Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Star wars, Rome, Persia, etc. That statement is a staple of history, and many video games. The statement itself is probably a specific reference that I'm not aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Yeah, it's a reference to a long-running thread from long, long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 The empire in exile 2 didnt lose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha The empire in exile 2 didnt lose... Nope, the Empire definitely loses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Yeah, you have something very mixed up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 It really helps to play an entire game instead of just the demo before you try and talk about it. (And it's much more fun to play the whole thing, too.) Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I was just kidding. Being cookoo. I know, the empire loses cause some people take out there giant portal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 There was no indication in that post that you were kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 The Empire didn't lose, they made a negotiated withdrawl after suffering major losses. Except on the surface the Empire announced that it was closing down the Avenite prison project as not being cost effective and would resume executions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 But then it became friends after the avernum & empire/Vahnatai & plauge fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 You find a handwritten manuscript abandoned on the desk. Picking it up, you find that it is written by Commander Groul! Its heading says ALLIANCE POLITICS IN THE VAHNATAI WAR: AN ANALYSIS The Vahnatai, waking up from their hibernation to find their territories invaded, quickly and correctly identified the Empire as their chief adversary. They saw that the minor races were too busy with internal conflicts to significantly affect the war. They concerned themselves instead with the disordered nation Exile. Seeing that the political struggle would be put aside if faced with a powerful alien aggressor, the Vahnatai introduced themselves as an ally in Exile's struggle against the Empire. The Vahnatai left it to the humans to wear themselves out in the war. Only when the exiles had realized that they by themselves were losing, did fresh Vahnatai troops turn the tide of the war, making Exile victory wholly dependent upon their support. The Vahnatai must have been tempted to turn on their ally and secure full control of the cavern realms. Instead they held, perhaps wisely, that no complete victory could be won until their main opponent, the Empire, had been defeated. The strategy might have worked, except for the often discussed defection of Exile. Their unexpected alliance with their old rival made Exile — definitely the weakest party of the three — the only overall victor, gaining territories and prestige. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 The mongol empire didn't lose, it just became assimilated into the (ahh tired...) local nations they conquered and thus essentially ceased to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Wait what mongol empire? Whats a mongol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 And this in the information age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Edit: Sniped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Largest contiguous empire in history, conquered largely under the auspices of Genghis Khan, lost its impetus and eventually collapsed and was divided up by various warlords and sons when Genghis had the audacity to die of a heart attack when they were about to conquer Europe. Since I doubt you will actually read the Wikipedia article even when linked directly to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha Wait what mongol empire? Whats a mongol? this gimmick only works when people realise it's a gimmick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Is it bad that most of my knowledge of the Mongol Empire comes from Age of Empires 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Since I doubt you will actually read the Wikipedia article even when linked directly to it. Hey I read it!...Ok just the moving map and its leaders name and the currency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Is it bad that most of my knowledge of the Mongol Empire comes from Age of Empires 2? Nah, AoE3 taught me a good deal of early American history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I've played Civilization so much that I can identify a whole lot of cities that I wouldn't have known without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 AoM taught me a good deal more about mythology than a semester of reading about it in English did. Also, I only know what an adjutant (sp?) is is because of StarCraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Star Wars: Rebellion taught me about garrisons, espionage, etc. I guess it really goes to show that teaching is most effective when the learner is having fun. My oldest nephew is learning to read now, and what does he like to read? Lego magazines. On the one hand, I'm not all that comfortable with someone using advertisements as learning material. On the other hand, I don't think he would be as excited about Dick and Jane/Mr. Mugs/whatever. Also, hands up everyone who only knows about Kamchatka from Risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 *raises hand* Did anyone else do the method of holding all of Australia plus Siam and dumping the entirety of your forces on Siam? It means there's only one way for them to attack, and they don't get Asia. I would hole up there once I amassed enough troops and just stay defensive, occasionally making small attacks, until they gave up. Also, LotR risk is fun stuff. I have yet to lose to the damn hippie elves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Isnt RISK a boards game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha Isnt RISK a boards game? I'm pretty sure there is a computer version. There is an easy way to defeat the Siam/Australia strategy by slowly wearing down the main force with superior numbers from controlling the rest of the world. That's why taking North America as a base works better since you can expand south and then take over the rest of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: It's a trap *raises hand* Did anyone else do the method of holding all of Australia plus Siam and dumping the entirety of your forces on Siam? It means there's only one way for them to attack, and they don't get Asia. I would hole up there once I amassed enough troops and just stay defensive, occasionally making small attacks, until they gave up. Also, LotR risk is fun stuff. I have yet to lose to the damn hippie elves. That method is really terrible, and I have yet to see it work. Australia is one of the two lowest-earning continents, you have no real opportunity to surprise someone or attack an undefended front. . . You'll be annoying and only die from attrition, but will also be essentially harmless to a player with any other continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 the effectiveness of holding australia depends heavily on the number of players. in a game with only two or three players it doesn't really work too well. in a game with 6 players everyone else is pretty likely to end up fighting each other and ignoring you as too much trouble to be worth dealing with until eventually they leave it too late and you're already strong enough to ruin everyone's day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 You don't get any cards, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I like to go for Australia and South America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiridan Also, hands up everyone who only knows about Kamchatka from Risk. Plus Irkutsk, Yakutsk, and Ural. For some reason my most successful games involve me taking over Europe. Speaking of vocabulary, the Exile trilogy taught me "portcullis" and "exorbitant." