Greetings from Europe, Sort Of

[alexiscartwheel]

Ever played "Money Card"? It's this old board game where you travel around running out of money, wishing you had the cardboard American Express card, and trying not to end up in Majorca. Meanwhile, you have to collect the keys to seven cities, which is damn near impossible. The game takes a long time, and what's more, it's boring.

"Risk" may just top "Money Card." (Actually, it's a more intense version in a way. Forget collecting the key to the city, just conquer the city.) It takes ridiculously long. You keep rolling the dice over and over again, trying to invade take down Greenland so you can roll into Quebec for some poutine. An hour later, you're army's in North America, but you can't remember why, and the game's no closer to being finished. I'm competitive though, so even in hour four, I still want to win. (Also, it's fun with alcohol.) Sometime we're going to develop rules for "Riskopoly." It will be the longest board game ever.

Comments

[stubefied-by-gd.livejournal.com]

Hee. Try Diplomacy. It's like Risk, only instead of random dice-rolling, you actually go around convincing people to be your allies! Played it a few times freshman year in college.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Huh. Never heard of that one before, but it sounds kinda cool. Trying to get allies is definitely more strategic than rolling dice for twenty minutes on each turn. :D

[d4ni.livejournal.com]

Intoxicated Risk really does have to be one of my greatest joys in life. <3

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Here, have some Pink while I attack Ural.

[carrotgirl.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Riskopoly. I would kill myself.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Hehe... I probably would, too. We still might try it anyway though. Just imagine, when you land on a space, you could choose: pay rent, or go to war.