What is Risk (game)?
'''Risk''' is a [[board game]] which is played with [[2 (number)|2]] to [[6 (number)|6]] players each with different [[colour]]ed [[army]] men. The main aim of the game is to complete the mission the player gets in the beginning of the game. These missions can differ from [[invasion|conquering]] or dominating parts of the [[world]], to kill an other player or to hold a number of regions with a specific amount of units on each region. == How to play == === Beginning === At the start of the game a player [[shuffle]]s and deals out all of the [[card]]s. Each cards has either a [[country]] or a [[territory]] on it. When each player receives their cards, they put a [[soldier]] on their countries or territories. After they do this, they get a number of soldiers, [[cavalry|cavalries]] and [[cannon]]s to spread around according to which continent they want to conquer first. Then they hand their cards back and they put them all face-down on top of each other. Then the game starts. === Attacking/Defending === Roll the [[red]] [[dice]] to [[attack]] and the [[white]] dice to [[defend]]. At the end of each turn, pick a card. With this card look at the country or territory and the soldier, cavalry or cannon. If someone conquers the country or territory on the card it belongs to him. For every country a player owned, they get two extra soldiers. 1 Cannon is equal to: * 10 soldiers * 2 cavalries * 5 soldiers and 1 cavalries 1 Cavalry equals- * 5 soldiers === World countries === There are many countries and territories involved such as the following, which can change depending on the version: * [[North America]] ** [[Alaska]] ** [[Alberta]] ** [[Ontario]] ** [[Western United States|Western America]] ** Eastern America ** [[Quebec]] ** [[Central America]] ** [[Greenland]] ** Northwest America * [[South America]] ** [[Brazil]] ** [[Venezuela]] ** [[Peru]] ** [[Argentina]] * [[Australia]] ** Western Australia ** Eastern Australia ** [[Indonesia]] ** [[Papua New Guinea]] * [[Europe]] ** [[Ukraine]] ** [[Scandinavia]] ** [[