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From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Russo, Chris A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Risk
Message-ID: <17492@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 23 Nov 90 15:59:24 GMT
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brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony) writes:

>In <2280@key.COM> jsp@key.COM (James Preston) writes:


>>Since there seem to be a lot of folks here who play this game, I have a
>>question.  Is it just me, or are all the variations of the computer opponents
>>just plain DUMB?  I have played many times, against many different numbers
>>and combinations of computer opponents, and I have almost never had any
>>trouble beating them.

>Have you played against five cautious opponents? If so I'd like to know
>how you won easily. They react to the taking of one of their provinces
>by coming from any where to get you. They never fight amongst
>themeselves. And if you kill one of them they declare holy jihad
>against you. And as they have spent the entire game doing nothing but
>build their forces this is tricky. My only strategy in the end was to
>knock each of them down to one province one at a time. This took
>forever.
>--

    I'm afraid I'd have to agree with James on this one.  The computer is
ridiculously easy.  I do everything I can to give the computer a break.  I
play against all aggressives.  I usually only start with one country(rather
than protect a bunch during initial play).  One thing that _sometimes_ will
give me a good game;  set the armies recieved for a card set up to the 
maximum increasing rate.  Sometimes the computer will get lucky and storm
all over you forcing you to make a comeback.


-- 
Russo, Chris A.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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