Comments from Others who have bought the game

This game is one of the best board games I’ve played. The dynamic nature of the game and how the game changes throughout the game will constantly keep things interesting as you battle for victory. There were three specifics that made this game an amazing game:

1) It builds off of Risk’s basic game play

You still battle for territory and strategic dominance of the map and still do battle with dice to who wins the fight.

2) Fixes some of the short falls of the base game

Some annoying or faulty setups from the original game included how to start off the game, choosing starting territories, exponential troop placements and poor mission objectives. All of these have been creatively addressed and invoke a fair and thought involved process.

3) Adds so much new content

Each faction gets special abilities to create new angles for attack, better gaming winning objectives including events occurring at random intervals and changes to the board itself to mix up the obvious and skewed advantages of being located in specific parts of the map.

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This is an absolutely incredible board game. I can not speak for the entire length of the 15 games but we are through multiple and I have never felt as much excitement to continue playing. One thing that must be done is do not search around on the internet for the spoilers, the game comes with 6 locked card pouches that can only be opened at certain times, thus changing the game drastically. Although it may not be fun playing a second time with a new version, the changes they have made to the tried and true risk set up have greatly increased the speed and strategy of the game. Do not believe that all 15 games will take as long as a normal game of risk, the end game is no longer world domination for most of the games, and thus the games happen much faster. The rule book is dense but once getting through it (around an hourish) we played about three games in around 3.5-4 hours (20 minutes-1 hour – 2 hours).

The only con is that you must have the same players play each of the 15 games. This makes it way more fun but also disqualifies some people as some do not have a consistent way to play with 3-5 other people. We are playing with my two brothers and one of their’s wife before they leave for the holidays. It has been fun enough that we have made preliminary plans to fly out to their home to continue the game as we will not finish during the holidays. People may believe 50 dollars may be a little steep for a game you can only play “once”, though I would argue that you will get around 35-45 hours of playtime out of it, and around 1 dollar per hour for multiple people is pretty good.

Edit (1/24/13) – I just wanted to come back to this review and say that I have finished the 15 games! I have since bought a second game to play with a separate group of friends. Each game was unique and though each person had their favorite starting spots, as the board changed, so did people’s strategies. Like many strategy games you may fall into unique situations the rules don’t address specifically. When this happens google your question and often times the game’s creator (Rob Davieu) has helped answer it over at boardgamegeek.com. It is an amazing game to play with close friends and something we looked forward to every time my brothers and I were able to get together.