19th Annual International Risk® Championship

Goz83 · Post by **Goz83** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:43 am

yeah can someone put that idea to the organisers? I'm sure there would be much uptake on it.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:56 pm

i hope to go (gotta sweet talk the wife into this one), not too bad of a drive for me. ptlowe should be coming with me. if paul and courtney are there, and if wain really flies from england and incandenza from LA, we might shut this mofo down. i mean we'll get so wild they won't have it next year......

so just be ready, jim thorpe, mwahahahaha...... :twisted:

RiskTycoon · Post by **RiskTycoon** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:58 pm

hmmm only a small road trip for me.....i'd have to sweet talk the lady, but it sure sounds fun! ...hmmm

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:02 pm

Nephilim wrote:i hope to go (gotta sweet talk the wife into this one), not too bad of a drive for me. ptlowe should be coming with me. if paul and courtney are there, and if wain really flies from england and incandenza from LA, we might shut this mofo down. i mean we'll get so wild they won't have it next year......

so just be ready, jim thorpe, mwahahahaha......

oh my, a redneck hoe-down. :lol:

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:10 pm

Nephilim wrote:i hope to go (gotta sweet talk the wife into this one), not too bad of a drive for me. ptlowe should be coming with me. if paul and courtney are there, and if wain really flies from england and incandenza from LA, we might shut this mofo down. i mean we'll get so wild they won't have it next year......

so just be ready, jim thorpe, mwahahahaha......

It's pretty much going to be a reenactment of the third act of Beerfest, only with a little risk sandwiched in there somewhere.

IRTOC · Post by **IRTOC** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:53 am

If anyone is having difficulty with any aspect of planning, we have tourney regulars who are always willing to help out a fellow risk player.

Just ask steelhorse or myself if you need help. To those of you who have already registered in the event, we look forward to making your aquaintance. You will have fun guaranteed.

Kayla · Post by **Kayla** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:25 pm

So far, which of you KNOW your going to this thing?

She Wolf · Post by **She Wolf** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:57 pm

I'm going just to hang out. coming from Connecticut. and then again i have humiliated myself playing here, why not international humiliation. ahh what could be better than that. oh & i can do it without drinking. have lots of caffiene on hand though. i am prone to naps. lol

Robinette · Post by **Robinette** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:54 am

There is a thread and poll in the General Discussion Forum that would be worth looking at if you are thinking of going to Jim Thorpe....

If you want to see the whole thing, go here:
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25565

This is the opening post:

We are all familiar with CC Rules, but did you know that the Official Rules are different...

And some of you are planning to attend the IRTOC (International Risk Tournament of Champions)... I figure it wouldn't hurt to be practicing those rules now. So I thought it would be worthwhile to show the differences between the Official Rules, the IRTOC rules, and for fun we'll even add the Original French Rules known as The Conquest of the World...
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Official rules... IROTC rules... French rules...
Bonus Cards for all have always been Escalating (4,6,8,10,12,15,20...)
And they ALL utilize the Classic map, Standard (no teams), Sequential, and 3-6 players 6p only for IROTC (typical) In 1980 an optional 'Rule Varation for Risk Experts' was introduced to escalate by 1 (4,5,6,7...)
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Fortification...

Official rule is Adjacent Fort
IRTOC uses Chained Fort
French rule is Adjacent Fort
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The Initial Setup...
CC Rules are random selection, with 3 armies on each territory
Original French Rules deal the cards and you start with ONLY 1 army on each territory
IRTOC rules deal the cards to determine initial territories which each get 1 army, and then players sequentially place reinforcements 1 army at a time until they have no more to place.
Official Rules players take turns selecting unoccupied countries and then continue in sequence placing reinforcements 1 army at a time.
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And finally, the Elimination of Opponents...there have been several official versions of this rule over the years, including one version that required you to have 6 cards before you could cash-in mid-turn, if you had only 5 cards after eliminating an opponent, you could NOT cash... listed in green is the Original and most prevalant version of this rule
CC Rules - must have 5 or more cards to cash a set
Original Rules - any set can be cashed mid-turn, even if you have only 3 cards
IROTC Rules - same as Original Rules, 3 cards
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Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:34 pm

thank you robin, very helpful for my goal of "official" world domination.....will you be gracing the dimly lit streets of Jim Thorpe in autumn?

i'm still hoping my wife will let me go......

