Wargaming with Old Risk Figures

     I started thinking of another Chessboard Campaign. Each side would get three cities on their side. Of course the goal was to capture the opposing side's cities. For this game I wanted to use figures that were generic. I came across some old Risk figures. They were from the 40th anniversary addition, which were made of metal This Risk set came out when I first started wargaming. Coincidently, around the same time, I found Chris Salander's set of rules, in which he suggested using Risk figures with his rules.

     I set up the game to try my newest campaign rules. After playing a few rounds, I realized these rules weren't working. However, after seeing the Risk figures on the board, I reset the board and played a quick game using Chris Salander's H&M 2.0.  I really liked seeing these old soldiers back in action. It brought me back to those early wargames.

The green army scores three hits on the blue army.

On the left, the green army captures one of the blue cities.

The blue army recaptures their city.

The green cavalry hits the blue cavalry from two directions.

They manage to push back two of the blue cavalrymen.

The blue army counterattacks and hits the green center.

The green center breaks, and the right city falls to blue infantry.

The blue army has the second green city surrounded and is about to be captured. Green concedes the field to blue army.