Watching Salome and playing Risk made up for an interesting week. I really liked one and not the other. I became extremely sleepy watching Salome to say the least. Risk on the other hand was really exciting and I can’t wait for the next class. PTJ’s way of Risk made the game quite unpredictable. As opposed to everyone trying to kill each other and conquer the world, each team was given a unique goal to achieve in order to win. Diplomatic talks and official alliance/war status made the game more representative of real life. Having resource and city bonuses instead of territorial bonuses was an interesting twist. I wander if and how much the plague is going to spread from Western United States.
Observing each team’s moves, I noticed that teams knew better than to randomly attack others. In the entire class time there was only one attack. The phrase “War is costly.” must have really been ingrained in peoples’ minds. It was tough to decipher each team’s goals. I was immediately suspicious of the hegemon when they suggested peace with everyone. Because they gain the most troops each turn, it is to their advantage for the game to take longer without anything happening. Many of the team diplomats suggested peace, which made it quite confusing as to which team would actually win by peace. I’m really curious as to what goal ends up as the winner’s goal. Is it going to be global domination, peace, or something entirely different?
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