Risk Categories For Taxonomy

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RISK FORMS

initial seed post for skeletal taxonomy comparable to
Edelwater's RISK PAGE
http://www.de-leau.com/startpagina/risk/risk/rulez.html
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my intention -- to follow rules as they arise in play;
to include all POSSIBLE variations within "Risk" games;
even to extend to anticipating variant rules to come;
to extend beyond any FAQ or reference heretofore made;
Edelwater's is BOARD/WINNER/MISSION/+ is not temporal.
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BOARD
map
region
features

links between continents

sea routes
connectors
quadrants

multi-map, multi-board

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BATTLE-UNITS
armies/batallions

leaders/generals

special species

adjunct parts

dice

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CARDS
territories

wild/jokers

specialty

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[any other possible GAME PARTS not covered by the above?]

RULES

set-up

territory control

reinforcements

turns

cardplay

combat
invasion
special units
card possession
fortifications (castles/strongholds/etc.)
battle
elimination

redeployment/fortification/supply-lines

spoils/earnings

objectives/missions/victory

[any other RULE items not covered by the above somehow?]

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to be filled in as time wears on, plus citing sources.
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Rookie-Move
nagasiva@luckymojo.com

 

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RISK FORMS: MAPS -- REGION (## Territories, YEAR, ORIGIN)

posting in response to any leading thread (THIS: BOARD)
may add to the overarching taxonomy of RISK FORM HISTORY.
I'll be adding more to this as time wears on. find the
original or an extant thread if you're addressing a
different category.

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BOARD
map
# region

6-Continent Earth (42 territories)
CONQUEST OF THE WORLD (*Le conquete du monde* 1957 France)
RISK (*The Continental Game* 1959 USA)

6-Empire Europe (## territories)
CASTLE RISK (*Game of Daring Strategy and Conquest*, 1986, USA)

9-Continent Earth (72 territories ("areas"))
RISK++ (based on Estonian global maps 1990s, Schoonderwoerds)

[WWII Theatre]
RISK (*Going Over the Trenches*, 1999, USA)

6-Continent Earth, Subaquatic, Lunar (42 Earth / 14 Subaquatic territories)
RISK 2210 A.D. (2001, USA)

9-Continent Middle-Earth (64 territories)
RISK LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy Edition (2002, USA)

Ancient World, Underworld (## Earth / ## Underworld territories)
RISK GODSTORM (2004, USA)

[WHAT MAP?? DEATH-STAR? BASES?]
RISK STAR WARS (2005, USA)

more?
corrections/additions?

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BALANCE:

[MAP] features [links, barriers, etc.]

links between continents

sea routes
connectors
quadrants

multi-map, multi-board

BATTLE-UNITS
armies/batallions


leaders/generals

special species

adjunct parts

dice

------------------------------
CARDS
territories

wild/jokers

specialty

------------------------------

[any other possible GAME PARTS not covered by the above?]

RULES

set-up

territory control

reinforcements


turns

cardplay

combat
invasion
special units
card possession
fortifications (castles/strongholds/etc.)
battle
elimination

redeployment/fortification/supply-lines

spoils/earnings

objectives/missions/victory