Showing posts with label Risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Risk. Show all posts

Thursday, November 6, 2014

#tbt

 Strategy and world domination before the days of Pac Man!
The roots of Stratego reach back to WWII when a Dutchman, Jacques Johan Mogendorff, invented Stratego. In 1947 Stratego was published for the first time. 

Risk is a strategy board game . It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La ConquĂȘte du Monde ("The Conquest of the World") in France.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Game Review

Continental Game Risk 


2-8 players
60 - 90 minutes of play
Ages 8 and up

Make the right moves and you'll conquer the world with this classic reproduction of Risk. Just like it was made in 1959, this timeless game contains six sets of beautiful wooded "army" pieces conveniently stored in clear plastic boxes with lids, a deck of cards, dice, and a rules book featuring the History of Risk. 

The object of the game is to occupy every territory on the board and in doing so, eliminate the other players. Players control armies with which they attempt to capture territories from other players, with results determined by dice rolls.

You'll Need sound strategy-and some luck- plus great diplomacy to persuade your opponents to spare you and attack the others. 

Thursday, June 19, 2014

#TBT Yup, Throw Back Thursday

This is a faithful reproduction of Parker Brothers' Risk as it was in 1959. This classic game features an oversized bi-fold game board and deck of area cards, both with original style art. 
With six sets of wooden army pieces and a rule book, you'll have everything you need to conquer the world!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Who knew?

Who Knew? 
All these great game titles could be found under one roof? 
That is, under one roof, on Main Street Durango?
The object of  Killer Bunnies is to collect as many "Carrots" as possible, hoping that one of them is the randomly predetermined "Magic Carrot". In doing so, you must keep your bunnies alive as long as possible, while eliminating your opponents' Bunnies because once all the Carrots have been claimed you must have a living Bunny to win. This can be tricky as your opponents may have some outrageous weapons up their sleeves!
  

Ticket to Ride (not to be confused with the Beatles song)
 "The rules are simple enough to write on a train ticket –
each turn you either draw more cards, claim a route, or
 get additional Destination Tickets," says Ticket to Ride
author, Alan R. Moon. "The tension comes from being
 forced to balance greed – adding more cards to your hand,
 and fear – losing a critical route to a competitor."

Dominion
 "You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

 Risk 1959 Edition
  This game has been around since Moby Dick was a minnow! Did you know that Risk has been accepted as the first mainstream wargame? Players are given tons of little army units to place onto the map of the world. When it's your turn, you use your units to attack other players' positions. Combat is as simple as rolling the dice! Reinforcements can be sent to your armies with the collection of a set of cards!






 Settlers of Catan, 
The players of this game try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On  each turn dice are rolled to determine what  resources the island produces. Players  collect these resources to build up their  civilizations to get  victory points  and win the game. Multi-award-winning
and one of the most popular games in recent history due to its amazing ability to appeal  to non-gamers and gamers alike

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Boredom Busters!

Whoo-hoo! 
It's adventure Jane! Another one of our little friends! Looks like Jane is bustin her boredom this weekend by heading to Purg for a day! She's a local lady and has been looking forward to today all week long! Lucky Jane will be heading to Wolf Creek on Sunday.... Go Jane go! No time to waste and a great weekend to spend the days outside!


Snow Bonsai trees! 
Can ya picture how beautiful they will become? Imagination trees!
 These trees will bring you all the benefits of Zen- serenity. peace, and harmony!  Just set the stand up, add the tree and water. Within hours your tree comes to life. Ohm.....................................
RISK! 1959 Version
This truly is a boredom buster! Conquer the world using strategy, diplomacy, and maybe even some luck in this game. Since you can't take over the world why not do it in a game?
There are several strategies to this game but the dice really play the biggest part in whether or not you win or lose a battle with one of your armies. 
Nonetheless, there is lots of thinking involved, some math,  a few negotiations, and geography!
What more could any board game geek ask for?