[Loby the Medic]

I did indeed consider the possibility of cover. However, cover allows for hiding, something that is not part of the boardgame. Risk is about seeing an apponent's moves and counteracting it, it is not a fog-of-war game. Also, cover is of little use with all shotguns.

If you have a reason that outweighs this for adding cover, I would be glad to hear it.

Concerning the 30 second respawn, OFTEN players do not have to deal with it because they have teammates taking over territories, which automatically respawns them.