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I always go South America and Africa, then push for Europe, Australia, and Asia. Every time I try for North America, it ends in disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Australia is really a gamble, because you get a low paying continent fairly easily, but then all you can do is try to conquer Asia. That's why Australians usually fare well in the beginning, but then quickly get drowned out in the imperial scramble. The winner often times comes from the New World. A player who can unite the Americas early on is nigh unstoppable. However, wasted war between North and South rarely bodes well for the Western Hemisphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I set my computer version (when I play) to let us (me and the 5 computers) pick our countries one by one, and then the game randomly places our starting armies. Australia is typically a safe bet, as the computer AIs all look for control of a continent. As long as you're the first one there, you can get it before the game starts and then take a single holding in other continents. I then slowly take over Asia. After a round or two of holding the whole thing, it's simple to plow through the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere. North America is my least favorite to start with because I can never get it before the other players all have continents. Then again, I've only ever attempted Europe a handful of times. The worst part is that, like I said, the AIs in my game all go for continents. It comes down to having an early pick and manipulating the continent selection. After that, it just takes non-suckage dicerolls to avoid, well, suckage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Eh, Risk tends to have far too little skill and far too much luck involved for me to enjoy. I have way more fun playing computer risk with dozens of armies per territory, as there's still chance involved, but less chance for random upsets/streaks of bad luck, and much more tactics and strategy. Or course, the best games are the ones with no random chance. Chess and Go have stayed popular all these years for a reason, people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Hmmmm, it'd be kinda fun to get a VPN and some skypage set up, and have a little virtual LAN party. Play some Starcraft, SMAC, that sorta stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I wouldn't call chess or Go popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 You must be using a different definition of 'popular', then. We talked about setting up a SMAC multiplayer once, but nothing ever came out of it. SMAC strikes me as the type of game that would be horrible for multiplayer from a schedule point of view. Other games like Starcraft would be interesting, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Eh, Risk tends to have far too little skill and far too much luck involved for me to enjoy. risk noun 1. exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Cant take the heat of risk stay out of the kitchen. You see what I did in risk is that I took over the US. Put tons of guards on where they comefrom in europe and south america, I take my people in alaska and make it sail to the eastern hemespere and have an all out war on asia. Eventualy I make the middle my capital and put stuff around my borders. Unfortunatly I let america crumble away. I still won though, I took care of those pesky aulstralions easily. Thats why i love risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Maybe your next game will be different! Anyway, I prefer the 'nuclear risk' variant. It turns the red pieces into nukes, that can be taken at any time in lieu of normal units, one for one. Once placed, they cannot move, and they do not count in defense against normal units. If the territory in which nukes are placed falls to a conventional attack, they are all destroyed. But on your turn, a nuke can be expended, to kill one enemy unit anywhere on the board. Exception: if your target is in a territory containing enemy nukes, the opponent can elect to exchange one of his nukes against yours, instead of an ordinary piece. A territory whose conventional defenders are eliminated by nukes is not conquered. It becomes impassable due to radiation for one full round of the game (one turn by every player), and thereafter is empty, and can be occupied by any player who moves into it as a 'free move' at the end of their turn. It's usually a good idea to say that no-one is allowed to fire a nuke until the fourth round of play. That way people get some chance to establish a continent before the bombs start going off. The great thing about nuclear risk is that it normally only lasts about an hour, and what gets skipped is tedious and especially luck-based hunting down of weak players to steal their cards. Once you have as many nukes as the enemy has units, he's out immediately and you get his cards, without having to chase him around the board. So the game wraps up fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: It's a trap Edited by It's a trap (Today at 05:03 AM) Edit Reason: Has this been attempted before? I think I could be easily doable, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I'd actually expect that if an aggressor fires a nuke on an enemy territory with nukes the enemy could elect to immediately retaliate with a nuke on the aggressors territory, you don't generally need a nuke to take out a nuke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 If you could use nukes anywhere to respond to nukes launched anywhere, there'd be no reason to place nukes anywhere but your most defended, isolated territory. (The corner of Australia, perhaps?) Part of the balance of nuclear risk is having to distribute and defend your nuclear stockpiles, and the decisions to spread them defensively or not and whether to launch them out of an embattled territory or not make the game better. —Alorael, who still doesn't want to play Risk. For that particular game kick he'd rather go with Vinci or Small World, which work somewhat similarly but, in one board gamer's opinion, much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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