Favorite Territory

sharrakor · Post by **sharrakor** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:20 pm

When you're playing a game of Risk (on any map), is there any single territory that you really hope to have or gain?

Is there a territory that is just really valuable to have for whatever reason?

What makes it so valuable?

I'm just wondering, as almost every territory is unique in its borders, location, etc. So there has to be one territory that's considerably "better" to have, right? Or wrong?

If you do have a favorite territory, please specify why.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:33 pm

classic north africa when you havce it you are usually holding a continent or are about to

snufkin · Post by **snufkin** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:40 pm

mexico with lots of armies in world2.1

because you can stop invaders from northamerica and asia/hawaii if you´re holding south america.

Rocketry · Post by **Rocketry** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:13 pm

south africa in classic.

Rocketry

wcaclimbing · Post by **wcaclimbing** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:28 pm

Siam.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:37 pm

why south africa, i thought siam but i always find it harder to expland from there than from north africa

Grendelgod · Post by **Grendelgod** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:38 am

China, in the classic map, cos it borders most of the asian countries.

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:52 am

Downtown in Montreal
The Throne in Siege
Quad in CCU
Pirate Cove in Age of Merchants. Overall Favorite, Arr Matey

For obvious reasons.

Bob Janova · Post by **Bob Janova** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:30 pm

Pirate Cove is overpowered in my opinion ... don't really like that map at all though.

For Classic, the schoolboy answer of Siam takes a lot of beating – you're blocking Asia and holding Australia with it. North Africa is a good one too, it gives you a good sight at South America, obviously Africa, and Europe.

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:00 pm

Bob Janova wrote:Pirate Cove is overpowered in my opinion ... don't really like that map at all though.

Well it always starts neutral and if you are playing adjacent or chained forts you are going to have some troop backlog after taking it most likely. The trade connections are really much more powerful then the pirate cove, it's better not to get it until you have something else solid going for you.

Anyway, overpowered = important.

Which reminds me, Alcatraz for San Francisco.

cena-rules · Post by **cena-rules** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:56 am

Indonesia.

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:59 am

Alaska.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:26 pm

AK_iceman wrote:Alaska.

I wonder why ;)

riggable · Post by **riggable** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:16 pm

cena-rules wrote:Indonesia.

Emperor Skippy · Post by **Emperor Skippy** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:37 pm

When I start, I like to have Argentina in Classic because for some reason, I can plan accordingly from there in gaining SA, then getting Africa and North America and stopping anyone from getting those areas.

civver · Post by **civver** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:47 pm

Pirate Cove (Age of Merchants)
Quad (CCU)
Ukraine (Classic)

borox0 · Post by **borox0** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:46 am

boberz wrote:classic north africa

kerosion · Post by **kerosion** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:36 am

If holding Australia; Middle East and Siberia.

I can project power over a very large expanse of the board from here. The same concept applied to other sources of unit income is just as good.

cjoe · Post by **cjoe** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:02 pm

Classic:
no cards - siam
flat rate - North Africa
Esc. Middle East

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:39 am

siberia/china/ukraine/mid-east/greenland/central america/north africa for classic escalating. if youve got a few of those youre usually in good shape.

Genghis Khan CA · Post by **Genghis Khan CA** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:45 am

Eastern Australia

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:52 pm

cjoe wrote:Classic:
Esc. Middle East

This isn't sarcastic at all, you're a genius. That is so true.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:54 pm

Any heli pad in king of the mountains.

jako · Post by **jako** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:14 pm

Emperor Skippy wrote:When I start, I like to have Argentina in Classic because for some reason, I can plan accordingly from there in gaining SA, then getting Africa and North America and stopping anyone from getting those areas.

Earnie · Post by **Earnie** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:59 pm

When I start on Classic I like to hold Siam, reason is obvious but overall my favourite is India its easy enough to defend and its good to attack into Asia or take the Middle East for an attack in to Europe or Africa :wink: