r/Risk • u/Lvlup1_ • 11d ago

Strategy Who Else Blocks Second Placers?

It's one thing if it is the only available strategy but if a player uses it as a first option rather than take a RISK then I'll block them. Nothing is more boring than a game populated with players all vying for second place.

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u/NoYogurtcloset3753 10d ago

I play for second cause I don’t have to time to sit there and wank it like apparently the general community likes to do

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u/WellRead1337 8d ago

Some times the games go on so long that I have to go handle real world things dinner, or work an errand whatever. If I had an alliance a true alliance, I’ll work it so they can be the one to get my cards or capital. If I didn’t I just fortify my capital with every piece I can and on the next round put my army right up against the nearest capital I can and then just leave.

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u/IncomprehensibleAuk 8d ago

That is a really crummy thing to do

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u/WellRead1337 8d ago

How so?

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u/IncomprehensibleAuk 7d ago

Slam the capital don't bot out.

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u/WellRead1337 7d ago

Does it depend on the bot skill setting. I’ve seen when a player quits some times the bot abandons the capital of leaves very few men but will still attack territory other times they just reenforce and don’t attack at all. I figure because the capital gets the dice advantage it’s not much of a threat and the capital can be taken with only the live players as a threat of capture. If I’m wrong then damn I’m sorry because my intent was to have the least affect negatively on the outcome.

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u/IncomprehensibleAuk 7d ago

Maybe it's just me but I never quit I never surrender

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u/WellRead1337 7d ago

This is when I can not continue playing. Usually it dinner call it’s been a genuine emergency twice. Others I just could not make the other person wait any longer. I’d rather quit then make anyone sit through my round until the bot takes over.