Adjacent Attacks

[Ditocoaf]

Yeah... it's no longer about when you cash, but it's completely about your position... being in a place with a lot of room to expand, yet dependable, is essential. This was really fun!

[Gunner1980]

What I'd like to see is a speed game with that setting...

[n00blet]

Still two spots left in Game 3613149

[switchblade]

Adjacent Attacks would be awesome, but then what about Unlimited Attacks? Plus, in the end, it would take away from the Risk Experience.

I would suggest maybe MAP with Adjacent Attacks instead.

[Ditocoaf]

Adjacent Attacks would be awesome, but then what about Unlimited Attacks? Plus, in the end, it would take away from the Risk Experience.

I would suggest maybe MAP with Adjacent Attacks instead.

We're suggesting this as an option you can choose to use or not, like whether to use unlimited or adjacent reinforcements. So you could make Adjacent Attacks games, or you could make normal attack games.

[n00blet]

At the time this was originally suggested, from May to June 2008, there was a lot less support for the idea due to an unclear statement of the idea, joking poll terms, and various misconceptions with respect to it. So, at Ditocoaf's suggestion, I have reset the poll with 3 very clear choices. If you have already voted, please vote again so I can more easily tally interest/disinterest.

Immediately before being reset the poll read as follows:


What do you think about Adjacent Attacks?

You may select 1 option

Great Idea! Give it to me now!----------------------------------------- 17 votes----------17%

I think this would be kind of fun....I might try it.----------------- 30 votes----------31%

It doesn't matter to me either way.----------------------------------- 7 votes-----------7%

I don't like the idea------------------------------------------------------ 39 votes----------41%

Other (Please specify.....)---------------------------------------------- 2 votes-----------2%

Total votes : 95

[Evan Thomas]

wow i remember this sug's first days... only 20 or so replies

[noretreat]

something better than that , being able to swap cards woops spoils with your team8s eh

[sully800]

I'm sure there are new xml treats that I don't know about, but I'm pretty sure it would not be possible to create and adjacent attacks map. When you conquer a territory you inherit that territory's attack routes, so you can continue attacking across the board. I suppose this COULD be installed as an XML feature instead of a game option, but I think it makes much more sense as a game option. It would be fun on all maps, and the gameplay is very different from normal. It's at least as different as FOW, even though that may seem impossible at first.

A speed adjacent attacks game would be great....but I don't know if a test game would work well. There have already been 3 incidents of people accidentally breaking the rules, twice to break someone's continent. In a speed game, such "mistakes" would be even more unfair and more likely to happen. So I think I will sit out any speed AA unless it is actually a game option so people cannot break the rules.

[yeti_c]

I'm sure there are new xml treats that I don't know about, but I'm pretty sure it would not be possible to create and adjacent attacks map. When you conquer a territory you inherit that territory's attack routes, so you can continue attacking across the board. I suppose this COULD be installed as an XML feature instead of a game option, but I think it makes much more sense as a game option. It would be fun on all maps, and the gameplay is very different from normal. It's at least as different as FOW, even though that may seem impossible at first.

Correct - can't be done in current XML.

A speed adjacent attacks game would be great....but I don't know if a test game would work well. There have already been 3 incidents of people accidentally breaking the rules, twice to break someone's continent. In a speed game, such "mistakes" would be even more unfair and more likely to happen. So I think I will sit out any speed AA unless it is actually a game option so people cannot break the rules.

Yeah - I guess it's tricky to remember which game is which - if we had the ability to put Custom tags on each game - then that would be cool - and would display where the tourney tag does.

C.

[Thezzaruz]

I would like to see a high ranking adjacent attack game just to make sure it doesn't turn into a protective stale mate.

Don't they already do that more often than not???

[Geger]

I like the idea. With fog it will be a perfect combination : you can capture a region only, if you see it at the beginning of your turn !!

[OliverFA]

I like the idea. With fog it will be a perfect combination : you can capture a region only, if you see it at the beginning of your turn !!

That is an alternative definition, and fits the suggestion!

[sully800]

I would like to see a high ranking adjacent attack game just to make sure it doesn't turn into a protective stale mate.

Don't they already do that more often than not???

High ranking games currently involve a lot of protection. Such protection is not needed in AA and would cause a stale mate. I would like to see a few high ranking AA games to make sure the tactics don't play out like normal to create an unbreakable build situation.

[yeti_c]

I like the idea. With fog it will be a perfect combination : you can capture a region only, if you see it at the beginning of your turn !!

That is an alternative definition, and fits the suggestion!

I hadn't thought about Fog - sadly it's a lot harder to "test" with - because it would be possible to cheat a lot easier!!

C.