Risk
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The board game Risk, designed for two to six participants, involves strategic elements of diplomacy, conflict, and territorial conquest.[1][2] A political world map is depicted on the standard game board, which contains 42 territories organized into six continental groups.[3] Players aim to control every territory on the board and remove all opponents from the game, a process that typically takes from several hours up to multiple days.[3]
Making and release
The commercial release of the Black Ops rules was called Risk: Reinvention (also Risk Factor or Risk Revised Edition) in 2009.[4][5] French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse created Risk in 1957, and it first appeared in France under the name La Conquête du Monde.[6] After acquiring the game, Parker Brothers issued it in 1959 as Risk: The Continental Game, featuring altered rules.[6] A redesign of the Risk logo was carried out in 2022 by the Toronto creative agency Quake.[7]
A special 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition, which included metal playing pieces, was made available in 1999.[8] Avalon Hill released the futuristic variant Risk: 2210 A.D. in 2001, which went on to receive an award.[8] Only 1,000 copies of Risk: Black Ops were produced for its limited early 2008 release.[9][10]
What the cited sources add
A 2008 Engadget column by Siegel notes that Risk: Black Ops was designed by Rob Daviau and made it possible to play through in under two hours.[10] Siegel describes the Black Ops board as designed to look like something out of modern war-rooms, with a visual style not unlike the strategy game Defcon.[10] Siegel reports that copies of the limited edition Black Ops game reached $300 each in bids on eBay.[10] A 2013 TotalDiplomacy article by Gordon states that Risk is a game where chance is the kingmaker, with dice rolls dictating the vast majority of combat situations.[2]
Gordon writes that Risk has been moving little wooden blocks around a board since 1957.[2] Gordon explains that in Risk, players either have complete control of where their armies start or it is randomly determined by dealing a deck of cards.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gordon, "Risk vs Diplomacy", TotalDiplomacy, 4 October 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Gordon, "Risk vs Diplomacy", TotalDiplomacy, 4 October 2013. facts only, no text reused. cardboardrepublic.com
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Risk! Rules of Play", Parker Brothers, 1963 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Risk (Revised Edition)", BoardGameGeek.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Risk 1959 by Winning Moves", barnesandnoble.com; "Winning Moves Games: Risk 1959", winning-moves.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Veronese, "The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK", Gizmodo, 30 March 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Crann, "How Hasbro reimagined two iconic board game logos", strategy, 2022-09-02 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dave Shapiro, "Risk: The Evolution of a Game", The Games Journal, December 2002; Dave Shapiro, "Risk: The Evolution of a Game", The Games Journal, December 2002; "GAMA The 2001 Origins Awards", GAMA The Game Manufacturers Association (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Risk (game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Siegel, "Off the Grid: Risk Black Ops and Hasbro's wrong direction", Engadget, 18 April 2008; "Risk: Balance of Power", BoardGameGeek.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Siegel, "Off the Grid: Risk Black Ops and Hasbro's wrong direction", Engadget, 18 April 2008. facts only, no text reused. engadget.com
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