So. Who's for Risk?

[Khampelf]

We seemed to have some interest in playing some online Risk in this thread.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452346

So, I've created a game in each of Sijinn's linked game forums.

Grand Strategy, Game #84233 My User Name there is Zaphod23

Conquer Club, Game #1660768 same user name.

I've chosen 8 players and adjacent reinforcements, meaning each army can move one territory at the end of your turn. IIRC. No secret alliances, everything else is the default. Hope that works for everyone.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Signed up at Conquer Club. Hope I make the cut.

[GreedySmurf]

Sounds good. Signing up for both now.

[Khampelf]

Well, the Conquer Club game is well underway, I hope it's mostly Dopers, there's some names I don't recognize, but Y'all wouldn't know me as Zaphod23, either.

[Khampelf]

The Grand Strategy Game is also underway. I hope I didn't close these games out by starting my turn. The Conquer Club started without me, but in the GS game, I was first, I think.

Good Luck, everyone. If more Dopers want in, please start other games and post the forum and game number, eh?

[shijinn]

i missed the boat!

[Khampelf]

i missed the boat!


Please feel free to start another, I don't think there are any dopers in my GS game, unless it's xxoxx, who has a 1/22/08 join date.

GreedySmurf made it into my CC game, is Dexanthia a doper?

It seems you have to be a premium member to make a game private.

[Two and a Half Inches of Fun]

I am MaximumAt at the Conquer Club. I have never played Risk before and I think I really screwed up on my first turn.

[GreedySmurf]

Yep I made it into the Conquer club game.

But I couldn't get the Grand Strategy website to run properly for me, so I'll just keep myself to Conquer Club I think.

[Khampelf]

I am MaximumAt at the Conquer Club. I have never played Risk before and I think I really screwed up on my first turn.

Eeeyeah. I've seen worse. You don't have the best position to play from. I got the Western U.S. back.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Signed up at Conquer Club. Hope I make the cut.Didn't get a follow-up email. :confused: What now?

[shijinn]

Please feel free to start another, I don't think there are any dopers in my GS game, unless it's xxoxx, who has a 1/22/08 join date.

GreedySmurf made it into my CC game, is Dexanthia a doper?

It seems you have to be a premium member to make a game private. it's just not the same if everyone's not in.. Didn't get a follow-up email. :confused: What now? i don't know. have you tried password retrieval or simply registering again?

[Khampelf]

it's just not the same if everyone's not in.. i don't know. have you tried password retrieval or simply registering again?

I'd join your game, if you let me know details, Shijinn. I'm knocked out of the Conquer Club game, already.

Grand Strategy is less intuitive, but not bad, once you get used to it.

I dunno, Ostro. I got emails from Conquer Club, GS you just have to check on periodically. Check your details? Can you log back in?

Multiple accounts are frowned on, Sijinn. Just sayin'.

[shijinn]

ack, this is why we should go easy on newcomers. it didn't occur to me that that qualifies as creating a sock..


actually i've been considering ponying up on Conquer Club for some time. if we can fill a 6 player game i'll go ahead so we'll have a private game. so far we have

me
The Sonoran Lizard King

Oslo Ostragoth?
GreedySmurf?
Two and a Half Inches of Fun?

anyone else? time commitments are like a 5-10 minutes turn everyday.

[Khampelf]

[QUOTE=shijinn]

actually i've been considering ponying up on Conquer Club for some time. if we can fill a 6 player game i'll go ahead so we'll have a private game. [quote=shijinn]


That would be cool. I've got a good one going over at Grand Strategy. Only four players and I don't think any are dopers(sorry, guys). I've got most of Europe, and over half of N. America.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I can't seem to sign up at either site.

:confused:

[GreedySmurf]

ack, this is why we should go easy on newcomers. it didn't occur to me that that qualifies as creating a sock..


actually i've been considering ponying up on Conquer Club for some time. if we can fill a 6 player game i'll go ahead so we'll have a private game. so far we have

me
The Sonoran Lizard King

Oslo Ostragoth?
GreedySmurf?
Two and a Half Inches of Fun?

anyone else? time commitments are like a 5-10 minutes turn everyday.

Count me in.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

OK, finally got the account started at Grand Strategy. Off to see if I can do the same at Conquer Club....

[Oslo Ostragoth]

In at Conquer Club. "Oslo Ostragoth" at both sites.

[Madd Maxx]

I signed up at Conquer Club. Same user name as here.

[shijinn]

alright, we have five now. one more!

me
The Sonoran Lizard King
GreedySmurf
Oslo Ostragoth
Madd Maxx


while we wait for our sixth, these are my preferred settings. if there are any objections speak now before the game starts.


standard game - conquer the whole map to win
sequential turns
flat rate - because escalating is all about timing and luck imho.
adjacent fortifications - unlimited is cheap.
no fog of war

[GreedySmurf]

alright, we have five now. one more!

me
The Sonoran Lizard King
GreedySmurf
Oslo Ostragoth
Madd Maxx


while we wait for our sixth, these are my preferred settings. if there are any objections speak now before the game starts.


standard game - conquer the whole map to win
sequential turns
flat rate - because escalating is all about timing and luck imho.
adjacent fortifications - unlimited is cheap.
no fog of war


Sounds good. I have come to hate escalating cards.

If you haven't already done so Shijinn I've signed up for membership myself, so can start a private game as well.

[shijinn]

ack i already signed up /bonk. should we wait for our sixth or go ahead?

[Madd Maxx]

ack i already signed up /bonk. should we wait for our sixth or go ahead?

I'm not sure how it works as I have played exactly one turn online and I haven't set up a game before. Can we set up a private game and get it on everyone's list and wait for a sixth Doper to join? I wouldn't be adversed to playing with 5 players either. I do love me some Risk though.

[Khampelf]

Ahhh, let's go ahead and start. Five sounds good. Hail Eris.

Have you started the game, yet?



*Discordians believe all things happen in patterns of five, or are somehow connected to the number five.*

This is always true, given enough ingenuity on the part of the observer.

