by Larry Mal on Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:23 pm
I can't imagine this will work out well for anybody, this map, but if Tom wants to see a Risk style version of the Vietnam war, the Lux company has one with their American History Lux package. It's a very hard map, a lot of fun, and will be fun to play if nothing else... and it, uh, shows some of the rough borders of the conflict- a demo of the game can be downloaded from Version Tracker and is good for 30 plays or something like that.
To me there are some big problems with history style Risk maps, and chief among them is the fact that Conquer Club really needs a random drop, which is uh... not the position most wars are started from. Simply put, Risk is too simple of a game to accommodate much history in it. That is more for Axis and Allies style things that specialize in one war or one battle in a war or the like. And are noticeably more complex, what with having different weapons and ways of making money for resources.
But then again the Lux thing works out well... what do I know... Lux is pretty cool anyway for anyone who hasn't already been aware of it.