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Yesssssssssssssssssssssss..

Finally it`s here.

Love to play this classic game :ok:

Great googa mooga. Are my eyes deceiving me?! :blink: ...Nope! Awesome stuff, guys. :ok:

COMMENCE THE DOWNLOADING! :Titan:

bleh not for me at all

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/1775/risk4lt.png :D

Great game, but computer AI is too dumb

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for hosting my favorite game. This games never bores me or my friends...those who have patience anyways.

:kosta:

Risk is an addictive game, but in this version attacking, repeating attacks and such all have to be done through the menu, which means a lot of clicking for each serious attack. For me that was the biggest downside of this particular version.

You can set the continuos attack on - this way when you start attacking, you'll keep on attacking until you either win or lose a battle (but there's no way of breaking attack if you start loosing it).

You can set the continuos attack on - this way when you start attacking, you'll keep on attacking until you either win or lose a battle (but there's no way of breaking attack if you start loosing it). [/b][/quote]
Ah yes, now that you mention it, I remember...
But I nearly never used that option because of the risk, like you say there's no way to stop an attack. But thanks for reminding me :)

There are shortcuts (like R for Repeat Attack).

Just finished a ten hour battle... :yawn: :zzzzz:

:kosta: :cheers:
We used to play the board game version of this for days,
my brother and cousins and I and now his kids are playing
it, and this is a great version of it, it makes you think
strategically (the big picture) and tactically, (the local issues)
and you have to trade off and work with it and it makes
the mind stretch. Thanks so much for putting this game up.
Cheers.

:D :D :D

This is one of the greatest games ever!! Love it a lot... (just won a game :Brain:)

Have fun with it!!

is there any way to find out the rules for this game? its easy enough till it comes to swapping cards, then nothing i can do seems to have any effect.

At http://boardgames.about.com/od/riskstrategy/ you can find a strategy guide for beginners as well as tips for more experienced players. Though I don't know how good that website is, I just know of its existence.

http://jrisk.sourceforge.net/

I have the win95 Risk Cdrom... Perhaps with dosbox I can play it lan with friends? I have a XP and 98 computer, and it sucks when I can't play some of the best games multiplayer.


Time to test it out...

Fellows,

I hear people complain about the fact u can't stop an attack when you turn on do-or-die-attack, AND people say the AI is to dumb. So, the sollution is: play the game with do-or-die-attack turned ON, and see it as an extra handicap for the sentient-players (Who on their turn have the advantage of having a real brain and common sense!), while having the practical advantage of having less clicks to make.

An other tip: Don't turn the army-limit-funtion on, but agree for yourself (and other humanplayers, that is illigal to place more than 10 armies on a country. Makes it more challenging. (Note: when you get 2 bonus-armies on a country where you already had 10 armies, or when you have one country with more than 7 armies (or you have to trade cards), you get more than 10 armies on a country. The protocol to follow is that the computer-armylimit is to turn on (With a maximum of 10) and after that to be turned of inmediately. Yes, also the 10+ armies of the computer are decimated now, but it is reglementary and the other players should be aware of the fact that it is possible that computerarmies can be brought down to 10 when such an occasion occurs.

Playing with 2 human players? Agree on this: completing your mission= 3 points, kicking the other human player out of the game = 2 points (than game is finished and u have to start a new game), one of the (4) computer players wins = both human players score 1 point. The first with 10 points wins (and at least 2 point ahead, like in tennis or something, that can keep the game interesting for a long time, and indeed, the final score could be of 17-15 for example.

In addition to this competitionsystem; an extra rule can be that both human players can declare one of the computerplayers to be their "deputy" When the deputy wins, the player who's deputy it is, gets one point, the other none.

Tips for one player game: Give al five computerplayers the same colour and the exact same name + Dont look at your own mission and use the 10 = max rule. That is a challenge! (In all honesty; I still win with great ease of the computer (mixed AI-levels; I think the standard-computer is more dangerous than the hard-computer who is too predictable).



Are u a Risk-fan and you have simulair playing tips? Or want to exchange ideas? Please mail me at:

e-mail removed

(PS: 4 me, there are just 3 games that really rock:

1. North&South (infogrames, 1989/1990)
2. Risk
3. Scorched Earth (any version) )

(PPS: You can also mail just for fun)
(PPPS When you like NOrth&South, U HAVE to mail me, cause, I think U & me are the only one's one the planet I think :( )

Or you can agree to only having 5 armies. See what happens there. :evil:

I have a problem

When i try to exit Risk my computer restarts......why is that?

Strange.
What kind of a computer? What kind of OS? Are you running any emulators (the game works fine in DOSBox)?

Well, i realized that with this game i could open and play normally this game without having Dos Box.....

