A game of Risk being played Risk is a of, for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a of the, divided into forty-two, which are grouped into six.

Risk is a classic strategy game in which players try to conquer the world. The game of Risk comes with a foldable game board, a set of 72 cards, and various. Standard Rule: Move any number of army pieces from a single territory into an. You're about to play Risk – the ultimate game of military strategy! Conquest game, as well as the Mission Risk game (with secret missions to.

Rotates among players who control of playing pieces with which they attempt to capture territories from other players, with results determined. Players may form and dissolve during the course of the game. The goal of the game is to occupy every territory on the board and in doing so, eliminate the other players.

The game can be lengthy, requiring several hours to multiple days to finish. European versions are structured so that each player has a limited 'secret mission' objective that shortens the game. Risk was invented in 1957 by, a filmmaker, and went on to become one of the most popular board games in history, inspiring other popular games like and.

The simple rules but complex interactions make it appealing to adults as well as children and families. It is still in production by with numerous editions and variants with popular media themes and different rules including PC software versions, video games and mobile apps. Eight 'territory cards' from the 1963 UK set and the same from 1980 UK set. The latter were more accurate maps (northern 'Ukraine' and Greece in 'Southern Europe' are more accurate) and the cards were made of better quality material. Equipment includes a large table top board depicting a political map of the earth, divided into forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents by color.

In addition to shared boundaries between territories which define routes of attack/defense, numerous special trans-oceanic or trans-sea routes are also marked; for example, the route between North Africa and Brazil. The oceans and seas are not part of the playing field. Each Risk game comes with a number of sets (either 5 or 6) of different colored tokens denoting troops. A few different or larger tokens represent multiple (usually 5 or 10) troops. These token types are purely a convention for ease of representing a specific army size. If a player runs out of army pieces during the game, pieces of another color or other symbolic tokens (coins, pieces from other games, etc.) may be substituted to help keep track of armies. Also included is a deck of Risk cards, comprising forty-two territory cards, two wild cards, and twelve or twenty-eight mission cards.

The territory cards correspond to the 42 territories on the playing board. Each of the territory cards also depicts a symbol of an infantry, cavalry, or artillery piece. One of these cards is awarded to a player at the end of each turn if the player has successfully conquered at least one territory during that turn. No more than one card may be awarded per turn.