Played Risk! with the German Class - for the first time in a year or so. I had quickly established a stronghold in Europe and was defending it quite well. Liberating Asia from the weak Yellow opposition still left me a bit exhausted, but I had to continue towards North America, via Iceland and Greenland. Unfortunately I had unluck, and suffered devestating losses in the battle of Greenland, and had to pull back to Iceland. Right after Yellow got heavy reinforcements in Greenland, and took Iceland and Great Britain in two quick sweeps. My large concentrations of troops in central and southern Europe prevented him from going any further (and it wasn't his mission anyway, it turned out), but I was locked in the south because Green had been building up in North Africa since the game started - and I was suspecting their mission might involve my annihilation. So with me and Yellow in a stalemate in Europe, Green, who at that time had control over entire Australia, South Africa, and South America, launched a heavy assualt on eastern Asia (reinforcement of 24 armies each turn). My week presence there was wiped out easily, and suddenly Green had the 24 countries required for them to win the game. Bummer :-(