[UMS] European Risk Revulsion

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If you're familiar to WarCraft III Risk or the original StarCraft Risk for that matter, then this map should be quite familiar in terms of both gameplay and features.

Risk Revulsion is a StarCraft II remake of the popular board game, risk. Similar to the boardgame, each player begin with a limited amount of minerals for them to expand their influence by capturing countries. The more countries you capture, the more income you get, the stronger you become. When a country is captured, you'll be provided with free marines and additional income provided by your countries. This boost in income will be added on top of the original income of 4. You'll receive your income at the start of a new turn.

When your influence or power has reached a certain threshold, challenge your foes over the European battlefield and prove your worth.

Take chances, take risks,

Risk Revulsion!

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On August 12 2011 13:18 norsK wrote:
This is a very fun game!!! addicting!! the better the player the faster everyone backstabs them... very good

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On August 12 2011 13:29 Gl!tch wrote:
Have enjoyed playing this in the time between laddering. I would say i have played about... 20 games (though some ended quickly, as half the people left and then everybody followed suit).

Only won once :D. Very challenging, especialy with a full house of 12.

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I run the game on lowest settings on ladder games and get by fine, but on this one my fps takes a noticable hit. Expected, as it's a huge map.

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Do you and hellya have any plans for a global risk (similar to "Risk 2.2.5" in BroodWar which was by... TheNevermind and.... somebody else i forget), or a global risk at all for that matter?

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On December 12 2011 08:17 galtdunn wrote:
Can anyone help with strategy related stuff on this map? I'm a beginner and terrible.

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Shai-Hulud wrote:
Here are some tips and tricks I can think of off the top of my head. I tried not to repeat any from above, but if I happened to: think of it as emphasis on that tip.

Early Game:
Micro, micro, micro: There is no reason you should be losing a marine to take your first or second barracks, micro the targeted (weak) marine back and swap him with the full health marine at your starting barracks.

Start where their is potential to expand, you want to be able to use your conscripts, as well as the army you produced to take the original country, on near-by conquests.

Peace early game is very important, but it is also deadly, for if you truce too much and let yourself get boxed in you have no room to expand. This will eventually lead to you being under-incomed and out-manned.

Mid Game:
Do not make too many tanks, in this stage your income / bank is not large enough to recover from the loss of multiple tanks in a bad engagement.

More importantly, always keep your tanks behind infantry (marine, maraud, medic), their range is adequate to sit in the back and deal large amounts of damage.

Use Chokes to your Advantage: If you are being attacked make sure you engage them at a choke (when possible) and get a good concave on your side of the trees. Make sure you have a think line of troops to prevent a charge and breaking of your line here.
On the flip-side, if your enemy is covering/hugging his choke, do not charge into it unless you know what you are doing and see an opertunity.

If you're country is under attack and the enemy is advancing, do not make your response tanks at the barracks surrounded/near enemy troops, they will not return your investment of 20 minerals. You want to make sure you have created a strong enough infantry (marine, marauder) line before moving your tanks into the battle.

Around this time of the game is when army composition and engagement angles start to become very important.
I personally prefer to have few tanks and more marine marauder. Tanks are the core of your army and should not be the only thing in it. Medics are important for keeping your infantry shield alive and the tanks in the back safe.
With that said, if you see an enemies' tanks near the front of their army, target them down with your marauders. Or if you see tanks sitting in the front of a choke, don't be afraid to charge with a small group of men and target that tank down quickly and then retreat to the safety of the choke.

Diplomacy wins games, but take note on what players are faithful to their 'truces' and which ones are quick to take advantage of a weak neighbor. You want to treat the overly aggressive players cautiously, peace will only be maintained as long as its mutually beneficial.

Late Game:
Once again watch your army composition, and maintain a healthy amount of infantry, which should be the large majority of what you're losing in battles.
This is when positioning is key. Do not engage your army when you see that the enemy's is stronger. Unless trapped, you can fight another day on a more favorable ground, preferably in a choke.
When the battles are large and go on for longer portions of turns, the concave that forms becomes make or break.
Visualization: Your army -> )) <- Enemy army.
By allowing more enemy troops to be engaging your line, mostly focusing more on your center, you will be suffering more casualties and when they breakthrough to your tanks, your army and/or empire is as good as dead.

Side Note: I feel that the most under utilized element is swapping the defender on a barracks. Especially when under attack in the mid to late game. You can individually micro your tanks around within the range of the 'defender swap' on that barracks. When your tanks are caught too far forward and are in immediate danger, you can simply swap to defender and then swap them for a unit that is further away, saving that tank and your 20 mineral investment.

Naval Battles: Try to avoid them.
If you trade navies all that happens is you are both that much poorer than the rest of the game's contenders. After a naval battle, if it is not a clean trade, there is usually a clear winner, so unless you are confident you have the superior navy, be careful engaging.
The goal of navies is establishing naval supremacy in your region or sea. If two people are contending for that supremacy chances are they are going to fight for it.
If you are defending with a navy, using marines on a port for a shield / targets helps your navy survive much longer and can be a huge defender's advantage if implemented correctly.
One last note on navies: Splash is a deadly mother fucker and you want to spread your ships into a line, when possible, to avoid the splash. Banshees especially do not let them clump up too much or you will surely suffer in cost-efficiency.
With lines also comes back to the idea of a concave, you want to have your line longer than theirs so that you are getting greater surface area on the engagement, thus more dps and a cleaner victory.

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On April 30 2012 21:16 Fogetaboudit wrote:
also you could have cards correspond to certain territories and give bonus minerals for occupying these territories.

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On May 01 2012 01:24 BoggieMan wrote:
haha, played a map exactly like this in wc3 so many times, will definetly check it out if i end up getting bored of ladder.

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On May 05 2012 15:51 Maudi wrote:
Ok so heres the thing. I've been Playing risk revulsion for more than a year now. It's my #1 favorite game and im pretty damn good at it. I've won more ranked games over the past year than i can count... i've won 3 in the last 4 hours (and thats just today). Problem is, I've never gotten any of the achievable skins. Being my alltime favorite game, this problem kills me inside a little bit. Is there anything that anyone can do to help me out?

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On May 01 2012 22:56 redmarine wrote:


We don't have any plans to replicate the card function of the table game. It was more of a mechanic to make invasions more cost effective since you get paid a small bit to kill.

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On May 05 2012 22:58 Fogetaboudit wrote:


Ya this is fair enough but why not just automatically convert to minerals then. Seems like a waste of APM.

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On May 05 2012 20:30 redmarine wrote:


Where do you play EU or NA?

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On May 06 2012 16:48 Maudi wrote:

I play NA

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