[anyrose]

I'm up for a game (or two)
I am "anyrose" in both games

[Khampelf]

Have you started the game, yet?



I mean, of course, have you created the game yet. It seems you may have.

BRB.

Nope, couldn't find any familiar names at either site.


Anyrose, did you mean you've created accounts at both sites, or that you've joined games on the site, and are ready to play?


I'm sure someone will be along soon with game numbers.

[anyrose]

Have you started the game, yet?



I mean, of course, have you created the game yet. It seems you may have.

BRB.

Nope, couldn't find any familiar names at either site.


Anyrose, did you mean you've created accounts at both sites, or that you've joined games on the site, and are ready to play?


I'm sure someone will be along soon with game numbers.
I've created an account, but now I will be away from my computer for the next few hours, so I will check back later

[GreedySmurf]

I've started a Private Game at Conquer Club.

Game Number: 1720031
Password is: gs

It's got space for 6 players. I kept it the classic map for the first game :)

[Khampelf]

I've started a Private Game at Conquer Club.

Game Number: 1720031
Password is: gs

It's got space for 6 players. I kept it the classic map for the first game :)


Cool beans. I'm in.

[Khampelf]

I've created an account, but now I will be away from my computer for the next few hours, so I will check back later


No hurry, these games go about a turn a day.

[anyrose]

I'm in that game, now. How does it start?

[shijinn]

i'm in.

I'm not sure how it works as I have played exactly one turn online and I haven't set up a game before. Can we set up a private game and get it on everyone's list and wait for a sixth Doper to join? I wouldn't be adversed to playing with 5 players either. I do love me some Risk though. the game automatically starts when all players are in, so you have to specify the number of players first.

[Madd Maxx]

I've started a Private Game at Conquer Club.

Game Number: 1720031
Password is: gs

It's got space for 6 players. I kept it the classic map for the first game :)

I'm in.

[anyrose]

I'm in on this 'puter, now, too (or instead)

[anyrose]

I've started a Private Game at Conquer Club.

Game Number: 1720031
Password is: gs

It's got space for 6 players. I kept it the classic map for the first game :)
I don't want to sound whiney, but could you pretty please reset the player number to 5 so we can get started?

[Kyrie Eleison]

I don't want to sound whiney, but could you pretty please reset the player number to 5 so we can get started?
No need. I've joined to bring it up to six. Fear my dice!

[anyrose]

okay, but how do we actually play?

[anyrose]

The game is afoot

[shijinn]

meh. no australia for me this game.

anyrose, you wait for you turn after Madd Maxx's. games that you can play will have the red icon beside your name light up as green. after that all commands are issued under the 'Action' area through pull down lists. it should be quite straight forward.

and nice starting position in Siege, GreedySmurf!

[anyrose]

thanks, shijinn, it did become clear once another game I entered began. cool way to play. is there such a site for Monopoly?

[Khampelf]

I just checked www.zone.com but they don't seem to have Monopoly. I used to play chess there.

Hmmm. It seems I have no choice but to start a land war in Asia. I remember hearing that's a bad Idea. Oh yeah. It was that Sicilian I killed in a duel over who was, or wasn't an idiot.

[shijinn]

i don't know either. i wonder what other games are available in this 'a turn a day' format.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I've started a Private Game at Conquer Club.

Game Number: 1720031
Password is: gs

It's got space for 6 players. I kept it the classic map for the first game :)
Here it is (http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1720031) for anyone who wants to follow along. What's the status?

[anyrose]

Here it is (http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1720031) for anyone who wants to follow along. What's the status?
It's Sonoran's turn - and still only round 1.


eta:
Last night I forked over the scratch to become a premium member; I've plaved 10 games so far and just won my first game. And I am currently involved in 17 games. But I'm not addicted. No, really, I'm not.

[anyrose]

I played a bunch of games until 4 am, then slept til 9 and played some more. I am going back to sleep now. (but I made it to Private!) ;)

[shijinn]

but it's supposed to be a turn a day! :p

Here it is (http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1720031) for anyone who wants to follow along. What's the status? Kyrie Eleison is the first to claim a continent, Australia. we're all gonna die!

[anyrose]

me first? huh huh could I? I am in a very weak position in this game. Fortunately, in another game, I seem to be holding on to Asia very tightly. Too bad I can't translate it here.

I tried some of the other boards, too. Canada plays well. World 2.1 takes too long. Doodle Earth is very silly. I also have a Space and a CCU (Conquor Club Univ.) game going on. But I learned my lesson this weekend. No more than one long game at a time. I di play a lot of Speed games, but that requires everyoe be present and accounted for since it is a five minute per turn game.

[shijinn]

i love long games! my longest so far is about one and a half months! it could have gone even longer had one of my opponents not cracked and broke equilibrium.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I created another game (despite having no idea what to do) #1742342. Jump in iffin ya want to.

[shijinn]

can't find your game..

[anyrose]

Since Kyrie and I will likely be eliminated soon, I've set up a new private game # 1765486, passowrd (all lowercase) sdmb
But Please - I know Sonoran is Zaphod, and Kyrie, Greedy, and I are who we are, but you other two players, please state here what your ConquorClub name is. :D



eta
by the way - there's room for 6 (me plus 5) so if anyone else in Dope land is interested - it's at ConquorClub.com - free to sign up.

[Madd Maxx]

Figures, it would take a doper to knock me out. I'm still good in my other two games. I just conquored N. America in another game.

[anyrose]

by the way - there's room for 6 (me plus 5) so if anyone else in Dope land is interested - it's at ConquorClub.com - free to sign up.
never mind

[shijinn]

ah my username at conquer club is 'moguai', the one in blue all over the map :p

and i can't find your game too anyrose. 'no matching games found'; just like Oslo Ostragoth's.

[anyrose]

ah my username at conquer club is 'moguai', the one in blue all over the map :p

and i can't find your game too anyrose. 'no matching games found'; just like Oslo Ostragoth's.
I took it down, lack of interest (or so I thought). I'll put a new one up right now - be back with the game number soon


eta - new game # 1768736 - password (lowercase) sdmb

[Kyrie Eleison]

Thanks, anyrose. I've signed up as fodder for the next round.

