RISK Domination XI: Finished!!

[Gustaf]

I think Matt has the best chance of beating Polnut here, because Hagrid has no reason to attack Matt and open up a new front. That leaves him in a decent position.

[Gustaf]

I think Matt has the best chance of beating Polnut here, because Hagrid has no reason to attack Matt and open up a new front. That leaves him in a decent position.

That's balanced by the fact that Hagrid goes just before Matt.  While Matt and Hagrid benefit from not attacking each other for now, the timing of when they play means that Matt will need to attack before betrayal becomes the optimal joint strategy because otherwise Hagrid would get the first blow.  So Matt has a tricky waiting game, needing to neither attack too soon nor too late.

Ha, maybe, but I still think there is too much to lose for the both of them.

[Gustaf]

This is a very cautious game. Interesting. Who will blink first?

[Gustaf]

Assuming Matt removes Polnut's bonus, this should come down to Matt and Hagrid now.

[Gustaf]

If Hagrid doesn't attack Snowstalker, Matt probably has to. The question is whether not attacking Matt leaves the latter with too much troops for anyone else to ever catch up. It's an interesting situation.

[Gustaf]

This game is becoming pretty fascinating. Hagrid ought to be safe for a round now, because trying to wipe him out and failing means handing his cards to the other player, which in turn spells doom. His geographical position still sucks though.

[Gustaf]

Yeah, Matt should probably have been more defensive.

[Gustaf]

Well, that's the game I guess. Really unlucky for Hagrid with the dice there towards the end.

[Gustaf]

Why is Matt deliberately giving the game away. I don't get it. :/

[Gustaf]

Well, that dice swing is keeping the game interesting. The right move from Matt now and he could actually have something of a shot at after all.

[Gustaf]

It's over anyway.