{"id":129,"date":"2009-07-16T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/risk-board-game\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T16:31:45","slug":"risk-board-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/risk-board-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Board Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"8871be0151e9a1cce1d799e087a990f7\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Every body want to rule the world&#8221;, was a statement and song by Tears for Fears in the eighties. Risk enables your dreams to come true. With up to six players the purpose is to own every country in every continent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1401\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1401\" title=\"risk-board-game\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1.jpg\" alt=\"Risk Board Game\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Risk Board Game by Parker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The continents if fully occupied reward you with armies each go, the harder to occupy the greater the reward:<\/p>\n<p>South America &#8211; 2<br \/>\nAustralasia &#8211; 2<br \/>\nAfrica &#8211; 3<br \/>\nEurope &#8211; 5<br \/>\nNorth America &#8211; 5<br \/>\nAsia &#8211; 7<\/p><div class=\"8871be0151e9a1cce1d799e087a990f7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Over the years rules have changed and i would argue not for the better. Some rules asked for you to have a mission for example to annihilate your fellow opponent, or to take over two continents. Though this is a good idea in theory as no one knows your mission and everyone has a different mission at that, these missions are so vastly different in effort that a turn of an easy mission from the start almost gives you the game. At least world domination for each player is equal!<\/p>\n<p>Early sets had round barrels, prisms and subbutteo bases representing armies of one, ten and twenty five respectively. Later sets had hollow cubes and triangles for one and ten armies only. In most cases the six colours were Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White and dark brown, though black replaced brown in later releases.<\/p>\n<p>Risk is a great game but its downfall is it does rely heavily on luck of dice. A tip to you if you really want to get ahead of your opponent : Always aim for the Americas, they are incredibly rewarding as a complete continent 5 armies for North America and 2 for South America, but also require very little defending, unlike Europe or Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Did anyone else play Risk as a kid or later on in life?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/risk-board-game\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Risk Board Game\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1-377x300.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk-board-game1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>&#8220;Every body want to rule the world&#8221;, was a statement and song by Tears for Fears in the eighties. 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