RISK.....What a game !

Last night, almost all my family got together for dinner at my cousin's house. The evening started out with the usual chit chat with some great 'chaat' (Indian junk food). We had all gathered on a balcony and for a long time heard all the idhar udhar ki baatein from our elders. When we (the young guys n gals) couldn't take the crap any more we headed down stairs and decided to play the game - RISK !

I remember the wonderful time we used to have as kids playing this game. This goes back about a decade or so. It was a perfect setting for the game, which needs a lot of people who are full of energy prepared to negotiate, manipulate and try everything under the sun, in this case, under the lights, to make one team fight against another.

This board game involves tiny soldiers who are placed on territories and have to fight soldiers from the neighbouring territories with a roll of the dice. While there is a lot of luck needed to win the game, it also requires a lot of strategy. The best part of the game is the suggestions, comments, etc.that fellow players give one another. I would strongly recommend this game to a budding politician to hone his/her political skills.

At the end of yesterday's game, as usual, I turned out victorious and controlled most of the 'world' with the most number of soldiers also. I am now waiting for the next get-together for another round of the wonderful game - RISK.