[anyrose]

Thanks, anyrose. I've signed up as fodder for the next round.
odd - I don't see your name there

[Kyrie Eleison]

odd - I don't see your name thereI hit the "drop game" link without noticing I had done so -- signed back up now. Glad you pointed it out; I might have spent the next week thinking that it was taking an awful long time for the game to start. :smack:

[anyrose]

I made it back to cadet (I was a cook for a long time)



We need more players - Hey! Dopeland! Come play Risk with Kyrie and me!

[Khampelf]

Arrrgh. I'm on a working vacation in California, didn't make it to a computer in time, and lost a turn.

Lost a turn at Grand Strategy, too. :mad:

[Oslo Ostragoth]

It seems that I'm already in 4 games, so I need to commit suicide so I can play against Dopers.

[anyrose]

You eliminated me???!?!??!!???!?!??!!!??????? How rude!


Fine. I need 3 more players in the new game, see post # 56 for information

[shijinn]

you'll have a shot at revenge next game :p

[GreedySmurf]

I didn't even relaise I'd been knocked out of the last one!!

What you get when you've got 20 odd games runing at once :D

I've signed up for the new one.

[anyrose]

I've signed up for the new one.Cool. Just waiting on Sonoran/Zaphod and whoever moguai is (I'm still not sure)

[shijinn]

Cool. Just waiting on Sonoran/Zaphod and whoever moguai is (I'm still not sure) me! (see post #55) but i already signed into the game.. my power of invisibility grows! now if i could just bring it offline.

[anyrose]

So what is Oslo's ConquorClub name?

[Oslo Ostragoth]

So what is Oslo's ConquorClub name?Oslo Ostragoth. I'm still trying to lose a couple of games so I can join the Dope games.

[anyrose]

Still need two more players at Conquor Club game # 1768736 - password (all lowercase) sdmb

[anyrose]

I just had a huge win against two "sergeants" who were too busy bickering with each other to notice I was racking up countries under their noses. I'm still a cook, tho.
I like some of the alternative boards. Those are where I've been getting my bigger wins.


If you want to play me on one of the other boards, the game numbers are
1802500
1809231
1810472
1812467
1812474
1812480
1813353
Or just use the Game Finder and type in 'anyrose' at user name

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Still need two more players at Conquor Club game # 1768736 - password (all lowercase) sdmbI'm in.

[anyrose]

I'm in.
I don't see you there. Did you accidently hit "drop game" thinking you were entering it?

[anyrose]

w00t! I made it back to 'private'. Just had 2 HUGE wins.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I don't see you there. Did you accidently hit "drop game" thinking you were entering it?Don't know what happened, but I think I'm in now.

[anyrose]

Don't know what happened, but I think I'm in now.
yes you are


Hey! Dopers! We need one more player! (see post # 70)

[shijinn]

w00t! I made it back to 'private'. Just had 2 HUGE wins. i just made Lieutenant :p

who will dare to challenge me?! /flex :D

[anyrose]

hmmmph - I'm a cadet again :rolleyes: I can't resist that stoopit "doodle earth" board - it looks so simple, but it's deceptively evil.

and :confused: I received this as a positive feedback:
I think a good scene in a movie would be where one scientist tells another scientist, "You know what will save the world? You're holding it in your hand." And the other scientist looks, and in his hand are peanuts. Then when he looks up, the first scientist is being taken away to the insane asylum.what in Og's name does that have to do with the game that was played? :dubious:

[shijinn]

he's mad.

[shijinn]

ugh, you know why it's called risk? because 30 armies can lose to 16.. :smack:

(need one more!)

... players at Conquor Club game # 1768736 - password (all lowercase) sdmb

[anyrose]

If we don't get a 6th by tomorrow night, I'll cancel it and open a 5 player game. Unless you don't mind me telling one or two players I've become friendly with about the opening

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I find it really difficult to look at the map and figure out where I am. Is there an easy way?

[shijinn]

click on the 'add colour codes' button to the right of the map. some of the colours can be hard to differentiate with the thin font.

i apologise for scarying away potential dopers with my awesomeness.* /throws down glove. :D

* yeah i'm gonna milk my win for all it's worth till someone else wins a game. i'd thought there would be more interested. risk threads asking about strategy or whatever always get a good number of replies..

[anyrose]

If we don't get a 6th by tomorrow night, I'll cancel it and open a 5 player game. Unless you don't mind me telling one or two players I've become friendly with about the opening
Okay. Drop game # 1768736.


Go to game # 1863936, password (all lowercase) sdmb. It is a 5 player game.

[GreedySmurf]

Cool. joined the new game.

Has anyone else noticed that the dice are a bit screwy on this site?

[anyrose]

very - when 9 against 1 loses

[Shai'tan]

Go to game # 1863936, password (all lowercase) sdmb. It is a 5 player game.

joined up!

I'm the one eating the banana...

[Shai'tan]

Cool! I'm so excited. I LOVE Risk, but haven't been able to play in a while. I volunteered for one of those drug study programs when I was younger, and it was great. Two weeks of daily games of Risk and Spades. Good times....

[anyrose]

:dubious: so, Risk and Spades are drugs? :D

[Khampelf]

Well, hey. New Forum. I like the furniture.

I'm back home, in the market for a new game. I searched for games awaiting players with anyrose, since s/he's the doper that seems most active there. No dice. Lemme know when you've got a new game going, eh?

Oh, I see that I can only search once I get a promotion... I'll need a game number.

[anyrose]

I searched for games awaiting players with anyrose, since s/he's the doper that seems most active there. No dice. Lemme know when you've got a new game going, eh?she. Also we waited 4 days for you, "Zaphod", so we scrapped that one and started a 5 person game. How do you feel about alternate maps? Since I went "premium" I can have as many concurrent games as I like. One of my favorite boards is Australia. Wanna play a game on that board? I'll set one up.

eta
Actually, I just got elimated from a "Great Lakes" game. I think I want to start one of those again. It's game # 1886480, password (all lowercase) sdmb. It's a four person game, so I'll need two other players. I also gave it "unlimited fortifying" because I have found that makes the game more interesting

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I have space for another game. I think I prefer classic games until I get used to the site.

