I have been playing risk for more than 30 years and anytime someone goes for Asia he is trounced in an instant. In your games as in real life watch how volatile the Middle East is. The Middle East is the great buffer for either Africa or Europe so it is constantly contested.

Before there were little plastic pieces there were little wooden cubes and 3 sided wooden pieces. I agree that if this place makes money someone is gonna want to have some of that territory.