FistK · Post by **FistK** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:09 pm

I'll be there, but only because Steelhorse is bringing the beer.

sully800 · Post by **sully800** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:52 pm

By the way, I turn 21 the day before this shin dig starts.

I fear that happy2seeyou is going to taken advantage of that fact... :shock:

David_Wain · Post by **David_Wain** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:05 pm

Nephilim wrote:i'm still hoping my wife will let me go......

Have u tried actually asking her yet?

hulmey · Post by **hulmey** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:06 pm

LOL -

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:36 pm

sully800 wrote:By the way, I turn 21 the day before this shin dig starts.

I fear that happy2seeyou is going to taken advantage of that fact...

I'm buying you a 3 wisemen then.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:26 am

happy2seeyou wrote:
sully800 wrote:By the way, I turn 21 the day before this shin dig starts.

I fear that happy2seeyou is going to taken advantage of that fact...

I'm buying you a 3 wisemen then.

I know I'm going to regret asking, but wtf is a 3 wise men?

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:04 am

I had to look it up.

Got a couple different recipes for it though... which one were you thinking of, happy?

2/3 oz Jagermeister® herbal liqueur
2/3 oz Absolut® vodka
2/3 oz Rumple Minze® peppermint liqueur

Ingredients: 1.0 Bourbon
1.0 Jack Daniels
1.0 Scotch

Directions: Add into a shot glass in equal parts.

Ingredients:
1/3 shot Jack Daniels
1/3 shot Jim Beam
1/3 shot Johnnie Walker
Mixing instructions:
layer in a shot glass, Jimmy, Jack, then Johnnie

I particularly like #3. :wink:

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:06 am

AK_iceman wrote:I had to look it up.
Got a couple different recipes for it though... which one were you thinking of, happy?

Ingredients:
1/3 shot Jack Daniels
1/3 shot Jim Beam
1/3 shot Johnnie Walker
Mixing instructions:
layer in a shot glass, Jimmy, Jack, then Johnnie

I particularly like #3.

A three wise men is . . . . .. . . Jimmy, johnny and Jack :wink:

The wise men

Who the heck does 1/3 shots???? They are 3 full shots together

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:35 pm

whooooo damn, breakin' out the bourbon! this is going to be trouble...... :twisted:

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:44 pm

Nephilim wrote:whooooo damn, breakin' out the bourbon! this is going to be trouble......

Poor sully should have never told me he is going to be turning 21. Who better to get him completely wasted than the bunch of us?? Now I am sure that he will be on a table by the end of the night. :lol:

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:42 pm

happy2seeyou wrote:
Nephilim wrote:whooooo damn, breakin' out the bourbon! this is going to be trouble......

Poor sully should have never told me he is going to be turning 21. Who better to get him completely wasted than the bunch of us?? Now I am sure that he will be on a table by the end of the night.

we'll have to take away his CC shirt so he won't embarrass lack and the rest of our precious community :wink:

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:16 pm

im thinking of organising a uk leg out of wains luxury modern london condo. rsvp. black tie, formal, obligatory caviar.

ourhero16 · Post by **ourhero16** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:23 am

Fedexed up my registration and one for my son (9 yrs old) who i have given the risk disease to, and he is now hopelessly addicted. As luck would have it, sister lives only 1/2 hour away. FREE LODGING!

Haucky · Post by **Haucky** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:38 am

So who is going now? I will be there and will do my best to try and win another championship! But you never know with this game!!!

I will be up there Friday. If any of you are there and would like to jump in any non-tournament pick up games I will be looking for players and maybe we can hook up.

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:45 pm

I will be there on Friday some time around noon.

Also . . . for the people that are going to this tournament . . .

WidowMakers was kind enough to design a shirt special for this event! You can find it in the CC Shop http://www.zazzle.com/conquerclub/produ ... 9981615442

You can customize it how ever you would like! Also, there are 6 different colors you can get the "hello my name is", make sure to select only one.

19th Annual International Risk® Championship

Anyone that needs assistance

A few notes on Rules

Ourhero16 and Jr. attending