[anyrose]

I have space for another game. I think I prefer classic games until I get used to the site.
you should try the alternate boards. for one thing, many of them are easier on which to read who has how many in which country.

[Adversary]

you should try the alternate boards. for one thing, many of them are easier on which to read who has how many in which country.

I am on Conquer Club as well but haven't joined any of the SMDB games yet, didn't see this thread.

I did pay to be a member so I can join more than 4 games at a time. I usually have at least 10 going at a time with up to 20 going on the high end.

The "must do" thing for this site is to go to the forums and read about the add-ons available through an app called grease monkey. The main one you need to get is BOB. This address all the who can I attack, and visibility issues you may have on any map. It improved my game drastically. It also gives you good stats and army counts which help alot on tactics. I used to do all of that stuff in my head, now I can join more games and let BOB add up how many armies each person has and what their next bonus will be etc...

I will join the next game that starts up if I see it in time.

[Khampelf]

she. Also we waited 4 days for you, "Zaphod", so we scrapped that one and started a 5 person game. How do you feel about alternate maps? Since I went "premium" I can have as many concurrent games as I like. One of my favorite boards is Australia. Wanna play a game on that board? I'll set one up.

eta
Actually, I just got elimated from a "Great Lakes" game. I think I want to start one of those again. It's game # 1886480, password (all lowercase) sdmb. It's a four person game, so I'll need two other players. I also gave it "unlimited fortifying" because I have found that makes the game more interesting


Awright, I'm in. Sorry to make you wait for me, before. I didn't realize. I'm pretty sure sure you were female, but didn't want to assume, y'know? ;) I just got the results from the test I went to take that made me wipe out the previous set. I passed, and can apply to teach in California now. Sweet.

[anyrose]

congrats

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Actually, I just got elimated from a "Great Lakes" game. I think I want to start one of those again. It's game # 1886480, password (all lowercase) sdmb. It's a four person game, so I'll need two other players. I also gave it "unlimited fortifying" because I have found that makes the game more interesting
I'm in, unless someone else really wants in.

[anyrose]

actually since that game that I thought was a Great Lakes game is really an Australia game, I have started a new private Great Lakes game - 4 players - game # 1900335, password (all lowercase) sdmb - Join me, won't you? (open to the first 3 Dopers who claim it)

[Shai'tan]

actually since that game that I thought was a Great Lakes game is really an Australia game, I have started a new private Great Lakes game - 4 players - game # 1900335, password (all lowercase) sdmb - Join me, won't you? (open to the first 3 Dopers who claim it)

I'm interested but probably won't make the cut. I haven't ponied up for premium, and I've got four running. Two of them could turn sour on me REAL quick, but I'll probably end up lingering a bit.

Tell you what: Once I knock you out of the game we are currently playing, I'll join a couple more with you. ;)

We could do Australia AND Great Lakes.

[shijinn]

i'm in.

... The "must do" thing for this site is to go to the forums and read about the add-ons available through an app called grease monkey. The main one you need to get is BOB. This address all the who can I attack, and visibility issues you may have on any map. It improved my game drastically. It also gives you good stats and army counts which help alot on tactics. I used to do all of that stuff in my head, now I can join more games and let BOB add up how many armies each person has and what their next bonus will be etc... even browser games get add-ons? :) do they work on the default explorer? how "must do" is it? if it's too much of a hassle to install (i don't want two browsers) i'll make do without mods...

[Khampelf]

OK, I've joined the great lakes game (your turn, anyrose) and started the first round of the Australia game by kicking some Ostrogoth butt. ;) And we're off. I'll do my best to keep up this time. As long as we're done by the end of March, anyway. That's when I want to be moving. Remind me not to join anymore games, eh?

[Adversary]

i'm in.

even browser games get add-ons? :) do they work on the default explorer? how "must do" is it? if it's too much of a hassle to install (i don't want two browsers) i'll make do without mods...

GreaseMonkey is a tool that works within your browser. I have only tried it with Firefox. The script that it loads is specific for ConquerClub. For me it is well worth it and was easy to do. Take a look at the forum on CC to see how to do it.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Any tips for Australia? My basic strategy for Classic games is to get a continent and work from there, but it's not really doable in Australia.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

OK, I've joined the great lakes game (your turn, anyrose) and started the first round of the Australia game by kicking some Ostrogoth butt. ;) And we're off. I'll do my best to keep up this time. As long as we're done by the end of March, anyway. That's when I want to be moving. Remind me not to join anymore games, eh?Who are you in the Australia game? I don't recall an ass-kicking.

[anyrose]

we should play a doubles or a triples game when we're through with one or two of the current games. They're team games, 2 on 2 or 3 on 3, teams are based on the order of joining the game, and you can fortify your teammates' countries when you're done with your attacks

eta official description:
To play a team game, try doubles, triples and quadruples. Quadruples games must be played with 8 players, triples games with 6 players, doubles games with 4 or 6 or 8. Teammates are determined by the sequence of players, for example the first two players and second two players make up two teams in a doubles game. In team games, you can deploy on and fortify to your teammate's territories. The score is calculated per team. When a player is auto-kicked in a team game, the first surviving teammate inherits the armies and cards.

[Khampelf]

Who are you in the Australia game? I don't recall an ass-kicking.

I'm Zaphod23. I took one whole territory, hence the wink. More like a butt-tapping, really.

[Madd Maxx]

we should play a doubles or a triples game when we're through with one or two of the current games. They're team games, 2 on 2 or 3 on 3, teams are based on the order of joining the game, and you can fortify your teammates' countries when you're done with your attacks

eta official description:

I'd be up for a double or triples game.

[anyrose]

now that a few rounds on each have been played - what do you think of the alternate maps?

[anyrose]

mchapman took my pretty lake :(:(:(




:D

[Khampelf]

I'm Liking the alternate maps. Takes a bit to get used to the geographic oddities, I spent some reinforcements in a territory I didn't realize wasn't quite adjacent where I thought it was, thus wasting those troops for a turn. It's a nice change of pace. Thanks for starting those games, Anyrose.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I got killed in one of my games, so I have a slot for another.

[GreedySmurf]

I'm out of for a bit and miss out on a couple of new dope games. Damn. Especially after having been eliminated from the classic map so quickly. :(

Oh well, will keep my eye out for the next one.

[anyrose]

I think I'd like to start a 3v3 game - but on one of the alternate maps. Go to "Start A Game" to see all the maps. I think for a good team game, it should be a fairly large map - I'm thinking one of the following: Asia, Europe, or World 2.0. Your opinoins are welcome.

[GreedySmurf]

I think I'd like to start a 3v3 game - but on one of the alternate maps. Go to "Start A Game" to see all the maps. I think for a good team game, it should be a fairly large map - I'm thinking one of the following: Asia, Europe, or World 2.0. Your opinoins are welcome.

I really like the World 2.0 map, although it is a BIG map and tends to make for a pretty long game. Asia & Europe not so hot on, but maybe that's just because the 2 games I've played on each I've lost :smack:

I like the idea of a doper team game. Definitely count me in.

[anyrose]

ooo! I just had a BIG win against two corporals - one of whom I knocked back to PFC. read the play log on 1957956 (http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1957956).

[Oslo Ostragoth]

ooo! I just had a BIG win against two corporals - one of whom I knocked back to PFC. read the play log on 1957956 (http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1957956).Congrats! Could someone explain the points/military rank thing to me?

[anyrose]

Congrats! Could someone explain the points/military rank thing to me?
here ya go (http://www.conquerclub.com/public.php?page=instructions4). :)

[anyrose]

hmmph! bounce me out of Australia, will ya? hmmph!

[anyrose]

mchapman took my pretty lake :(:(:(




:D
and I just took him off the board. nyah. :p



as I was doing it, a voice sounding a lot like Wallace Shawn was saying
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha..."

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Killed in another game, so I now have 2 slots for games. :(
At least I am now a private. :D

[shijinn]

looks like you got your pretty lake back.

[anyrose]

:) see post 119 ;)


just killed off a corporal, a cadet, and a private in an Asia game - garnered myself 107 points. But I'm still a cook. See I'm good, but my rank lulls them into complacency. What keeps me a cook is I cannot stay away from th Doodle Earth board, so I lose more than I win. But when I do win, lately, it's big.

[anyrose]

The Triples game (3v3) has been opened on a Classic map. Game # 1968919, usual password. The teams are determined by order of sign up, so if you want to be on my team, sign up now; if you want to play against me, wait until 2 others have signed on.

[Madd Maxx]

The Triples game (3v3) has been opened on a Classic map. Game # 1968919, usual password. The teams are determined by order of sign up, so if you want to be on my team, sign up now; if you want to play against me, wait until 2 others have signed on.

As soon as I get home I'm signing up for this.

[anyrose]

The Triples game (3v3) has been opened on a Classic map. Game # 1968919, usual password. The teams are determined by order of sign up, so if you want to be on my team, sign up now; if you want to play against me, wait until 2 others have signed on.
bump

[Madd Maxx]

I just signed up.

[anyrose]

I just signed up.
you, Oslo, and me - against who? Sonoran(Zaphod)?, mchapman(Advisary)?, and maybe Greedy?

[anyrose]

you, Oslo, and me - against who? Sonoran(Zaphod)?, mchapman(Advisary)?, and maybe Greedy?
or how about shijinn, Kyrie, and Shai'tan?

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Perhaps I should have asked first: how do team games work?

(Still time for me to drop out, right?)

[anyrose]

Perhaps I should have asked first: how do team games work?

(Still time for me to drop out, right?)
yes, but please don't.
first, see post # 105 (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9519694&postcount=105). Then consider that all three team members gain points on a win, regardless of who the last one standing is.

[anyrose]

Thank you Sonoran, mchapman, and shijinn. That was a helluva game. And I couldn't have made cadet without your help. ;)
Seriously, that was a great game, I just got real lucky with some of those dice rolls.

[Khampelf]

Thank you Sonoran, mchapman, and shijinn. That was a helluva game. And I couldn't have made cadet without your help. ;)
Seriously, that was a great game, I just got real lucky with some of those dice rolls.

I don't know, Anyrose, you're a great strategist, with an towards picking advantageous partners. :p . I really enjoyed the great lakes game. I see you finally knocked me out last night. Congrats. Thought I might hang in one more turn. Not. I'm leary about joining any new games. I am moving at the end of this month. I can get in one more, I think. I'll go ahead and join the game, but if need be, can a doper get with me behind the scenes to phone in moves until I'm on line again? This will only be necessary if the game is still running at the end of March.

[anyrose]

I'll go ahead and join the game, but if need be, can a doper get with me behind the scenes to phone in moves until I'm on line again? This will only be necessary if the game is still running at the end of March.That's fine with me, but
a) it'd have to be someone not already in the game (ConquerClub has ISP tracers) and
b) you'd have to give that person your CC ID and password so that s/he could make your moves

[Khampelf]

Ahhh, I didn't think about the ISP tracers. I certainly don't want to jeapordize anyone's account on my account. (So to speak.) I guess we'll burn that bridge If we come to it.

I do have (non-doper) friends here who would make moves for me. That's not too much of a cheat, I think, in the circumstances. Moving a cat across country while conquering worlds requires some finesse.

[anyrose]

Ahhh, I didn't think about the ISP tracers. I certainly don't want to jeapordize anyone's account on my account. (So to speak.) I guess we'll burn that bridge If we come to it.

I do have (non-doper) friends here who would make moves for me. That's not too much of a cheat, I think, in the circumstances. Moving a cat across country while conquering worlds requires some finesse.
depends - how many armies does the cat get this turn? :D:D:D


eta: meanwhile, we need two more players in the team game. see post #123 above for game number and password info.

