RISK Domination VIII: Finished!!

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I'm rooting for Gustaf and Mikado just to see what an epic final showdown between just the two of them would look like.

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Now we get to find out if Lewis chose to throw away six units on NJ just as a roadblock.

Lewis has a tough fight ahead of him.  Minnesota is necessary for his region, but it'll be a tough nut to crack.  How will he deal with this?

Lewis is in a bit of a jam but Teddy is by far in the worst position. At this point Teddy serves as more of a roadblock than someone who stands a realistic chance because he doesn't have the strength to maintain any region for himself. It's entirely possible he could get into a back and forth in the area he's in for awhile but from my perspective, Teddy will just be sparring desperately until he's slowly ground away between you and BK.

It's really just a question of who's willing to dedicate the resources to actually getting rid of him. He may not stand a great chance of winning at the moment, but he certainly can do some damage before going down. Who wants to weaken themselves like that?

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Could've gone better for Mikado, there.

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Well done for Lewis. Pretty good job of capturing and moving around defenses for that region.

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Risky move on not putting all his reinforcements into attacking Georgia. Going to hurt going another round without any bonus against the others that have already taken shape in their respective areas.

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Smart moves for both Gustaf and Lewis. This is very very interesting. Numerically it seems Lewis is the strongest, but he's not in the best position to maintain that strength considering he's sort of right in the middle of things. Eventually he's going to have to fight two people at the same time, and with Gustaf being so easily fortified, I still have to see Gustaf as the favorite, but if he doesn't move aggressively soon, that good position he has in the corner isn't going to help for very long.

(Though if someone doesn't break Lewis' bonus soon, he's going to rack up numbers fast.)

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Numerically it seems Lewis is the strongest, but he's not in the best position to maintain that strength considering he's sort of right in the middle of things.

Bacon King based himself in the Midwest in the last game, and seemed to do rather well.

I blocked out memories of the last game.

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Ouch. Homelycooking just doesn't have great luck.

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Ouch. Homelycooking just doesn't have great luck.

But I finally won Florida! Ka-ching, baby!

I was neon green in the last game and I did horribly, so let's just say neon green is cursed.

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BK definitely seems to have luck on his side at the moment.

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Dammit Mikado, stop trying to take it just one step further.

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Teddy's turn was kind of bizarre. I expected him to be more aggressive. He could've taken the Pacific without too much resistance at all also without much threat of losing it to Mikado. Just weird.

Bacon King, however, played it safe and smart. New Mexico and simple fortifying was the move I expected him to make, and he has no reason to risk anything else. Good move.

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I don't understand Teddy's moves at all.

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I hope my moves make sense now Had I not played so conservatively, I'd have been eliminated by now. Given the god awful starting position I had, I'd consider myself rather lucky!

A great portion of why you're still here, honestly, is just luck. You were never considered enough of a thread for people to dedicate resources to destroying, so you just lucked out while hell happened around you.

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An uncharacteristically ballsy move from Teddy, there.

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Congratulations Gustaf!

Gotta say, there was a point in the game where I thought you were causing yourself to lose by not being more aggressive, but everyone else self-destructed pretty well. Sorry for doubting you.