Its a solid game but it lacks the only thing that it cant posibly deliver.
The "wipe-out-your-friends-and-family-and-taunt-them-factor" that goes so well with any risk game.

I LOVE RISK :D
(In small doses or I get bored) :yawn:

Yes, but if you're taunting them, the RISK of getting hurt while playing this game is slightly bigger. So by playing this Risk, you risk less.

Before the game starts three options appear about what kind of graffic mode you preffer.I noticed that on a couple of other games also.
I was planing to run the game on Windows XP but i guess i`ll have to learn how to use the Dos-Box.
Anyway, which option is the best (for the graffics)? :huh:

Can't check to see what you mean...
Which are the 3 options you get?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Nace @ Aug 20 2006, 06:58 PM) [snapback]249781[/snapback]</div>

SVGA. If that's not present, choose VGA instead.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Uumpf @ May 1 2005, 11:34 AM) [snapback]102755[/snapback]</div>lucky you i,m still trying to download it my dad told me about it good, game don't you think :kosta: :ok:

Can someone please tell me the strategy behind placing all your initial reinforcements on one country? I have played twenty times(vast majority on a board) and have never lost. However, when I started playing online, I noticed this strategy and I finally lost my first game(besides online) yesterday when I set this game to two players and they both did this "one territory" strategy.

Help would be greatly appreciated. :unsure:

If you play in real life it also depends a bit on your luck with throwing dice. I don't know why, but I've noticed that with this game if you have a much larger number of soldiers in a territory you will also have more luck with throwing dice. If you have more then twice the number of soldiers the opponent has (18 - 9) you will probably only loose a few soldiers - 3 or 4. But if you have about the same number of soldiers you'll probably loose (9-8 soldiers and you will loose all 9). I guess it's something with the randomness of the dice (could be wrong though).

When it comes to the strategy though, it helps to be able to spread over a vast teritory, for you will get more soldiers next time around and there's a smaller chance that all of the territories you'll win will be recaptured by another army.

Thank you, I think I understand much better now. It's almost the total opposite of what I have always done(build borders and expand patiently), I guess that's why it has been so hard for me to comprehend. I'm going to play a couple games today and see if I can get it mastered.

Quick question: Is this game safe to be playing outside of DOSBox? It hasn't frozen up while I play, but when I shutdown it doesn't exit out and I have to use ctrl-alt-delete.

It's safe to play, but yes, there is the exit problem. To be honest, I'm not sure what the direct exit command should do - it does say SHUTDOWN and I'm guessing Windows won't accept that command, so they just ignore it. Pressing the flying window, or ctrl+alt+delete exits it just fine and there are no problems.

"Band of war brothers", some juice or maybe beer, one room with large table for 6 people and one copy of Risk board game...that is all you need! :D

On computer I prefer "Risk II" which is very good, also Same-Time-Risk is a nice refreshment if you get little bored of normal mode!

A lil Help....
 

I got the game working (ega graphics), select keyboard & gives me the lil sword icon on the map. I can move it around, but how do I select an option ? I have pressed all the buttons, but nothing seems to work.......losing my mind.Nevermind, i got it...............

Excellent adaptation of the game, but it's definitely more exciting to play with friends.

The real Risk for DOS manual :)
 

Folks,

It appears that the link for the PDF manual for this game is actually for the Windows 3.x version of the game.

Note that the Windows 3.x version of the game is a TOTALLY different animal... not even coded by the same developers, and IM(Not So)HO completely inferior to the DOS version of the game (the DOS version covers EVERY variation of the board game from that era, and the GUI is a LOT more intuitive).

Anyhow, here is a text version of the correct manual for the DOS version of this game -> http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=1354 :) Note that the manual covers the IBM PC (DOS) version of the game, as well as the Amiga and Atari versions of the game (the same developers created identical ports for them).

Heh, I actually recently purchased the DOS version from Amazon.. the product box, paperwork (including warranty registration card, and a Virgin game catalog from the era), game manual, and 5-/14" floppies were in mint condition (the floppies were even readable and error free).

WOW! Can you scan everything everything everything :) :smile2:
Box, paperwork, manual (is it exactly same as on lemonaiga), even floppies can be scanned in scanner. And if they work as you say, you can create floppy images. We accept and provide everything as extras.

I would be more than happy to scan everything, but currently my HP All-In-One is on the fritz :(

And yes, that text format version of the manual over at Lemon Amiga is exactly the same, word for word.

We would still love manual from you better since it's then submitted by our member, not just taken from another site, but OK, if it is same, then everything else has bigger priority. Whenever scanner is operational and you feel like scanning and submitting, you are very welcome. Just don't forget about us :)

No problem at all... and no, I'll never forget about Abandonia :)