[anyrose]

c'mon shijinn or mchpman - one space left. Sonoran & Greedy need you

[anyrose]

okay - the key to the team games is the chat box
it defaults to 'teammates only' so that is where all the strategizing happens. Remember to check it often because coorperation is the way the other teams I've played (on and against) have won.

[anyrose]

*bump*

Don't forget to read and post in the chat box at the bottom of the game screen. Leave messages for your teammates, or read the ones they've left for you.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Woo hoo! A victory and a promotion to PFC!

[shijinn]

nicely done! grats :)

[anyrose]

are y'all diggin' the team game?

[Khampelf]

It's a bit confusing. I've already attacked a teamate. I think I looked at the map beforehand, planned a strategy, and didn't reformulate when it was actually my turn. Or I'm just colorblind. I'm going to change my profile from Zaphod23 to GomerPyle.

[anyrose]

Oslo! Wake Up! It's Your Turn In The Team Game!

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Wuh? Snork? It is definitely different. I think it will be fun once I have a little experience.

[Khampelf]

Congrats to Moguai for ruling Australia in game 1886480. Wiped Olso and Me out in the same turn. Anyrose had poisoned herself on her own cooking turns ago. ;)

[anyrose]

Congrats to Moguai for ruling Australia in game 1886480. Wiped Olso and Me out in the same turn. Anyrose had poisoned herself on her own cooking turns ago. ;)
ha. ha. very. funny. it. is. to. laugh. :p






;)

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Add my congrats to Moguai. I have no idea how he/she pulled off the fatal blitzkrieg.

[anyrose]

Man - that was fun!!!

Ok - new team game - this time 2v2v2 - # 2049844, usual password

[anyrose]

new team game - this time 2v2v2 - # 2049844, usual passwordc'mon you guys - Sonoran, Greedy, and shijinn - here's your chance to get us back

[shijinn]

i'm in, and sorry about the missed turn. i think i'm in over my head with all the unlimited games. :smack: :p

[Khampelf]

c'mon you guys - Sonoran, Greedy, and shijinn - here's your chance to get us back

Sorry, but I'm seriously kicking it into high gear with remodeling and moving and all. I was up until 5am last night texturing a bathroom. Driving to CA this weekend for a recon trip to rent a room and storage facilities. I'm sure I would miss at least one turn. Especially in a team game, it wouldn't be fair to a teammate. I'll be back in the games in April sometime.

Congrats on your world domination. Did they promote you from cook to file clerk for that? (asks the recruit with no wins to his score)

[anyrose]

Congrats on your world domination. Did they promote you from cook to file clerk for that? (asks the recruit with no wins to his score)
actually, I got promoted last night after a killer Australia Speed Game, but yeah.

Good luck with the move - "seeya" when you're settled.


Does anyone have any objection to me inviting some Risk-ers I've played with before?

[Adversary]

I signed up. Man you guys need to try the casual games. They speed up game play alot. Sequential is nice in that you know exactly how the board will be but casual is what I only play normally. I also am an escalating fan. If you are good you can get some great comebacks with escalating. It takes skill to look at the map and figure out if it is runnable.

[anyrose]

casual games is what we've been playing - the other option is Speed Game. Escalating gives a player cashing in later in the game an unfair advantage, but man you can really clean up that way

[anyrose]

We Need One More Player At New Team Game

this time 2v2v2 - # 2049844, usual password

[Adversary]

casual games is what we've been playing - the other option is Speed Game. Escalating gives a player cashing in later in the game an unfair advantage, but man you can really clean up that way

I meant non-sequential free-for-all games. This does take some getting used to in playing.

At first I had the same opinion of Escalating, unfair etc. It is really a skill to manage your cards, sometimes not getting a card, forcing other turn-ins. Overextending to knock someone out for an extra card or two. It is well worth the effort to try some escalating games for fun.

[GreedySmurf]

We Need One More Player At New Team Game

this time 2v2v2 - # 2049844, usual password

In and it's running. :D

I don't know what gives, but I've been elminated early in every doper game I've played so far :smack:

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I started a new public game: 2060448.

[anyrose]

I'm in - but 8 players? it'll take forever!

[anyrose]

I made Private again! Whee! this time I am staying away from those speed games - I always lose those

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I'm in - but 8 players? it'll take forever!See, that's the kind of thing that I don't know about.

[anyrose]

Maxx - Please read the comments at the bottom before your next turn in the team game
Thanks

[shijinn]

i made it back to first page! /rawr

[anyrose]

w00t! I made PFC! (it won't last, tho - I am about to get trounced in several games)

[shijinn]

beaten twice in a row! there must be something i'm missing about team games vs solo.. grats mchapman and GreedySmurf!

[GreedySmurf]

I finally had a win in a Doper game. :D

If anyone is interested I've started a new game, 6 players, game # 2134811, I've used the World 2.1 map, usual password.

[anyrose]

I finally had a win in a Doper game. :D

If anyone is interested I've started a new game, 6 players, game # 2134811, I've used the World 2.1 map, usual password.
I'm in and congrats on your big win and making PFC! I just won a game I thought for sure I was out of - but the dice were in my favor two turns in a row

[Oslo Ostragoth]

I finally had a win in a Doper game. :D

If anyone is interested I've started a new game, 6 players, game # 2134811, I've used the World 2.1 map, usual password.How do the 2.1 games work?

[shijinn]

it's simply a BIG map. he has set it on freestyle, so logging on at the right time gives an edge for this.

[GreedySmurf]

it's simply a BIG map. he has set it on freestyle, so logging on at the right time gives an edge for this.

Whoops I didn't even realise I'd done that. In hindsight it's probably a good idea given the size of the map. But if everyone would rather a Sequential game on a smaller map sing out and I'll change it. Unless someone wants to start another one on the meantime.

[shijinn]

freestyle is fun, and it greatly speeds up the game if you have the time.

