PLAYED FOR YOU

Risiko

Introductory game, missions or duel?

After many versions and lots of different editions this revised new edition of Risk takes us back to the roots albeit some things being new and different. Risk was the predecessor of all conflict simulation games and strategic position games. At the beginning the aim of the game was to conquer territories and the army units were clearly recognizable as such. This has come back in the new edition; we again play with infantry, cavalry and artillery to conquer territories. New are the rules for four versions in one box.

In the introductory game for beginners you place your units into territories you were assigned. Then a move comprises deployment of army units, conquering – you move army units into territories to attack; attacker and defender roll dice and compare pairs of dice until the outcome of the attack is determined -, relocate troops and – maybe – draw a card. These cards can be swapped for reinforcements anytime in your turn. If you control the necessary number of territories, or control most territories when the “Cease Fire” card appears, you win.

In the standard game you must eliminate all opposition and control all territories. Again you draw a card if you conquer a territory. In Risk Duel for two players the other armies are neutral; you can attack them or skirt them. If you play with mission cards, you draw a mission at the start of the game and win, if you have completed the mission at the end of a turn.

All fans will enjoy the mixture of well-known and new elements, now all versions have been joined in one game and you can choose according to your taste and the number of available players.

Players: 2-5

Age: 10+

Time: 90+

Designer: not named

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 40 Euro

Publisher: Hasbro 2011

Web: www.hasbro.de

Genre: Tactical dice game

Users: For families

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Good mix of original and new elements

Four different versions

Very good version for two players

Compares to:

All other editions of Risk

Other editions:

English edition at Hasbro USA

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0