Risk Godstorm Game

by Wizards of the Coast

Product Features

• Who will rule the Ancient Earth-and beyond? Enter a time of myths and legends
• The game is for 2 to 5 players who use legendary gods from 5 ancient cultures to determine who will reign supreme
• Includes 382 playing pieces - featuring the gods of WAR, SKY, DEATH, and MAGIC
• Battle in the Underworld. Sink Atlantis
• The game of Earthly Domination and Beyond. The Classic Game of Risk takes on mythical proportions
• Enter a world of RISK Godstorm, where ancient faiths and fears rule
• It is a new, stand-alone Risk extension with mythology theme

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 10.6 x 3.5 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002Y0QXA
• Item model number: 4098337
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,208 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Risk Godstorm Game

Product Description

Enter a time of myths and legends. Enter a world of Risk Godstorm, where ancient faiths and fears rule. Battle across the Earth and in the dark regions below. Harness primal forces to strike with devastating power. Command five ancient cultures - Greek, Celtic, Babylonian, Norse and Egyptian - in a continent-spanning battle that will determine whose civilization reigns supreme. And rest assured, the gods will not sit idle in this war. Risk Godstorm is a new, stand-alone Risk extension with a mythology theme. Includes a secondary map of the underworld to extend game play. For 2-5 players.

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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Armies Of Mortals And Gods Battle To Conquer Earth, December 26, 2004

By 

Efrain Rivera Jr. "UltraJ" (Anasco, PR United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Risk Godstorm Game (Toy)

Godstrom is set in mythical times with players struggling for control of Ancient Earth and the Underworld. Game play is more like a Risk 2210 variant but much more chaotic and loud, shifting the power among players all the time. You must raise armies, gather faith, summon gods and build temples, perform miracles, suffer plagues, invade territories, fortify, embark from Heaven and invade the Underworld. Au contraire of Risk 2210, Godstorm is a mucho macho Sunday night football type of game. Entire armies can be decimated with one move such as "The Sea is Your Tomb" miracle card that sinks the entire continent of Atlantis along with all armies, temples and gods present. This wham-bam style of game should not be taken seriously or you will not have fun. To sum it up read this line from the rule book: "Table talk, including alliances, threats, coercion, whining, pleading, backstabbing, invocation of the divine wrath of your ancestors and other verbal tirades, is not only allowed, but also encouraged." If you are a Risk fan you will enjoy Godstorm if not skip it, the game is not for you. And for those interested here are more details of the game:

Gods And Miracles - Four gods can be summoned (Magic, War, Death and Sky) to perform miracles such as the sinking of Atlantis, cause the attacking army to win all ties, allow to re-roll all 1s, bring additional armies, make armies move faster, turn back time and cause the game to last a sixth turn, summon a plague, vanish all gods from earth, destroy relics (relics give you extra miracle cards or faith tokens each turn), etc. Gods will not directly fight an army but will duke it out against each other in a godswar if encountered.

Faith - "Money" used to summon gods, buy miracle cards, bid on who start the current turn, purchase temples (temples give you defensive advantages, reinforcement bonuses, and game end points), etc.

The Underworld - Armies lost in battle go to the players "heaven" and then invade to control the underworld. Battles take place on a much too small separate map and you will soon find out that controlling the Underworld has little value plus extends game play way to long.

This game plays for five turns or "epochs" and the player with the most points at game end wins. Strategically Risk 2210 is better but this is a nice twist of the game. If you wish a pure strategy game, play the award winning Puerto Rico board game. But if you enjoy a loud, chaotic, in your face kind of game, then Risk Godstorm is for you. Enjoy!

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Spinoff on RISK, April 3, 2005

By 

Jim Watson (New Haven, CT USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Risk Godstorm Game (Toy)

Being used to playing Classic RISK, this game seemed a big complicated when I first started reading the rules. However, after you read the rules and play 1 game, you will be familiar with how the game works and the added complexity of the game introduces VERY new strategies.

Those that are familiar with Classic RISK will, at first, think that Godstorm is a complete free-for-all, laden with luck. It will appear that there is much less strategy and much more luck. After playing this game many times though, the astute strategist will realize that there is indeed a lot of strategy involved in RISK Godstorm, and that it is not as much of a luckfest as it might first appear to be.

