Balloon Risk

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 - 12:33 a.m.

That guy who used the term "F@#&king Wetback" emailed me and wants to be friends again.

Chinga su madre, pendejo. :-)

We discussed this at length back in the summer.

You would think an old dog that's been kicked would figure out not to try and come back.

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All right, show of hands, who amongst my readership used to play Risk?

We had a variation when we played, that we called Nuclear Risk.

If the three attacking dice turned up three of a kind, that meant that there was a nuclear strike somewhere on the board.

A country was drawn from the card pile. The soldiers in that country disappear, and if anybody maneuvers through the country during the remainder of the game, they lose half of their soldiers.

It was really fun if we nuked a peninsula country like Arabia or Panama, because you had to go through those to get from continent to continent, and the loss of troops would change the game with every move.

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The Balloon Boy thing?

Send Daddums the bill.

That whole thing set of my Shergoldometer.

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All right. Small post. Have a good Friday.

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7 of my readers commented on this entry

OmahaDave
I must say, post translation, not sure if a smiley works there. And yeah, I'm a Risk head, or was. Sadly, I've not been able to infect my 10 & 14 year old sons. Risk just doesn't hold a candle to video games, in their eyes. Couple of days late, but your hair's looking real NICE.
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Bob
Risk, Richtofen's War, Kingmaker, Diplomacy ... never heard of the nuclear variant, though.
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terri t
I know who that guy is who is trying to contact you again. He's desperate, has picked up another homeless guy and they are back in your area....he hasn't posted anything for almost 2 weeks. He still doesn't have a clue.
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Brin aka Bindyree
Terri, he wouldn't be homeless if he hadn't gone and snooped in that woman's computer. That's not what you do to somebody if they offer you a place to stay when times are tough. No fucking wetback put him in his current predicament. But the alligators hidden in his basement are just too much to deal with anymore.
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terri t
Yes, I know that particular woman and have been part of her blogger group for a few years. That's why I keep track of HIS whereabouts...for her and the others he has burned in the past. I read most of what he did and lied about and how he hurt the people who tried to be kind to him, including you.... I passed on your info to that group today.....The woman was quite happy at your blog and comment.
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nchinn
I used to play Risk in college in the dorms. We often played at least once a week!
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Mel
I used to play nuclear Risk, I think our variant was slightly different from yours, but it's so long ago and I have no memory. Working backwards from the next post, btw, congrats and mazel tov! Twenty years good. :-)
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