I enjoy playing the game Risk with my family. The game provides a nice balance of strategy and chance. The pace of play is good and the rules are easy to remember.
In Risk, you win the game by attacking and conquering your opponents’ territories with your armies. Since the game uses up to 5 dice to determine the outcome of each attack, chance is an unavoidable part of the game. The main tool players have to control chance is to position their armies wisely, and attack when the odds are in their favor.
This post shows you how to use the probability tools from this site to analyze the odds in Risk, so you can make better decisions and hopefully improve your chances of winning.
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