A classic war-game in which players try to conquer the world through military might. Players get reinforcement bonuses for conquering entire continents. Combat is ruled mostly by dice.
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What are some good tactics for the early game in Risk?
In general what do you recommend at the beginning of the game?
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Adding money to a game of Risk
A friend and I recently had a conversation around making a set of rules for a buy-in variant on Risk, and I wanted some help from experienced players to review them as they stand now. Risk is not a ...
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Risk Legacy: Is it better to roll 1 or 2 defense dice when defending a bunkered location?
In Risk Legacy, there is a Bunker that always adds (+1 to the highest defense die, except when the high die is a 6).
Is it better to roll 1 or 2 defense dice when defending a bunkered location.
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Missions in Risk — is Australia really an island?
For some reason, I agreed to play Risk with my wife and her friend the other night, and we decided to try the Mission cards in Risk because no one wanted to go for global domination. I would soon be ...
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Playing Risk in an arbitrary graph
A Risk board represents the map of the world, or of Europe. Thus, it implies some constraints for example on the connectedness of a territory.
I would like to explore how graph theory could help your ...
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What games are similar to Risk? [closed]
Are there any other board games that have similar game mechanics to Risk?
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Ambiguous mission objectives and scenarios
In the newer form of Mission Risk (link), where each player has 4 mission cards of varying difficulty, there are a number of ambiguities that are not covered by the manual. After an exhausting (if not ...
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Risk (revised edition 2008): Is it better to roll 1 or 2 Defense dice with the Bonus Defense die Major Reward?
The Risk revised edition rules have a Major Reward that grants the defender a bonus defense die. This die will replace the lowest defender's die rolled (unless the bonus die is the lowest).
What are ...
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How would you “study” Risk?
This question is not about a particular situation in the game, but rather how to study the game in the sense of if I wanted to learn Scrabble, I would spend time focusing on how certain uncommon ...
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How can I estimate my chances to win a Risk battle?
I'm looking for an way to estimate the percent chance of winning a specific Risk battle. Assume the maximum number of dice will be used.
It doesn't need to be a perfect calculation, just an ...
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How to Maintain the Balance of Power on Risk?
How can I stay strong enough to avoid being eliminated while at the same time avoid being too strong and making myself a target?
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Is there a Risk World Championship?
Is there any national or world level governing body that holds an annual Championship?
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How can I compete against the unit armies tactic in Risk?
How to I avoid one player getting too strong by playing just to defend a small area or continent and only gaining territories just to obtain Risk cards to trade in for more armies.
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House rules to fix LotR Risk endgame
I've been playing Lord of the Rings Risk, in the variant where the Ring moves one territory per turn, requiring a roll of 4 or higher to leave certain territories, and the game ends when the Ring ...
