House rule/s you need for Risk.

[Dan]

My cousin used to always go for Australia. I beat him most of the time. I had strategies to deal with him.

In a 3 person game? Not a chance.
Risk DO?

If you did beat him in a 3 person game, then he had a poor strategy.

[aygart]

As much as it pains me to agree I go for NA.

Oh come on, we agree on much more more than we disagree. It is just that there are some things about which we disagree which we are very vocal about.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

In a 3 person game? Not a chance.
Risk DO?

Sure!!!
You, aygart and myself. We will let you have Australia. 

[Dan]

Sure!!!
You, aygart and myself. We will let you have Australia. 

The 2 of you are cordially invited to your choice of a Friday night and/or Shabbos day meal followed by a 3 player Risk game at DDHQ.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

The 2 of you are cordially invited to your choice of a Friday night and/or Shabbos day meal followed by a 3 player Risk game at DDHQ.

WOW, I will eat crow for that!!!

[aygart]

If you did beat him in a 3 person game, then he had a poor strategy.

I just had a good strategy to deal with it and it worked well when he played against others. I won against other with the Australia strategy to.

[davidrotts63]

WOW, I will eat crow for that!!!

And of course our in house shabbos goy can report live the games status.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

And of course our in house shabbos goy can report live the games status.

What good does that do? Live to who?

[davidrotts63]

What good does that do? Live to who?

Those in different time zones. And so we can see after shabbos how for the first half of the game you were sure you are winning.
And Dan, for your own good make some sort of boundaries preventing political talk.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Those in different time zones. And so we can see after shabbos how for the first half of the game you were sure you are winning.
And Dan, for your own good make some sort of boundaries preventing political talk.

1 - I never said I would win.
2 - We don’t talk trash outside of DDF.

[davidrotts63]

We don’t talk trash outside of DDF.

Good thing. I can attest to that. Thank God.

[Definitions]

I haven't played risk too many times so I didn't develop good strategies. But the 3 times I played with my nephew's (10 years old) whoever had North America won (three players).

They both teamed up against me and I ended up getting sandwiched in Europe and beaten. I tried getting as much land as possible, to get as much pieces each turn as possible. Which worked pretty ok since my nephew that had Australia didn't really want to start any wars, just build up his army.

But I think my mistake was in the beginning of the game I tried to break up North America and failed to do so. Resulting in losing a lot of pieces for no reason, army spread too thin, and my nephew strengthening my only access point to N America with his bonus pieces. And going down through Africa wasn't feasible due to an army too thin to make it there before he strengthened the other access points.

[zagguru]

Don't need anything besides Australia, those are all effectively forfeited. Just need to bide your time when the other players kill each other while you keep earning a card by attacking a single country.
Go try and let us know how it goes

+1 been doing that every time until they caught on and now everyone goes for Australia

[zagguru]

Should I also spell out the trick to win Monopoly? Not as easy there as you need more luck or willing trading partners to get them...

Yes please...

[mercaz1]

+1 been doing that every time until they caught on and now everyone goes for Australia

how do you win when you don't start with any countries near Australia- you then waste a lot of turns and armies trying to control Australia

[zagguru]

how do you win when you don't start with any countries near Australia- you then waste a lot of turns and armies trying to control Australia

I usually get 1 of the surrounding countries and go to Australia in the first turn

[Randomex]

If you like Risk and math, you might enjoy this: http://datagenetics.com/blog/november22011/index.html
(If you don't like math, you can just search for the phrase "strategy tip" on that page to skip the explanation.)

[miles lover]

Yes please...

Get the orange set and you pretty much won.

[Yammer]

I've played risk a nice amount of times as a kid yet I remember nothing! Slowly it's coming back as read the thread...

And while I remember the hardship with Australia, I remember working on North America, for the fact that you get more men..

[Zevi16]

I've played risk a nice amount of times as a kid yet I remember nothing! Slowly it's coming back as read the thread...

+1

And while I remember the hardship with Australia, I remember working on North America, for the fact that you get more men..

+1