Think it's my favorite board game. I'm about to have knee surgery so I'm scheduling some tournaments.

Anybody else play?

On my phone. Haven't played on a board forever.

My wife's side of the family likes to play. We've had some marathon games in the past. Always a good time.

It's an epic game!

We really enjoy playing it, and it's probably my 13 y.o. son's favorite. My 9 y.o. daughter enjoys it too, and is quite a good strategist.
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Ah, the game that never ends. In my younger days the board could stay up for weeks at a time!

Used to play it pretty near every midwatch.

Had an Early Warning System in place in case the Duty Officer decided to tour the Ops spaces on a mid. DoD guard on the front door would buzz us.

I was the Electronics Maintenance watchstander, so everybody knew if they needed me, call Ops...

I love to play whenever I visit my best friend, though he's a far superior strategist than I. We've modified the rules with a set we've named "Global Thermonuclear Warfare."

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I love to play whenever I visit my best friend, though he's a far superior strategist than I. We've modified the rules with a set we've named "Global Thermonuclear Warfare."

Interesting. We modify the rules sometimes. We are going to try where at the end of the turn, you can only move one territory with any given piece. We how it plays logistically. Also when you get to add to your armies, they must start in a capitol of any continent that you occupy.

I used to played with a group of analysts from a couple of three letter fed.gov bodies.

I learned a very cut throat way to play because they always knocked me out in about 30 minutes.

The worst game I played with them was Scrabble. They knew every way to maximize points. It was impressive to watch.

it;s a great game. When I was way younger we used to play all the time. During marathon sessions we would have my friends mom secure the board by locking up in a room LOL. I have to find someone who wants to play it again with me after I brush up on the rules.

Totally addicted!
I have the app on my phone play against the computer 5 player, you are one of them!
Lux Touch is the app

Australia is the key! Used to play Risk with semi modified rules often with roommates in college. My oldest son is only six but I'm patiently waiting a few more years until he's ready for world domination. Then it'll be father son time with games of Risk, Stratego and Axis and Allies.

On another note, I got my old Risk board from my parent's house last year, thought about selling it because I couldn't believe how much the classic versions were going for on eBay. I decided to hang on to it.

A friend and myself were fanatics back in the day. We knew each others strategies so well we knew who was going to most likely win when the cards were dealt.

We used to speed up the game. Anyone who rolled three doubles in a row would pick a card. Whatever country came up it would get nuked and no one could occupy it plus troops that were in it were all gone.

Three doubles were rolled more than you think.

yup, every year my friends and I get together and it usually comes out at night. You don't need australia to win.

I really enjoy the lord of the rings version. I also enjoyed westeros on the "Border Siege" app.

Love the game.

Our mod was, when getting extra armies for a given area, they had to go in there. That is, if you get armies for North America, South America, and Australia, you could not put all the armies into Oz - they have to be be split up according to where they are earned.

Axis and Allies is my game, but I’ve been known to play some Risk.

I have this one and play it with the wife:

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Originally posted by thezoltar:
Ah, the game that never ends. In my younger days the board could stay up for weeks at a time!

^^^^^^^
This. Great game.

I loved the game in High School and college. My idiot brother "borrowed" my original game; the one with painted wood cubes for armies, then lost it somewhere. I have never tried the themed versions and never really liked the "new" game with the plastic pieces.
The wood cubes could be stacked up into great walls.