[Khampelf]

Hey, everyone. I made it to Atascadero, with all my stuff, but sans gato. We decided it would be better not to split up the boys. It wouldn't be fair to my little Scutterbotch to leave him alone shut up in one room for so much time, so Lizard Queen took both the cats to Albuquerque. I'm living amidst boxes and chaos, but I have a place to lay my head. (and internet, even if it's only DSL) I joined GreedySmurf's game. Hey, I guess if you hang in long enough, even if you don't win any, you go from recruit to cadet. A cadet is officer class, so all you privates better salute when you see me. :)

[Khampelf]

The game's started, 'n' stuff.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

The game's started, 'n' stuff.Bastard/bitch Smurf managed to play within 1.5 minutes of the game's start. :mad:

[GreedySmurf]

Bastard/bitch Smurf managed to play within 1.5 minutes of the game's start. :mad:

That would be Bastard :p

Helps to have an automatic e-mail sent to tell you a new game has started :D

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Also, due to losing a couple of games, I have been demoted to Private. :(

[Oslo Ostragoth]

That would be Bastard :p

Helps to have an automatic e-mail sent to tell you a new game has started :DAre you like Mr. Universe, or what? (Reference to Serenity movie.)

[Khampelf]

Canadians are peaceful. Everyone ignore the Canadians.

[Khampelf]

Hey, Moguai, want to split the Americas, and turn our attentions elsewhere? (for now.) Do Cuba and the Carribbean belong to Central America? If so I won't revenge them If you agree to a NAFTA style border.

[shijinn]

sure, a friendly neighbour is nice :) and no, Central America has only 4 territories.

[Khampelf]

sure, a friendly neighbour is nice :) and no, Central America has only 4 territories.

Very good then. I'm sure the others will join us in celebrating our non-hostility.

**Cheers**

[anyrose]

You two are getting far too powerful nowl so is Greedy. This will not do.

[Khampelf]

You two are getting far too powerful nowl so is Greedy. This will not do.

Adversary will soon stop me dead in my tracks. My Africa holdings are tenuous, at best. I'm very uncertain at this point.

Everyone Ignore the Canadians, Canadians have your best interests at heart. And this year, we are offering everyone free medical care.

[GreedySmurf]

The Canadians? Huh everyone knows that behind that friendly innocous peaceful facade they are actually violently oppressive overlords seeking nothing but total world domination.

We Australians on the other hand are just little Aussie battlers doing their best to get along in the world and are no threat to anyone, and can be safely ignored as minor players on the world stage.

[Khampelf]

We should stop this bickering, Greedy Smurf. Aren't we all part of one happy United Kingdom?

And your troops would be much happier doing no more operations in Alaska, I'm sure.

And... You could keep your milkshake to yourself.

[Khampelf]

Commonwealth! I meant Commonwealth.

[GreedySmurf]

We should stop this bickering, Greedy Smurf. Aren't we all part of one happy United Kingdom?

And your troops would be much happier doing no more operations in Alaska, I'm sure.

And... You could keep your milkshake to yourself.

I will most likely be ceasing operations across the Bering Straight, once I have completed my neighbourly military assistance program to the oppressed siberian peoples to allow them to free themselves from the yoke of tyranny. :D

[Khampelf]

I will most likely be ceasing operations across the Bering Straight, once I have completed my neighbourly military assistance program to the oppressed siberian peoples to allow them to free themselves from the yoke of tyranny. :D

Enjoy the tundra. I'll be sunning myself on the beaches near Perth.

By way of Beijing.



***Sluuuuurp.*** aaaaahhhhhh.

:p

[GreedySmurf]

See, I tried to warn you about those damn Canadians!! :mad:

You know suddenly I find myself pining for the fjords. Me and my parrot. ;)

[anyrose]

And what has Africa done to any of you?

[shijinn]

once upon a time during the Great Migration to the Americas, you chased and hunted down every last member of the remaining Mauri-Mauri tribe all the way to the port of Guineas. we were peaceful and leaving our homelands in Africa, yet pity never stayed your hand. well.., we're back :D

__________________
all i had was milkshake! i'm not drunk!!

[Khampelf]

And what has Africa done to any of you?

Ask not what Africa has done to you. Ask rather what you can do to Africa!!

[anyrose]

once upon a time during the Great Migration to the Americas, you chased and hunted down every last member of the remaining Mauri-Mauri tribe all the way to the port of Guineas. we were peaceful and leaving our homelands in Africa, yet pity never stayed your hand. well.., we're back :D

__________________
all i had was milkshake! i'm not drunk!!
you repaid us already by enslaving most of our countrymen! pppbbbbt :p




eta: I'm not black, just empathetic

[GreedySmurf]

Enjoy the tundra. I'll be sunning myself on the beaches near Perth.

By way of Beijing.



***Sluuuuurp.*** aaaaahhhhhh.

:p

I enjoyed the Tundra, but decided it was time to move on and enjoy some beaches myself, thanks for the inspiration :cool: . Venice Beach came to mind so I decided to move in.


May I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down? :p

[Khampelf]

Well pride goeth before a fall, and arrogance (even in jest) before a pratfall. You gelded me good enough that I couldn't get Alaska back. And the Ostrogoth slurped up my Africa holdings.

Curse you Smurf!! Curse you to the seventh generation of your poxy bastardry!!!

(But little do you know my buddy is in the bathroom with a .44 magnum.)

[anyrose]

well, since this game is winding down, I've set up a new game, #2252380, usual password, World 2.0 (more territory to conquer), Freestyle (since we seem to like this play), Escalating Card Sets (even tho I am not a fan), Unlimited Fortifying (which makes much more sense), and, for the first time in our group, Terminator style (rubs hands gleefully) which means, if you wipe someone off the board, you immediately score Conquer points, instead of having to wait until the end of the game (and if you've been wiped off, you immediately lose points). This does not, in any way, affect game play, only scoring. See you there. Aloha. ;)

[GreedySmurf]

Sounds good. I might hang off signing up until after weekend.

In regards to that I made a comment in our current game chat about this weekend.

I am leaving tomorrow lunchtime for a long weekend away, in a lakeside rainforest chalet :) (1st wedding anniversary get away).

I won't be back till Sunday afternoon, and it's highly unlikely I'll have internet access over the weekend. With a some luck I may only miss a single turn, but with it being freestlye I may miss more, and I believe they kick you from the game if you miss 3 turns.

