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Help My Game - RISK

Posted by timothy on from the game-theorizing dept.

calebb writes "RISK is a classic board game that's been around since 1959. This week, Science News posted an article titled 'Improving the Odds in RISK.' They mention that '...the chances of winning a battle are considerably more favorable for the attacker than was originally suspected.' Amazing! Risk is over 40 years old & nobody ever calculated the odds of winning a 5 vs. 5 battle!"

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  1. Re:Confimation by Andy_R · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is because of a flaw in the rules. Nowhere in the rules (at least in any version I have seen) does it actually define when a player's turn ends!

    If you assume that a player can attack as many times as they like before the, the first player in a 2 player game can always gain an overwhelming advantage before the other player gets to make a move.

    Risk is only close to being a balanced game if you put some limit on the length of each turn.

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