Risk game map help/critique
- Thread starter Pappy
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It might be good to keep the map in scale and include things like Cuba, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Also, give the territories better/more geographically suitable names. The main offenders from the classic Risk board are "Ukraine" (which is actually Eastern Europe and European Russia) and "Afghanistan" (which is nowhere near the actual Afghanistan), not to mention all the territories in the Russian Far East like "Kamchatka" (I can't recall the others off the top of my head)
Braking down the map into more regions like Britain, France and Iberia Iberian peninsular instead of "western Europe." It will help make the game a bit slower and more tactical based, instead of the blitzkrieg where you just smash through a few large territories that I've encountered. More regions means you have to deploy your pieces more carefully.
I would like some Islands in the Atlantic so you can do Island hopping campaigns into America from Europe.
- Hawaii needs to be on the map. Any new sea route from Asia to the Western USA should pass through it.
- Have a Madagascar to Australia sea route. It sounds ludicrous IRL, but it's a game changer. Bye bye to players who block Siam to amass troops on Indonesia/Australia/New Guinea.
- Have a Madagascar to Australia sea route. It sounds ludicrous IRL, but it's a game changer. Bye bye to players who block Siam to amass troops on Indonesia/Australia/New Guinea.
You're right, except "Afghanistan" actually does include the actual Afghanistan.
I would suggest splitting Africa up more. Separate North and West Africa.
Not on the boards I've seen. It's part of India. What's labeled Afghanistan is actually the five ex-Soviet "-stans."
Base it more off of real states/provinces/territories and nations rather than ill thought out regions.
There are LOADS online (though not very easy to search for), try looking for some online RISK game sims for some that should be balanced.
Here are just a few:
I remember the online game RISK II offered new islands:
Here's one I like, if you want a nice detailed game:
Here are just a few:
I remember the online game RISK II offered new islands:
Here's one I like, if you want a nice detailed game:
Oh, wow, I like the Antarctica dynamic in those last few maps! It really opens up the southern parts of the board to interesting plays.
I would say split Asia up into: East Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, and Middle East.