So apologies in advance if I get booted, which will sort of stuff up the game suddenly leaving all that territory neutral.

Although the mad scramble for neutral territories would be interesting to watch :D

[Khampelf]

Hmmmm. Is this a mad clever gambit to provoke us into rash action?

If so, it worked. DYSDYTTSGOPB!!

Off to join the new game. Ta squared.

[anyrose]

DYSDYTTSGOPB!!
:confused: :confused:

[Khampelf]

:confused: :confused:

shortened up my curse from before, "damn you smurf, damn you to the seventh generation of poxy bastardry!!"

I'm all about anagrams, says SLK.

[GreedySmurf]

Well I got back yesterday arvo, and just in time to avoid missing another turn.

I half expected to get back to see I had been eliminated. Thanks guys for not destroying me. Although I doubt it was through lack of trying :p

I do have a lot of work to do to get back to where I was, but let's see how I go.

I've signed up for the new game two - It'll be interesting to see how a terminator game works.

[Khampelf]

The cards just weren't co-operating, or I would have made more inroads into Asia, G.S.

You're still in the game.

[anyrose]

we need one more platyer on the new game

[shijinn]

Sounds good. I have come to hate escalating cards. ... escalating is just plain crazy isn't it? :D

[anyrose]

it's insane

Shall I set up a new game without that option? or should we wait til the other game i finally over? I think it may come down to pink vs blue on that one. I'm certainly not long for that world.

[exclamation!]

I'd like to play!!!

I've just signed up at Conquer Club, but I've only just played my first RL game over the weekend though, and I've never played online before.

So if I get to play, don't expect too much from me. I'm still pretty terrible.

[anyrose]

I'd like to play!!!

I've just signed up at Conquer Club, but I've only just played my first RL game over the weekend though, and I've never played online before.

So if I get to play, don't expect too much from me. I'm still pretty terrible.
#2324822 is the new game number. Our standard password is sdmb all lowercase.

You select "join a game" and type the game number into the appropriate field, then the password and you're in. When we have all 6 players, the game starts. What's your ConquerClub name (some of us have different screen names over there. Not me, but some of us ;))?

[exclamation!]

Yay! I'm in. My Conquer Club name is bridgetbridget.

I'm excited :)

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Bastards!

[Oslo Ostragoth]

escalating is just plain crazy isn't it? :DI prefer it. Isn't that how the board game works? (Or maybe the Mac implementation I played 10 years ago?)

[GreedySmurf]

I prefer it. Isn't that how the board game works? (Or maybe the Mac implementation I played 10 years ago?)

It's an option in the board game. The board game gives you the three different card trade options (None, Flat, Escalating) with any of them being equally valid to use.

I only ever played Flat Rate. And after a few games in Conquer Club on escalating I know why.

[exclamation!]

I was thinking of joining a few more games, but to be honest I'm bit nervous about playing against other players with so much experience. I don't want to be the player that wrecks the game for everyone.

How did you guys find playing your first few games?

[anyrose]

I like it. I've been playing Risk for a few decades; playing on line just means I don't have to beg my friends to play just one more game


word of advice for a CC newbie - stay away from the Doodle Earth map - it looks easy, but unless you get a good starting position, it's impossible to win.
Also stay away from Fog of War games until you're more confident.

[exclamation!]

Thanks for the advice, duly noted!

[shijinn]

welcome to the game exclamation!! unless you're in a team game with partners there's really no chance of 'wrecking' the game for anyone. so just play, enjoy yourself and ignore the whiners that plague every online game.

i'll sit out this next one to make room, have fun everyone!

I prefer it. Isn't that how the board game works? (Or maybe the Mac implementation I played 10 years ago?) GreedySmurf has answered, but in my experience, escalating is the preferred variant for board games because most people will want the game to end some time before sundown. ;)

oh and anyrose, becareful of fog of war games. that variant is too susceptible to cheating imho.

[anyrose]

cheating, how?

[Khampelf]

I think it may come down to pink vs blue on that one.





And pink is caught pretty flat footed..

Welcome, exclaimation. Don't worry, it's not all martial masters playing.

I think I have five losses and no wins on my records. I'm about to be demoted to company clerk, I think.

[exclamation!]

Thanks for the welcome and advice, shijinn and The Sonoran Lizard King!

I know there's no comparison to the real thing, but I've been playing some online versions against AI players. Practice which will be almost completely useless against real players, but I've gotten to try out a few different strategies.

[shijinn]

maybe i'm just cynical. if you can't see the board you can't be sure your opponents aren't up to no good.

[anyrose]

ah true, but neither can they see what you're up to

and the website has a policy against secret alliances

[shijinn]

only if you report them in.

[Khampelf]

only if you report them in.

Well, if you report them, they're not secret, are they? You scheme and plan in the game chat, just not 'off line' as it were. You can declare in the game rules absolutely no alliances beforehand, can't you?


Oh, and Congrats to moguai and the blue horde for another victory(2134811). Damn, I was close, too. Closest I've been, anyway.

[shijinn]

officially, only secret alliances are not allowed, and these can be a tad difficult to spot if you have fog of war on. unofficially, you can do anything if everyone agrees.

and thanks, the SLK, with that win i finally made top 100! /rawr

[Khampelf]

officially, only secret alliances are not allowed, and these can be a tad difficult to spot if you have fog of war on. unofficially, you can do anything if everyone agrees.

and thanks, the SLK, with that win i finally made top 100! /rawr

Moguai there is Sijinn here Moguai there is sijinn here moguai there is sijinn here.

what? Oh yeah, cool. Man, that last game I felt like a beetle between two Mac trucks. WHAM. and it was over. S'how it goes, sometimes.

Next one starts soon. Who's the next victim?

[exclamation!]

We need one more player!

[Khampelf]

We need one more player!


Hey, Anyrose,

Maybe (you want / I should?) start a new thread with a general announcement to all the doper gamers? It's your CC account/game.

We could new a use thread maybe, anyway. Starting to smell like fritos in here. ;)

[anyrose]

new thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466348)

[ToeJam]

Hello!