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Risk

Designed by Albert Lamorisse, Michael I. Levin

Published by Parker Brothers, (Unknown) + 25 more

Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach

Players

2-6

Play Time

120 min

Complexity

2.1 / 5

Rating

5.6

Year

1959

Community Snapshot

Best with 4
Medium-Light complexity
~120 min
5.6 on BGG (38.6K)
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Language Editions

AfrikaansChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianJapaneseKoreanLithuanianNorwegianPolishPortugueseRussianSerbianSlovenianSpanishSwedishTurkish

Categories

Territory Building
Claim and control areas on the map — expand your territory and defend borders.
Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.

How It Plays

Area Majority / Influence

You're competing to have the most presence in key areas on the board — think of it like a friendly turf war.

Area Movement

You move your pieces across different regions on the board, trying to position yourself in the best spots.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Hand Management

You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.

Income

You earn resources automatically each round based on what you've built up — the snowball effect is real.

Player Elimination

Players can be knocked out before the game ends — play carefully or you might be watching from the sidelines.

Point to Point Movement

You move between connected locations on the board — the map's layout decides your travel options.

Set Collection

You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.

About This Game

Possibly the most popular, mass market war game. The goal is conquest of the world. Each player's turn consists of: - gaining reinforcements through number of territories held, control of every territory on each continent, and turning sets of bonus cards.…

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Expansions & Related

8 Expansions

GO

Generals of Waterloo: Risk on the DeWit map

0
Hyborian Risk

Hyborian Risk

1981

One World Dominion

One World Dominion

1998

Medieval Risk

Medieval Risk

2004

Euro Risk

Euro Risk

2008

La Conquête du Monde revised

La Conquête du Monde revised

2009

Concurrent

Concurrent

2012

Chaos Risk

Chaos Risk

2017

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