Yeah, the number of players is one thing that I don't really care much about. I'm mainly looking for sequential games with unlimited fortification, personally.
If I wanted to play sequential, escalating game I would play the boardgame. Which I won't because it's one of the worst boardgames ever. However this webversion brilliantly nullifies most of the downsides of Risk & with the help of different maps coming up constantly it makes Conquer Club the only version of Risk I'll probably ever play.
I hate one fortification!! And freestyle is unfair... I look for sequential and unlimited fortification, but I like both flat rate and escalating. Number of players? I usually play 5 or 6.
One fortification requires more skill imo... but honestly I couldn't be bothered with it a lot of the time. What matters to me is that it's flat rate, as escalating can be a little too much down to luck sometimes, especially with freestyle. I play freestyle and sequential, though freestyle more often.
Frigidus wrote:but now that it's become relatively popular it's suffered the usual downturn in coolness.
I usually only go for freestyle(no double turns)(or sequential sometimes), with unlimited fortifications, and no cards.. The amount of people doesn't really matter to me..
I think out of all of my games, I've only joined maybe 3-4. I usually create games I want to play, which are usually small sequentials, every now and then a freestyle, and sometimes a large sequential.
I'm all about the freestyle (no double turns) flat rate unlimited fort. Sequntial games always take forever even if they only go 2 or 3 rounds. plus I've gotten screwed on the escalating cards (canada I think I had 3 of the regions under my control and my opponent cashed 3 sets of cards one after the other and wiped me out) Marv if you hate free style you should try freestyle with double turns allowed, thats really unfair. People waiting so they get the first and last turn knida sucks, especially when it becomes a game of chicken, who can wait the longest to take their turn.
I personally like sequential, unlimited forts, escalating cards, and normally 3 or 4 players. But i also like to enjoy large games also. I like 3 games because that means more turns.
I only like games with a 5-6 players if i am playing realtime, or if i'm playing with friends. otherwise a week goes by before you next turn and thats a pain.