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April 2

Risk (Board Game / Digital)

Hello,

My friends and i have recently gotten into the classic board game "Risk!". I had played the board game a few times many years ago, but i am honestly more familiar with a digital version. To my surprise, most if not all of the board game versions are for "3 to 5 players", and only have the pieces for such. Is there any version out there that supports more players, perhaps 6 or 8, with colors that are easily distinguishable? How about versions that have more pieces for each player? I am used to seeing the possibility of more players in an online game, and also armies that can build up to over 100 pcs, but this play isn't possible with the board games that only have a handful of "cannons".

Thanks in advance!

216.173.144.190 (talk) 19:20, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

There are definitely versions for six players: the description on boardgamegeek.com says “2–6 players” is the original intent. If you want more players than that, you will probably have to revise the game or look for a different game. – b_jonas 00:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

There have been so many official and unofficial variants of Risk, that I hesitate to make any sweeping statements, but I've never seen one that officially supports more than six players.

However, there's nothing stopping you from buying some generic game pieces like these and extending the game the way you like. ApLundell (talk) 17:29, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

So far, that is exactly what various friends had mentioned when i ask this is to suggest something from TheGameCrafter. Alternatively, how easy would it be to buy replacement parts kits and paint the pieces whatever color i desire? Would these look bad, have paint come off too easily, or otherwise be a bad idea? I don't know much about how hard it is to say, spray paint plastic.

216.173.144.190 (talk) 17:46, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Ordinary acrylic spray-paint probably would probably be fine.

Alternatively, you could look into the kinds of model paints that people normally use with small plastic game pieces[1]. Amazon has some sets for painting gaming miniatures, those same paints would work just fine even if you don't intend to spend long nights painting faces on with a tiny brush.

But that might be a bit involved. If you're not worried about it looking a bit chintzy you can also get two identical sets of pieces and use a Sharpe to add a stripe to one set. In that case, "Red" and "Striped Red" would be different teams.

ApLundell (talk) 23:52, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Château de …?

The Four Yorkshiremen sketch begins with appreciation of a wine whose name sounds like Château de Chassela, or possibly Chasseleur. Is it a real wine? (I haven't seen a script; pretty sure it's not in The Golden Skits of Muriel Volestrangler, a collection of Cleese's scripts.) —Tamfang (talk) 23:20, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Chasselas "is a wine grape variety grown in Switzerland, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, New Zealand and Chile." Not sure if that's helpful, but that's what I always thought the word in the sketch was. HiLo48 (talk) 23:39, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

To elaborate: as HiLo68 has indicated, there is a grape variety called Chasselas, so by definition one can refer to "a Chasselas wine" or just "a Chasselas."

This grape variety originates in and is named for the French commune or township of Chasselas. "Chateau de . . ." is always a reference to a particular wine-growing estate which by convention is assumed to (and often does) have a chateau or manor house, whose name will often also be that of an associated village or township.

A simple googlesearch on "Chateau de Chasselas" reveals that there is indeed a genuine Chateau de Chasselas. Whether or not one of the collaborators on the original script actually knew of it, or hit upon a valid name by luck, we cannot be sure. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 00:45, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

If you're looking for a published script then there's one in Monty Python Live! (2009) where it appears as "Château de Chasselay", but I suppose the spelling is intended to represent the Yorkshire pronunciation. --Antiquary (talk) 09:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Amusingly, there is also the wine-producing Domaine Chasselay, which I suppose a mere foreigner might loosely refer to as "Chateau de" Chasselay. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 13:23, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

And there is also an actual Château de Chasselay. Alansplodge (talk) 01:03, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

• This was discussed once before, @ Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2011 June 28#Fussable Chasselais. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:39, 4 April 2018 (UTC)