The game Risk has become the hot thing around here lately. It's not unusual for a game to last several hours and, sometimes, even a couple of days. I mean, you can't study Napoleon Bonaparte and not at least try your hand at conquering the world, right?
So this is what I saw yesterday afternoon as the two-day long game was winding to an end. Travis had whittled the game down from five players to just one (originally Sam, but Caroline had come in for relief). He owned the entire world and was closing in on Australia, the one continent that remained. I came in to watch it all go down and found this:
And heard this, "When it comes to world domination, you either go big or stay at home." Australia didn't have a chance.
So this is what I saw yesterday afternoon as the two-day long game was winding to an end. Travis had whittled the game down from five players to just one (originally Sam, but Caroline had come in for relief). He owned the entire world and was closing in on Australia, the one continent that remained. I came in to watch it all go down and found this:
And heard this, "When it comes to world domination, you either go big or stay at home." Australia didn't have a chance.