WorldOfFourCraft: When Foursquare Meets Google Maps & the Game of Risk

What happens when you mashup Foursquare on a smartphone, Google Maps and the basics of the old territory control board game Risk? Why you get WorldOfFourCraft, of course.

Clever Foursquare Hack Turns New York City Into a Giant Game of Risk (Mashable)

Players authenticate through Foursquare and then declare a home borough in New York City: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island. Looking at the HTML, I also see something identified as “wilderness” (“Here Be Dragons”).

The game’s goal is described as: The World of Fourcraft is an adventure of Social Conquest.

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