Risk Legacy - Earth #5061

[Genestealer]

So we started our Risk Legacy campaign today. All players will hopefully be commenting as we finish games. We'll start any posts with *SPOILER* if any packet openings occur and you don't want to read about them. This didn't happen during either game 1 or 2 so won't be a problem.

Otherwise, I'll be starting the game overview with who played which faction and their starting location. After that I hope others will comment on the game. Then I'll put up end of the game rewards. Repeat for each game.

[Genestealer]

GAME 1 - January 17, 2128
Play Time: ~ 1 hour

Players - Faction - Starting Location
Rob - Die Mechaniker - Eastern US
Ray - Enclave of the Bear - North Africa
Will - Saharan Republic - Yakutsa
Ed - Imperial Balkania - Western Australia
Trish - Khan Industries - Afghanistan

Game Summary
Turn 1
Rob took North America making him Will's primary target.
Will took Alaska.
Ed takes control of Australia.

Turn 2
Rob attempted to retake Alaska, Will placed a 'Bunker' and held him off.
Trish took Ray's HQ in North Africa.

Turn 3
Ray placed an 'Ammo Shortage' in North Africa, yes that would be his HQ, and retook it after fighting from two fronts.
Ed attacked Trish's HQ in Afghanistan, Rob placed a 'Bunker' to aid in her defense, allowing her to hold him off.
Rob's action sparks a treaty between Will and Ed.
Trish retakes Ray's scorched earth HQ.

Turn 4
Ray reclaims his HQ once again.
Ed attempts to conquer Trish's HQ in Afghanistan and again fails.

Turn 5
Will takes over Ray's HQ.
Trish turns in four cards for a red star and takes Will's HQ, placing another 'Ammo Shortage' in his territory.

Winner Game 1 = Trish

[Genestealer]

My scorched earth policy on my own HQ in North Africa made holding Africa just about impossible and made it a huge target. In four turns of play it was taken or retaken five times.

Getting used to the four red stars victory conditions is a very different feel from regular Risk.

We had a great time talking trash and playing though. More comments to come fro game 2 after everyone else has had a chance to comment on game 1 and we post up the rewards fro game 1 (Major City and four minor cities).

[coloradogamer]

While I found (and still find) dropping a bunker in Alaska highly amusing; keeping just enough guys on it to make taking it back an either unattractive or unsuccessful option for Rob meant I didn't have to worry much about that front. Unfortunately that made it difficult to keep enough units on my capital to keep it more or less safe. While we didn't have much infighting in Asia until towards the end (at least up by my part), I should have expanded more to better protect myself from Ed and Trish.

[SgtBrowncoat]

There is certainly an added impetus to expand and to keep an eye on your opponents. I expanded slowly at first, and had a good shot at victory on turn three, the plan being to rush through Trish's HQ and travel through the mostly unoccupied Europe to capture Ray's Ammo shortaged capitol for the win. Unfortunately, Rob's Bunker turned victory into trench warfare, and I was surprised at the resistance I met there turn after turn. I neglected to place my Bunker Scar sticker, as I never really came under attack, and I wasn't about to place a bunker to protect Australia for future games if I didn't have to...

It still feels like Risk, but the twists freshen up the game and make you look at it differently, exactly as they should!

[Genestealer]

Game 1 Rewards:

Trish
Major city in Western Europe
Rock of Trishaltar

Ray
Minor city in North Africa
Casa-Ray-Blanca

Will
Minor city in Western US
Williamsburg

Ed
Minor city in Peru
Puerto Kleinonado

Rob
Minor city in SE Asia
New Avalon

[Genestealer]

GAME 2 - January 17, 2128
Play Time: ~ 1 hour

Players - Faction - Starting Location
Rob - Imperial Balkania - India
Ray - Enclave of the Bear - Russia
Will - Die Mechaniker - Venezuela
Ed - Saharan Republic - Alberta
Trish - Khan Industries - Western Europe

Game Summary
Turn 1
Will and Ed made the American Compact (a treaty between North and South America).

Turn 2
Will took over all S. America.
Ed took over all N. America.
Trish invaded Greenland to prevent Ed from holding N. America.

Turn 3
Rob, Trish, and Ray made a very loose treaty, Rob actually never agreed, to combat the evil forces of the Americas.
Ed retakes Greenland.

Turn 4
Ray drives through N. America to Ed's HQ and takes control of it.

Turn 5
Ed retakes his HQ.

Turn 6
Trish takes Brazil from Will.
Ray attacked Eastern US, losing five troops to his one, gaining the 3-coin resource card available for that territory.

Turn 7
Will turned in cards for troops and took over Rob's and Ray's HQ's for the win.

Winner Game 2 = Will

Game 2 Rewards
Will
Major city in Alaska
Willopolis

Ed
Minor city in Russia
Kleiningrad

Rob
Minor city in Iceland
Area 53

Ray
Minor city in Madagascar
Penguinsuv

Trish
Minor city in Western Australia
Pandora (named by Rob)

[Genestealer]

GAME 3 - January 31, 2128
Play Time: ~ 1 hour

Players - Faction - Starting Location
Rob - Enclave of the Bear - Ural
Ray - Imperial Balkania - Indonesia
Will - Khan Industries - Alaska (Willopolis)
Ed - Die Mechaniker - Argentina
Trish - Saharan Republic - Western Europe (Rock of Trishaltar)

Game Summary
Turn 1
Ed attacks and captures Trish's HQ and conquers S. America.
Ray takes control of Australia.

