Risk: My kid is finally doing schoolwork I can help her with

[dropzone]

"I did what you told me to do. I moved out of South America and am building up my forces in Africa before I attack Europe."

"You should've tried to hold South America longer. Did you keep Brazil to protect your rear?"

"Of course."

"Consolidate Africa before you do anything else. Kiss off any isolated countries you still have so you don't lose any more armies than you have to. Do the rules you play by permit airlifts? If they do, pull all of the armies but one out of those countries. Try to take back South America. It's not good for a lot of armies but it's better than nothing and if you hold both it and Africa it's easy to defend. Make an alliance with whoever holds North America against who owns Asia but keep your countries in northern South America well staffed in case he turns on you or you decide to turn on him. No alliance is permanent and only one person can win the game."

I took four years of German and in her second semester she knows more than I. I can't help with her Biology or Algebra. But her combined World History and English class is different and now that they are playing Risk in class I'm in my element.