If you could play RISK with any 5 people either living or dead - who would you pick

[LynneSin]

The game of total world domination, who would you challenge to a game?



I'd pick the following people:

Ghandi
Mother Teresa
Jesus
Mohammad
Henry David Thoreau

I think a game of RISK could bring out another side of these 5 normally non-violent people!

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. I'd only play strip Risk, so here's my list.

Sean Bean
John Simm
Brad Pitt
David Anders
Colin Firth


Unfortunately, I have no idea how to play Risk, let alone strip Risk. I'd have to observe the first few rounds.

[pokerfan]

12. Download "Conquest"

It's virtually identical to the Hasbro-Parker Brothers game. You can download and play it for free:
http://www.download-free-games.com/risk_game_download/conquest.htm

I've been playing it off and on for a couple of years. The registered version lets you play over the internets.

[jakefrep]

2. Lemme see....

Julius Caesar
Ulysses S Grant
Napoleon
Robert E Lee
Eisenhower

[rug]

3. Only those serious about world domination.

Hitler
Caesar
Napoleon
Sun Tzu
Alexander

[madinmaryland]

4. That's the only way you will ever win at Risk!

:rofl:

[Deep13]

5. Mohammed actively spread Islam by force.

He cannot reasonably be called nonviolent.

[LynneSin]

6. Well, perhaps he'll be better at this game than the others

:shrug:

It would still be interesting conversation during the game

[Deep13]

7. true

Your move Mohammed. Hey look! An educated woman eating pork chops and bossing around men! Oops, my mistake. Hope that didn't damage your concentration.

[jobycom]

19. True he wasn't non-violent, not true he spread Islam by force.

He was a political and religious leader. He spread Islam at first through preaching, but was attacked by the powers that be. He fought back, and in the process spread his control over much of Saudi Arabia. But he didn't spread his religion by force. He spread his political control by force, and was adamant that forced conversions were meaningless.

After his death, successive caliphs began the Arabic conquests, but again, no forced conversions. The majority of conversions in lands controlled by Muslims took place decades and even centuries after the conquests.

But you are very correct--Muhammad was not non-violent, and in fact was a shrewd, brutal, and aggressive military commander.

[Deep13]

24. "...spread his control over much of Saudi Arabia..."

I suppose he did that with flowery language and not violence.

[Deep13]

8. I'd play against...

...Napoleon, Caesar, Alexander and Eisenhower.

After I got crushed during the first five minutes, I would go watch a movie.

[AllegroRondo]

9. and Sun Tsu

He'd show them all what for!

[DarkTirade]

10. I'd have to at least have Hitler and Napolean on there... just to see if they're stupid enough...

...to try and invade Russia again. :)

[LynneSin]

14. Yes but Russia is broken down into several nations

but it's a very tough nation to conquer

[DarkTirade]

22. Exactly. :)

[Richardo]

11. The living ones.

:eyes:







(My favorite punchline from 'Pearls Before Swine'.) :D

[jobycom]

20. I personally want to meet anyone who can be either living or dead.

[TheMightyFavog]

13. Bullshit.

No way. Risk does not make people violent.

Now, Diplomacy. That's a game that brings out the violent side of people.



I've heard stories such as fistfights breaking out, and lifleong friendships broken over well-timed backstabs.

[cobalt1999]

15. I'd have to go with...

Robert E Lee
"The Desert Fox" Rommel
Alexander the Great
Ceasar
and Britney Spears (I'm pretty sure that way I wouldn't come in last)

[anarch]

16. I'd pick the five dead ones

'cause I've never won at Risk, and I want to know what it feels like.

[jobycom]

21. If you really want to win, then pick Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and Powell.

They invaded a nation without a military, and lost. I'm pretty sure you could take them.

[xchrom]

17. genghis khan, alexander the great, lord nelson,

geronimo, and finally general sherman

[Parche]

18. Its A Risk

Admiral Halsey


Admiral Nimitz


Admiral Spruance


Admiral Mitscher


Commander Dudley Mush Morton


:hi:

[MrCoffee]

23. Rommel, Nelson, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Santa Ana