For example, if you never played before and didn't know that the Death Card "Sink Atlantis" was out there, you might have all your forces massed in the continent of Atlantis and then suddenly in a blink of an eye be completely demolished from the game. If you knew that the card existed though, and knew that your opponents knew the card existed and so they were scared to take Atlantis, you might easily take and hold Atlantis with a small number of forces (while your main forces work on another continent). You might also summon your God of Death if you hold Atlantis, and try to work on the Death Card stack, hoping to draw the "Sink Atlantis" card yourself and give yourself some safety from being sunk. However, you still don't want to mass too many forces there and you probably want to mumble something about how bad your cards are and how worthless they are, because if you act happy about the card you drew and then start massing forces in Atlantis, the other players will know that you drew the Sink Atlantis card (if they are smart). Then if they draw the card that allows them to look at and take another player's cards... you're in TROUBLE!

This is just 1 of many examples, but a lot of strategy in Godstorm comes from knowing what cards are out there and playing your cards properly. This element of strategy is non-existent in the Classic RISK. Another example: Suppose your opponent has a relic that he can use once to negate the effects of any miracle card. If you want to use a miracle card against him to really screw him over, you still can, but you need to be smart. What you do is you play a miracle card very enthusiastically and act like you are screwing him over badly, but this miracle card is really only screwing him over a *little* bit. Now you hope he falls for the trap and uses up his relic to negate the effects of that miracle card. NOW you play the card that REALLY screws him over, now that he can't negate the effects of it anymore. Alternately, you might wait and try your best to get the card that allows you to destroy a relic.

If someone has lots of "Sky Cards" you should be aware of this before deciding to attack them, and if you do indeed decide to attack them, you might want to attack them in small battles first and see if you can bait them into using up their defense-oriented miracle cards on those small and meaningless battles. Then if they fall for it, launch your main assault when they have no cards left. On the opposite side of the spectrum, you have to be careful not to use up powerful cards just for the sake of using them up in a small and meaningless squirmish(although sometimes you don't want to hold onto a VERY powerful card too long--especially if you have lots of cards because YOU will be the one that gets your cards looked at and 1 taken away from you if someone else draws that particular card).

Regular RISK strategy of massing at the borders and fortifying those positions is still present, and the element of timing is important since the game only lasts 5 - 6 epochs (limited number of turns). Holding lots of territories on epoch 2 does you no good if you only hold a few after epoch 5. Managing your faith tokens is important strategy also.

Ok, I've gone on long enough, but here is the bottom line: This game is NOT a luckfest, it just will initially appear that way to players who are used to playing Classic RISK and haven't had time to catch onto all the nuances of the new game. Since the game is more complex, it will take you a few games and some careful thought before you start to develop your strategy/strategies. A mediocre Classic RISK player who has experience playing RISK Godstorm will *probably* dominate a great Classic RISK player who is playing Godstorm for the first time--and it will appear as if it was luck... but it probably wasn't! It's a great game IMO.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The most enjoyable strategy boardgame, October 9, 2006

By 

Clembo "media flirt - loves music, movies and... (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Risk Godstorm Game (Toy)

We bought Risk: Godstorm after checking reviews of the various expansions to Risk. Since no-one else owned this one and it was highly rated, we grabbed a copy and have been solidly impressed with the game.

Many of our friends enjoy boardgames so a stimulating strategy title makes for a great social event over a weekend. The game's mechanics are excellent and the various strategies which are possible by combining the "Gods" provide an engrossing experience.

The board pieces are decently built, with a partitioned box for holding the different types. We went a step further by placing them into resealable plastic bags, which works very well. The only 2 complaints which I could think of though, are the fact that 2 races have similarly-coloured brown pieces and the board for the Underworld becomes a little too cramped in the later stages. Whilst there are pieces to represent groups, it is slightly awkard to swap the single and group pieces.

I strongly recommend getting Godstorm to both experienced Risk players as well as anybody who may be interested to try the Risk type of board-games. Godstorm is an interesting and definitely stimulating game, which I wish I'd bought much earlier