Re: [risk] "Skewed" combat?

[Bill Bauer <bbauer@thalia.org>]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, John Williams wrote:

> My opinion is that if we give the largest force an advantage, it will
> create unpredictability.  Will the defender combine his forces at the last
> minute?  Or I may be surrounded by a superior force, but it is in several
> smaller groups, so I attack one of them rather than waiting for him to
> attack me with them all at once -- but he foresees this ploy and instead
> of attacking me head on, he just reenforces his smallest group -- but I
> think he will do that so I attack the second smallest group -- etc, etc.

  Can we play with the game engine a bit to allow empires to gang up on
each other?

i.e. A = 4 armies
     b = 3 armies
     c = 2 armies

A attack, but b and c ally to defend... now 5 to 4 odds, not 5 to 3 to 2

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