. Am I missing something, or is it just an earth map?


#87



BoringMetaphor

posted in the game chat, its just under the Create Game options


#88

Rob King

Rob King

Magical. Not a huge selection, but there are some interesting ones there. I'd love to play a game on one of the state maps. Like Texas, or Washington State.


#89

Rob King

Rob King

Iceland = The New Australia?

I'm half tempted to try designing my own map, if it doesn't look too difficult ...

The coolest thing about the first game, and the ongoing warfish game is the locale, in my opinion.


#90



BoringMetaphor

Really? I've nver been in a europe game where the iceland starter wins.. Its spread between spain/russia/turkey usually for me


#91

Rob King

Rob King

Someone owes me the last five hours of my life back.

On a completely unrelated note, I really like the Texas map. Also, putting together a .gif history after the fact looks like it would be really easy.


#92



BoringMetaphor

If anyone wants to play practice 1v1 on warlight, Im basically playing it all the time. It is pretty addictive..

Nope, never even come close to beating challenge two. One guy can apparently do it in like 24 turns though. Basically I think it just comes down to number crunching, so I dont bother.


#93



Soliloquy

If anyone wants to play practice 1v1 on warlight, Im basically playing it all the time. It is pretty addictive..

Nope, never even come close to beating challenge two. One guy can apparently do it in like 24 turns though. Basically I think it just comes down to number crunching, so I dont bother.
Sure, I could go for a 1v1 practice.


#94

Rob King

Rob King

I'm afraid that by playing the computer as much as I am, I'm luring myself into some sort of confidence in my Risk playing ... even though I know that human players will not be nearly as predictable.


#95



BoringMetaphor

Yeah.. The AI to a certain point is really predictable, and I found after playing it intensely, Id get into a human game and just do stupid things, because I knew they would throw an AI off but a human player just kinda frowns at you and thinks youre a horrible player.

and whoo, 1on1.


#96

Rob King

Rob King

Well, as has been my trouble time and time again, humans just do unpredictable things. Like last game when Soliloquy decided that he was going to take me down with him when he was crumbling.

Or like when I just met someone in the Warlight test game. If they were an AI, I wouldn't be worried. There are other places for them to expand, so there is no reason for us to clash yet. But humans ... like I said ... much more difficult to predict.


#97



BoringMetaphor

Yeah its awesome fun aint it :D


#98

Rob King

Rob King

You can boot Shannow from the Warfish game now.


#99

Shannow

Shannow

yeah.


#100

phil

phil

:cry:


#101

Rob King

Rob King

[hug]There there ...[/hug]


#102

phil

phil

:pout:


#103

Rob King

Rob King

Three Cheers for King Rob King! :p


#104

Rob King

Rob King

Hmmm ... that could be fun.


#105



BoringMetaphor

I got a friend who we can play with for 6 people for a team game
maybe the europe map?


#106

Rob King

Rob King

The problem with the regional maps is that they have edges. The world map sort of wraps around, so nobody can really back themselves into a corner. The New York map mitigated that problem with the airports, but I haven't found a Warlight map that does the same thing.

That said, I'd be okay with the Europe map.


#107



BoringMetaphor

Oh that's a good point..
We could do a double world map


#108



Soliloquy

Well, we could always do the impossible-to-wrap-your-head-around dodecahedron.

Or make our own wrap-around map.


#109



BoringMetaphor

sadly those non standard maps really suck... They look kinda cool but they dont really work well in game.

I tried making a map once but got distracted with life and never completed it :(


#110

Rob King

Rob King

I was tempted to convert the New York map ... and then I considered doing a Newfoundland map. And then I thought about an Atlantic Canada map. And I was about to start on a map of St. John's, when I realized it would be really freaking difficult on a laptop.

I'm okay with playing on the Europe map. I've won a few games against the AI where I started off in the middle of the continent, and the fog of war thing will keep things fresh. Besides, the thing is too massive and beautiful not to use.


#111

Rob King

Rob King

Eastern Asia is also a great map.


#112

Rob King

Rob King

Finally added the Second Battle of New York to the Wiki. It's a bit longer than the first game's wiki entry, but it was a much longer and more complicated battle.

I also edited the Halforums Civil War page to reflect the conclusion of the second battle, as well as the beginning of our third game.

As usual, I will not be offended if you edit either article if you feel you can reflect the events more accurately. I can only tell the story from my perspective, as hard as I try otherwise, so I might have missed something that you thought was important, or totally threw too much emphasis on something that you thought was pretty minor.


#113

phil

phil

"On March 25th, 2001, the battle ended"

was that intentional?


#114

Rob King

Rob King

Thanks. I'm glad you like them, I was hoping somebody would.

---------- Post added at 10:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 PM ----------

"On March 25th, 2001, the battle ended"

was that intentional?
Oops, no it wasn't. I fixed the '2001' like, a split second before your post, but it honestly didn't even occur to me that the 'march' part was incorrect.


#115

Rob King

Rob King

Hey, Attila. Don't forget the practice game :p


#116

phil

phil

I think, really, you've just become unstuck in time and don't know what the date is. This also accounts for you going into the future and knowing what we'll do in RISK and countering it.


I'm on to you.


#117

Rob King

Rob King

:Leyla:


#118

Rob King

Rob King

D-dy'wanna hug?


#119

Rob King

Rob King

Another game ended!
I've gone and taken screenshots of every turn's outcome in the 'Game History' viewer. Would anyone be willing to clean them up and turn them into a GIF for the sake of the game page on the Hal Wiki?


#120

Rob King

Rob King

For continued discussion of the Halforums Civil War, please see this thread.


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