To be permanently set to three human players (the minimum required), while
Since this prototype was never completed, there are someĭifferences and missing features in the game. The game continues in this fashion until one player The attack phase has ended the player can than make a 'Strategic Move'Īnd move troops from one territory he owns to another. The conquered territory (this is why you need at least two armies to attack),Īlthough more troops can be moved in if the player desires. Once the defending army is defeated the conquering army moves anywhereįrom one to three troops (depending on the number of dice rolled) into If the attack is not stopped it continues until one army is defeated. Once the attack has begun the player may stop at any time, Territory as long as he has at least two armies in the attacking territory ThereforeĪ large attacking force would roll three dice, resulting more extreme Rolled (1 to 3) is determined by the size of the attacking army. This version of the game, the computer takes care of all the dice rollingĪnd the player is only shown the result.
The out come of the battle isĭetermined by a series of dice rolls (kind of like D&D). In the attack phase a player can mount an assault on a Once all the bonus armies are placed, the player can nowĮnter the attack phase of the game. The number of matched Risk card sets he can exchangeįor armies. The number of complete continents a player occupies 3.
The number of territories the player occupies 2. TheĪmount of bonus armies is determined by: 1. Start of each turn, each player receives bonus armies to place. Territory has at least one player in it, players can place additionalĪrmies into each territory until all the armies are placed. At the start of the game, each player places one of theirĪrmies in a territory until the entire map is 'claimed'. With up to six players, the best Risk games are usually played with 3-4 The object of the game is to have your armies captureĪll 42 territories on the world map. As the title screen indicates, Risk is a game of worldĬonquest. It was decided that Risk would be created for the Atari 8-bit computersĪnd Atari 5200. Natural that they'd want to make computerized versions. Parker Brothers owned the rights to all these famous games, it was only Many enduring board games including Monopoly, Clue, Sorry, and Risk. Parker in 1883, Parker Brothers was responsible for releasing (now owned by Hasbro) was originally a board game company. A catalog, the Atari 5200 version was never started.īefore they decided to try their hand at video games, Parker Brothers