Castle Risk
Castle Risk is a version of the board game Risk that is played on a map of Europe. It appeared on the reverse side of the Risk board in a early 1990s version of the game.
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The map is divided into six empires and three neutral areas. One receives 4 troops per turn for each empire you control and 6 troops if you control all the neutral areas. A common variation un play is to divide up the neutral areas so that you receive 2 troops a turn for any of the three neutral areas you control.
Empires:
The rules of Castle Risk differ from World Risk in several respects. Each empire has a capital. This cpaital provides much of a player's income and once the capital is lost that player is out of the game. A capital can only be attacked with two dice, rather than the standard three, this gives a great advantage to the defender.
Castle Risk also has very different cards. Rather than only the standard reinforcement cards there are a wide assortment:
The best empire to be is usually France. Its owner automtically dominates Spain and England (if it is empty). It is not usually bordered by many hostile empires. The worst empire is Austro-Hungary, which is very boxed in by other powers and has no territories that do not border other empires.
One strategy that is unfortunately too effective in Castle Risk is to sit and build up in your capital for most of the game until you can launch an attack with an admiral against another player's capital. This, however, produces a very boring game.Map
Neutrals:
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