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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. Hasbro made a PC version by Wee · · Score: 1, Troll
    In 1998, Hasbro Interactive made a version for the PC. I only played it a couple times, but it was a fairly decent game. The box says you can play online at zone.com. Oddly enough, there are 32 players online right now, so you might be able to find a match.

    Looks like you can buy a copy on ebay for about US$10.

    -B

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    Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.

    1. Re:Hasbro made a PC version by Wee · · Score: -1, Troll
      the AI is terrible

      I don't remember. It's been a long time since I played, so I don't know if I won or lost. I likely lost. I only played the analog version maybe four times, and so never got that good. Maybe I'll see if it runders under WINE...

      -B

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      Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.