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Scenario 4


By SuperUser Account :::: Saturday, March 3, 2007

:: Article Rating :: Diplomacy, Tactics, Treaty

Risk Strategies, Scenario 4: Avoid Being the Strongest

In this game you are playing as Red against other experienced players. You have worked hard to get to a position of power and are now the most powerful nation in the world. You have been getting fruits of your effort and as a result have ended up with a well-fortified continent with a large army that can be unleashed to the the world at will.

You made an early decision about your overall strategy and decided that you wanted to expand through South America. As a result you approached Yellow and made a treaty over the Greenland-Iceland border. Yellow proved to be hard to negotiate with and you ended up with a time limit on the treaty. The contract says that you will not attack each other for 5 turns over that border. 

You think:

  • Yellow seems to be interested in expanding to Africa

  • Green owns a very good strategic point in Middle East and can threaten both Africa and Europe from one country. Hence, both Yellow and Blue are nervous about this situation.

  • Blue is constantly under pressure from you and does not feel comfortable about the other borders either.

You carried on accumulating armies for the invasion of South America. You are also in possession of cards.

 

Risk Game Table - Scenario 4

 

Hence, this is a time when you can take advantage of your early rise to power. The world order is about to change very soon as others start to cash in their cards. You have an important decision to make. To attack South America in this turn or not. If you cash in and invade, you can probably conquer South America easily and end up with a large army at your border. However, can you contain the backlash. You would need to make sure that you wont end up as the absolute most powerful, as other players may all suddenly gang up against you. This may lead to your elimination, and you want to avoid it at all cost.

What kind of diplomacy would you use to deceive them. Would you wait a bit longer? In this case, how do you think the new world order will shape up. Can you assure them that they will not be the next victims? Can you count on Yellow not to break the treaty? Can you prevent others to make treaties against you?

 

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