Turn 2
Will takes Venezuela from Ed.
Trish retakes Western Europe from Ed, regaining her HQ.

Turn 3
Everyone captured one territory, nothing spectacular.

Turn 4
Will takes Ed's HQ.
Trish eliminates Ed taking his resource cards.
Ed rejoins the war starting with four troops in Eastern US.
Ray takes Rob's HQ and drives through Europe to take Trish's HQ for the win.

North Africa changed hands 6 times in the game.

Game 3 Winner = Ray

Game 3 rewards
Ray
Names Australia
AustRAYlia

Rob
Minor city in Japan
Neo Tokyo

Will, Ed, and Trish placed resource tokens on cards.

Opened first packet - 9 minor cities placed.

[Genestealer]

GAME 4 - January 31, 2128
Play Time: 1 1/2 hours

Players - Faction - Starting Location
Rob - Khan Industries - Northern Europe
Ray - Die Mechaniker - Alberta
Will - Saharan Republic - Kamchatka
Ed - Enclave of the Bear - Argentina
Trish - Imperial Balkania - Indonesia

For the rest of this THREAD:
SPOILERS AHEAD
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Game Summary
Turn 1
Will took Alaska making Ray irate.
Ray took Alaska and then Will's HQ eliminating him from the game on turn 1. After gaining his card the 'Fortify' event was triggered giving him two additional troops in Alaska.
Trish takes control of AustRAYlia.
Ed takes control on S. America and moves into Southern Europe.

Turn 2
Will joined the war in Central Africa.
Ray gained a card, triggering another event, 'Resistance', causing Ed and Trish to each lose control of their continents.
Trish and Ed retake their continents.

Turn 3
Ray takes China from Trish.
Rob takes China from Ray.
Trish takes China from Rob.

Turn 4
Ray triggered another event, 'Riots', causing him to lose control of Willopolis in Alaska. Depleted coin card stack to gain a red star (first time).
Trish takes Will's HQ from Ray.

Turn 5
Ray turns in for 33 troops (10 resources) to open the "30 + One Missile" packet.
Packet includes the Aliens and the Alien Island. He places the island of the coast of Asia, connecting it to China and Central US.
He attacks into China then attacks Trish in SE Asia. Will, Ray, and Trish all expend missiles to open the 'Three Missile Used In One Combat' packet. Packet includes the Mutants and a nuclear explosion goes off in China, killing 50 troops, 43 being Ray's!
Trish gained a card, triggering another event, 'Resistance', causing Ed and Trish to each lose control of their continents.

Turn 6
Will placed an 'Ammo Shortage' in Western Europe.
Rob took control of Europe and then pushed into AustRAYila taking Trish's HQ.
Ed captures the Alien Island from Ray.

Turn 7
Ray pushes through N. and S. America to Ed's HQ and captures it. He then tries to pull out the win by attacking Trish, who is holding Will's HQ, but fails.
Rob attacks Siberia, Ray puts down a 'Bunker'. Robs wins and continues to push toward Will's HQ, taking it from Trish for the win.

Game 4 Winner = Rob

Game 4 Rewards
Rob
Major city in India
Katmandu

Ray, Will, Ed, and Trish placed resource tokens on cards.

[Genestealer]

Response from the game designer on BGG when I posted we opened both sealed boxes on the same turn:

"Wait? Both of the sealed parts of the vac tray? On the SAME TURN?"

[Genestealer]

After a three month hiatus we got going again. Had to reread the rules again, but had a blast. Hope to get in a game every few weeks now. Remember SPOILERS will be found in all posts from game 4 on.

GAME 5 - May 15, 2128
Play Time: ~ 1 hour

Players (in turn order) - Faction - Starting Location
Rob - Khan Industries - Brazil
Ed - Die Mechaniker - Ural
Trish - Aliens - Central America
Will - Saharan Republic - Alaska
Ray - Mutants - Indonesia

Game Summary
Turn 1
Expansion by all. Trish took Alien Island and encroached into S. America, taking Venezuela from Rob.

Turn 2
Rob retakes Venezuela.
Trish attacks NW Territory, owned by Will, and loses six troops. Event triggered, Ray gains five troops.
Will play's 'Short Sighted' weakness on Ray's Mutants.
Ray moves into China.

Turn 3
Rob takes Central America, Trish's HQ. Event card triggered, 'Mysterious Island', Trish gets a resource card, and a second event is triggered. 'Fallout' wiping out all of Ed's troops from the board.
Ed is able to rejoin the war back in his HQ.
Trish took NW Territory.
Will retakes it.
Ray expands into Asia, testing the waters vs Alaska, but not succeeding.

Turn 4
Rob sets of another event, allowing Trish to play a ruin. She destroys 'New Avalon' in SE Asia.
Trish turns in for 21+3 and retakes her HQ from Rob and Will's HQ in Alaska.
Will turns in for 4+3 and takes Western US from Trish, losing six troops in the process.
Ray takes Alaska from Trish. Moves mutants into Alberta, the last bio-hazard/fallout area for an extra red star. Then goes after Ed's HQ in Ural and captures it winning the game.

Winner Game 5 = Ray

Game 5 Rewards
Ray
Names Africa
AfRAYka

Rob, Will, Ed, and Trish placed resource tokens on cards.

Opened 'Name on the board twice' packet.