With all the views regarding the dice and how it throws a monkey wrench into the best laid plans of mice and men, how about this option:
Games where there are no dice ! Pretty simple really: in order to attack you must have two more armies than the defender. The result is determined by subtracting ...
In most games there is a point where a player has an almost insurmountable advantage. Sometimes this point is not obvious. However, a fairly good player will notice it and almost ANYTHING within reason will be successful, the dice notwithstanding.
I have made some incredibly stupid choices after ...
WTFD does it make if your opponents rank does not reflect his ability???
I have played Chess since I was 8 years old. At 23 I decided to play in $$$ tournament games. Did my opponents play me differently because I was a new guy? Of course not ! They made the best moves REGARDLESS of what my rating ...
When I first played RISK so many eons ago, some guy from the neighborhood taught us the game. I guess he never bothered to actually read the rules because this is how we (about 5 of us) played:
1. The defender got to rolls 3 dice. 2. You got your armies AT THE END OF YOUR TURN ! 3. You could HIDE ...