Final Blog Post: Risk

Cam Hainey

Professor Shirk

International Politics

December 13^th, 2017

Final Blog Post: Risk

            I think that one of the most realistic elements of the game of Risk that we played was how teams were more willing to create alliances or be neutral with a country rather than go to war with them. I feel that it was the most realistic because after the first rounds of the game went by people started to not want to go to war with other teams. I think this was because of the realization that there was a reality that the loses you would suffer in a war could completely wipe your team out. I think this is a realistic part of the game because I think that in todays world countries are less likely to go to war with one another because of the possible large number of loses they could sustain, similar to the game. Something else that was realistic was that super powers and their allies make it difficult for a weaker team/country to do anything. For instance in the game as Red we tried to change the order of teams for the turn. But we were unable to get enough people to vote because Blue was the super power and they had several allies and those who weren’t didn’t want to piss them off. I feel that is realistic of world politics that the superpowers and their allies make it difficult and hard for smaller or weaker countries to have a say or propose something. I think the most unrealistic part of the game was when Pink broke off from yellow. Although pink and yellow were then at war, I think that it was a little unrealistic. I think that if yellow was as unstable in reality it would have had some impact on how they were doing in the game by the amount of territory they controlled or their ability to win a war.

            The only thing that I would change from the game was how Pink broke free from Yellow. I think that maybe something were pink has to them fight yellow to gain any territory would be more realistic. If a country was truly going through a civil was and was dividing then they would be fighting each other and the group that wants to secede from the other country would have to fight for the land that they want. This would also make them more vulnerable for other country to attack them but then at the same time would help a team like yellow create alliances with other countries by offering up things for there help to prevent Pink from taking there territory and breaking free. Overall I really liked the game and enjoyed it.