Risk Equipments and Pieces

by admin on March 17th, 2009

Pieces

The game of Risk is a board game that requires 2 players minimum up to 6 players maximum. Each of these players are given pieces which will represent their armies. Their armies, depending on the version of their Risk Board Game will either be made of wood (for older versions), plastic (for present versions) or metal (for the Anniversary Collector’s edition).

For the earlier editions of Risk Board Games produced, the pieces that represent the armies are made of wood. They are then divided into different shapes, each of which corresponds to a specific number of armies; cubes represent one army each while rounded triangles represented ten armies each. Later on, these pieces were manufactured in plastic because plastics had cheaper production costs.

During the 80’s, the shapes of the pieces were remodeled into Roman numerals I, III, V and X; each corresponds to different numbers of armies as well. The present designs and shapes of the pieces that are presently used in the game was introduced during 1993. The shapes turned into more complicated and more complex figures: infantry, cavalry and artillery. The infantry represents one army, the cavalry represents five armies while the artillery represents ten armies. The anniversary Collector’s edition’s pieces are also a bit different. They are still shaped as infantries, cavalries and artilleries but instead of being made in plastic, they are made of metal.

Every game board should have six sets of army pieces. Each set has its own color so that the pieces could be identified by the players as its own set of army piece.

Cards

The game includes 56 game cards. 42 of these cards are Risk cards; they would contain an illustration of a territory, plus an illustration of either an infantry, a cavalry or an artillery. There are also two wild cards included in the deck of Risk game cards. During the game, players will be given cards and they will need to collect a set of game cards. These cards could be traded for additional armies or reinforcements to be used by a player.

There are 12 Mission cards also included in the deck. The Mission cards contain secret Missions that you will have to accomplish during a special game called the Secret Mission Risk. You don’t use these cards during a regular game so you can separate them from the deck when playing a regular Risk game.

Also included are 4 Strategy Tip Cards for Beginners.

Dice

The board game also include 5 dices: 3 reds and 2 whites. The red dices are casted by the attacking player while the white dices are casted by the defending player.

Drawstring Pouches

There should be 6 drawstring pouches included in your set of Risk board game. These drawstring pouches are used to keep your unused armies. They keep your pieces from being scattered or lost.

Game Board

The game board will be a tri-fold world map. The world map is the real world map that we’d use in Geography or History class. It has 6 continents as well but each continent has its own color. This defines the space and the border of each continent.

These 6 continents are divided into 42 territories. The continents would contain between 4 to 12 territories. It is the objective of each player to take control over the 42 territories in the Risk world map to be considered the victor.