Risk. The game is to finish it before you DIE (Risk)

Member Name: peppersandwich

Product:	Risk
Date:	05/01/09 (50 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Value for money,

Disadvantages: Can be very long so finding a willing opponant sometimes takes a while.

Do you want a game that can last longer than YOU? Well good, you've come to the right place.

Risk is the ultimate in mans man board game. Its a game of skill stratagy and stabbing you best friend in the back just so you can re-take france.

Risk is essentially a terratorys game, The aim of the game is to either wipe out all your opponants armies OR achieve the mission given to you on a card at the start of the game, this could be "Control America" or "Wipe out Blue Army".

The game is played by moving pieces (that represent different amounts of troops) to a territory next to the one thay are already in. A Territory can never be left unguarded so you must leave at least one toop in each terretory you posses. To attack and oponant you say you wish to move in to thier territory, each player rolls 1 dice for each troop they have to attack/defend with. If the attacker rolls higher than the opponent on his/her die then the defender must remove that number of troops from the board, alternativly if the defender rolls equal or higher then the attacker must do the same. Once one opponant is defeated than the winning player takes that terretory.

Each players turn can last as long as he or she wishes moving as many or as few troops as they like. After all players have taken thier turn then reinforcements are distibuted depending on how many territories you own (the more you have the more people you can recruit in to your army).

Both these facts mean that games can last Hours, Days, Weeks, Months it has even been known to last years for a game of risk to be completed.

If your looking for a game that will require a little statagy then you dont want risk, if you want stratagy coming out your ears then this is the game for you.

There are many versions of Risk currently available, they tend to retail at about £15.

Summary: Excellent game. The pinnicle in boardgame imagination.