Bloody Risk!!

So the collective arrived a Steedo's for the 12 game of Risk Legacy. The key thing was not let Snake -eyes win - as he already had 4 wins and another would make his lead virtually unassailable lead (15 games in total - player with the most keeps the board). 

So we go through the draft process and place troops and start the game. 

DK with the muties in North America, Snake-eyes in South America, Sylon in Africa, Steedo and the bringers on Nuclear Fire in Europe and myself Down-Under. 

There was quick expansion for all - only for an event card to wipe out about 5 of my troops and my continent bonus! Curses!

DK and I were plagued with some dire dice rolls through out the evening meaning that we had to use nukes early to ensure that we got resource cards. Of course Steedo and Snake-eyes were tooled up with plenty of nukes! Which they would use later ....

The initial game looked like Steedo was the front runner, controlling Europe (including the world capital and had named the continent), so a concerned effort went into stopping him. DK wasn't creating a solid base for the muties with Snake-eyes and Steedo chipping away at him. 

Then shock horror I had an opportunity for a win - cash in my cards for a victory point and make a mad dash for Sylon's (held by Steedo at the time) and DK's capitals .... Took Sylon's but Snakes-eyes used nukes to prevent me take DK's (poor dice didn't help). So near .....

Then the next bloody event card took out my capital so I lost a victory point ....

The game continued with Sylon going after everyone apart from DK ... Who was mercilessly eliminated after managing to be involved in losing an attack on Snakes-eyes where 5 ones were rolled by the pair of them! Truely a poor night of dice rolling!

Snakes-eyes then cashed in 10 resources while still holding a nuke to reveal the final part of the box!

Aliens!

And ten more troops were added to Snakes-eyes forces .... Like he need more troops! The alien island was place in the mid Atlantic and strangely created a bridge between China and Madagascar (through the Panama Canal!). With this mighty force Snake-eyes went for it but came up short .... Now was my second chance at victory Madagascar was quickly taken then I went for DK's old capital ... Only once again to run out of troops at the gates ..... Annoyingly if I hadn't taken as many troops to Madagascar and IF I'd cashed in my resource cards I'd have bloody won the game. I then had to watch as Sylon and Steedo made feeble attempts to win weakening my defences, so that Snake-eyes could claim this 5th victory ......

So did we throw the game? 

I don't want the stupid board anyway - I am looking forward to it being on the cloakroom wall at Snake-eye's home in time for the next Twilight Imperium.

Morts