Questions tagged [risk-legacy]
Risk: Legacy is a futuristic version of Risk set on an "Earth" copy. Players tear-up, markup, and change the game components and the rules of the game over a 15-game campaign, at the end of which will leave them with their own unique world. Questions and answers which reveal changes and other hidden content should use spoiler markup where appropriate.
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What are the legacy style games?
What are the "legacy style games"? I've seen them referred to as being a thing, but an actual definition turnd out to be consistently difficult to google due to generic terms involved.
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(spoilers) Help! My group was playing risk legacy and the contents of the two pockets were swapped at the factory, help please!
Alright, basically, what happened is that on the second game we were able to open the pocket which says "open when a player is about to place 30+ troops on the board while they have a missle in their ...
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Does the legacy version do anything to devalue taking Australia early in the game?
In the base game if you conquer Australia early, you gain the advantage of 2 extra units a turn with only one territory required to defend it.
Does this change at any point in playing the Legacy game?
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3 Missiles in a Single Combat packet - how should this sticker be treated?
3 Missiles in a Single Combat packet spoilers in this question:
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What does The Saharan Republic's power mean?
One of the starting powers for The Saharan Republic says
You can make your maneuver at any point during your turn.
Does this mean they can attack, maneuver, and then continue to attack?
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Is Risk: Legacy playable two-player?
I have Risk: Legacy, I have an 8 year-old son who loves Risk, and I have three other household members who don't like games. I'm tempted to try Risk: Legacy two-player, either head-to-head or with the ...
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Do the rules in the "Open the first time a faction is eliminated" packet apply retroactively?
Contains spoilers for the packet in question:
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Does the mission to conquer 9 territories in one turn require them to be occupied?
In Risk Legacy there is a mission to conquer 9 territories in one turn.
Do the territories need to be occupied by another player before you capture them to count towards this mission objective?
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How do bunkers work in Risk Legacy?
What are the dice modifiers for bunkers in Risk Legacy? Can you give some examples of dice rolls and how they are modified by the presence of a bunker?
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In Risk Legacy, when are the "come-back" powers active? (Spoilers)
I have opened the packet with "come-back" powers and assigned a new (blue) ability to one of the factions.
Is this ability now active for this faction all of the time, or only when the player has ...
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Risk Legacy "Riots" event card is ambigious
The "Riots" card has three ambiguities:
Do the troops that get removed have to die in the "major city" territory or just from anywhere controlled by that player? Can the last troop in a territory get ...
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Use of Event cards without corresponding rules
The game board reserves a space for Event cards, but how they come into the game is a secret, thus spoiler protection below.
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Where can I find a Complete Spoiler list of Risk Legacy's packets & pockets?
In short, I need a list of all the cards contained in all the packets and pockets.
Background: I completely played through a copy of Risk Legacy with some friends at the beginning of this year, it ...
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Risk - Play by mail/email
In Risk (or Risk Legacy), is there an established way of playing the game by mail/email/..?
I'm considering setting up a game between friends, but am struggling to work out how the moves can be ...
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Missile rule clarification
"Any player (even those not involved in the battle) may discard
Missile(s) after dice are rolled, but before troops are removed.
For each Missile discarded in this way, the player can change
one die ...
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When should I open a particular envelope in Risk Legacy?
Risk Legacy, oddly enough, has spoilers, so I'll go ahead and use the spoiler tags.
Description of the envelope:
This game is intended to be played 15 times over its lifetime, after which it gets (...
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Should you play a Bunker Scar if you aren't likely to win the first game?
Since the Winner of a game is able to place their Major City anywhere on the board, even on nice defensive bunker scars...
Should you place a bunker on the board if you don't believe you are likely ...
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Which Faction Power will result in the greatest bonus troops and/or fewest troop losses?
Without taking into account any other packets that might be opened over the course of a game (no spoilers please, only use the starting rules, starting scars, starting stickers).
1) What is the best ...
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