This is an accepted version of this page Risk is a strategy board game of diplomacy, conflict and conquest[1] for two to six players.

The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of the world, divided into 42 territories, which are grouped into six continents.

European versions are structured so that each player has a limited "secret mission" objective that shortens the game.

It is still in production by Hasbro with numerous editions and variants with popular media themes and different rules, including PC software versions, video games, and mobile apps.

[3] Risk was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La Conquête du Monde (The Conquest of the World) in France.

In 1993, the rules for Secret Mission Risk, which had been the standard in Europe, were added to the United States edition.

Starting in 2002, Risk versions themed around media franchises such as The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Transformers were released, sometimes with as many as six editions per year.

A collector's edition of classic Risk in a bookshelf-format wooden box was issued in 2005 as part of the Parker Brothers Vintage Game series, distributed through Target Stores.

In the first editions, the playing pieces were wooden cubes (one set each of black, blue, green, pink, red and yellow) representing one troop each and a few rounded triangular prisms representing ten troops each, but in later versions of the game these pieces were molded of plastic to reduce costs.

Equipment includes a large tabletop board depicting a political map of the world, divided into forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents by color.

There is also a Golden Cavalry piece used to mark the progressive turn-in value of matched sets of territory cards.

In 2022, the iconic Risk logo undertook a rebranding conducted by Toronto-based creative and design agency Quake.

[6] The following is a typical layout of the Risk game board, with a table of the corresponding continent and territory names.

[7] Each territory on the typical Risk game board represents a real-life geographical or political region.

On a player's turn, after they have placed their reinforcements, they may choose to attack territories adjacent to theirs which are occupied by enemy armies.

There are special rules for two-player games: the territories are divided between the two players and a neutral army during setup.

[9] The official rulebook recommends three basic strategy points for play under the standard rules: Holding continents is the most common way to increase reinforcements.

[10] This is especially true earlier on in gameplay, because extra armies make a greater difference in the beginning of the game.

The term was popularised in real-time strategy games where a player creates a defensive perimeter or a turtle shell around the base of operations.

In addition to the original version of 1959, and a 40th Anniversary Edition with metal pieces, a number of official variants of Risk have been released over the years.

NarcoGuerra is a newsgame based on the basic Risk rules, played out over a map of Mexico with the intent of educating people on the Mexican Drug War.

In addition to Risk clones, third-party products have been created which slightly modify traditional gameplay.

These can act as virtual replacements to traditional dice or be used to automatically simulate the results of large battles between territories—significantly speeding up gameplay.

It includes classic Risk as well as a factions mode where players can play as Zombies, Robots, Cats, Soldiers, or Yetis.

[45] A licensed iOS app, Risk: The Official Game, developed for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad by Electronic Arts, was released on July 16, 2010.

If only one iOS device is available, the "pass and play" mode allows several players to take part in a multi-player game.

Another licensed video game version, RISK: Global Domination, was released in 2015 for iOS, Android and Windows.

Developed by SMG Studio, this version includes device sharing, cross-platform online multiplayer, and single player versus computer modes.

[47][48] On January 11, 2021, it was reported that a television series adaptation of the game is in development from House of Cards creator, Beau Willimon.