<p>It's possible the iPad version is using different rules, but <a href="https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/risk.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the official rules for the classic Risk Game</a> are as follows:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Eliminating  an  opponent.</strong></p>
  
  <p>If  during  your  turn  you  eliminate  an
  opponent  by  defeating  his  or  her  last  army  on  the  game  board,  you  win  any
  RISK  cards  that  player  has  collected.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So you get all of the cards that the opponent had on hand. This will never be more than 6 cards (which is only possible if you somehow defeated a player who had just defeated another player on their turn). It does occur BEFORE drawing a RISK card from conquering a territory this turn, as your turn hasn't ended yet.</p>

<p>There are two highly-relevant bullet points with regards to this:</p>

<ol>
<li>If you gain enough risk cards to cause you to have 6 or more cards on hand as a direct result of defeating an opponent, you MUST trade the cards in immediately for reinforcements so that you have 5 or fewer cards.</li>
<li>If you have 5 cards as a result of defeating an opponent and then your additional card from conquering a territory puts you at 6 cards, you trade at the start of your <em>NEXT</em> turn.</li>
</ol>

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2017-04-27T13:50:10.557Z
This answer is generally good, but is version dependant. Note that other versions state that you must trade in if eliminating another player gives you **5** or more cards, to make it consistent with the normal rule for trading in if you have 5 at the start of your turn. See [this excellent answer](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/25317/11743) on another question.
AndyT
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2017-04-29T12:34:04.007Z
Yeah that's what happens in the hasbro game
Vedant Agarwala
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KitsuneZeta
<p>I'm playing Risk, the Hasbro game on my iPad.</p>

<p>How are cards awarded once someone eliminates a single player? Sometimes it's 2, sometimes it's 4.</p>

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How are cards awarded on defeating a player in risk?
Vedant Agarwala
# How are cards awarded on defeating a player in risk?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-26)

I'm playing Risk, the Hasbro game on my iPad.

How are cards awarded once someone eliminates a single player? Sometimes it's 2, sometimes it's 4.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-26. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It's possible the iPad version is using different rules, but [the official rules for the classic Risk Game](https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/risk.pdf) are as follows:

> **Eliminating an opponent.**
>
> If during your turn you eliminate an
> opponent by defeating his or her last army on the game board, you win any
> RISK cards that player has collected.

So you get all of the cards that the opponent had on hand. This will never be more than 6 cards (which is only possible if you somehow defeated a player who had just defeated another player on their turn). It does occur BEFORE drawing a RISK card from conquering a territory this turn, as your turn hasn't ended yet.

There are two highly-relevant bullet points with regards to this:

1. If you gain enough risk cards to cause you to have 6 or more cards on hand as a direct result of defeating an opponent, you MUST trade the cards in immediately for reinforcements so that you have 5 or fewer cards.
2. If you have 5 cards as a result of defeating an opponent and then your additional card from conquering a territory puts you at 6 cards, you trade at the start of your *NEXT* turn.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This answer is generally good, but is version dependant. Note that other versions state that you must trade in if eliminating another player gives you **5** or more cards, to make it consistent with the normal rule for trading in if you have 5 at the start of your turn. See [this excellent answer](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/25317/11743) on another question.  
> **username_0**: Yeah that's what happens in the hasbro game  

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