HASBRO Risk World Conquest User Manual

The Armies.

denominations of army pieces:

&try),

placing

1

The

Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery
but no territory

page

Sample RISK Cards:

Idantry

Cqrdry,

.

.

56

13,

and

Artinej

ar

2

Cavalry

RISK?

There

are

6

corn

(worth

pieces; later

(or 1 Cavalry

Cards:

12

42

marked

Secret Mission cards

in

lete

sets

of

armies,

Y

&try

10

Infantry, or 2 Cavalry). Start the game by

the game, you may trade

2

"wild"

(worth

and

5

Infantry) for 1

.'P?*

-tory and a picture of

cards marked with

used

&

containing

l), Cavalry (worth

in

5

Infantry for

Artillery.

all

three pictures,

only

in

Secret Mission

5

3

Risk,

WORLD

To conquer the world by occupying every territory on the board, thus

all

eliminating

your opponents.

DOMINATION

OBJECT

OF

THE

GAME

RISK

SETUP

Unlike most games, RISK demands careful planning before you
start to play.

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fight later on.

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1.

,

Select a color

"armies"

This

Initial Army Placement sets the stage for the battles you'll

and,

dependlug

you'll need to start the game.

If2areplaying,seefnstntctionson=lL.

If

3

are

playing, each player
If 4 are playing, each player counts out
If 5 are playing each player counts out

the

nuder of

counts

out

playem,

,

35

Infantry.

30

lnfautry.

25

Infantry.

actdly

mt out the

.-

12

Note: The
Mission cards are
only

in

RISK

variation. Remove

them for

Secret

the Secret Mission

all

other games.

used

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2.

Roll one die. Whoever
from his or her pile and places it onto any territory on the
claiming that territory.

a

3.

Starting

onto any unoccupied territory. Continue

been claimed.

4.

After

all

additional army onto any territory he or she already occupies. Continue

d

?

I

in

this

way

number of armies you may place onto a single territory.

To complete game

5.

Shufae the pack of RISK cards (remove the Mission cards) and place it,
face down, by the side of the board.

6.

Whoever placed the first

If 6 are playipg, each player counts out

rolls

the highest number takes one Infantry piece

to the left of the first

player,

until

42

territories

until

are

everyone

daimed, each player

has

run

out of

armies.

SETUP:

This

pack forms the draw pile.

army

takes the 6rst

turn.

20

in

lum

dl

in

There

turn

Infantry.

pkes

42

Mtories

places one

is

board,

no limit to the

one

thus

army

have

On your tum,
armies. But be careful: Winning battles
quick decisions and
attack at
Note: At any
equivalent

3.

Fortifying yow wition.

At

the

beginning

to

your

1.

The number of territories you occupy

2.

The value of the continents you control;

3.

The value of the

4.

The specific territory

Tenrimria.

try

to capture territories by defeating your opponents'

bdd moves. You'll have to place your forces ,wisely,

just theright time and

time

during the game, you may trade

(see

page 4) in Cavalry

GE'lT'WG

of each

territories

based

AND

turn,

on

matched

pictured

At the beginning of every

will

depend on careful planning,

t$rtiQ

you deknses against

op

i

Artillery

PLACING

if

~~IES

in

Infantry pieces for the

you need to, or wish to.

all

enemies.

calculatehow many new armies you'll add

. . .

sets

of

RISK

cards

you trade in;

on a traded-in

turn

card

(including your first), count the
number of territories you currently occupy, then divide the total by three
(ignore any fraction). The answer is the number of armies you receive. Place

the new armies on any territory you already occupy.
Example:

11

territories

14 territories

17

temtories

=

3

armies

=

$armies

=

5

armies

RISK

hmhg

least one territory, you
trying to collect sets of

3canlsofsamedeslgn

(Infantry,

If you have collected a set of
beginning of your next turn, or you may wait. But
the beginning of your
trade in a second set

"lhdhg

Card$.

Cavalry,

In

Cards

At the end of any

will

earn one (and only one)

3

cards in any of the following combinations:

L

or

Artillery)

turn,

you must trade

if

you have one.

for

Armies.

3

CARDS

turn

in

which you have captured at

RISK

card. You are

lad3

RISK

cards,

y~u

in

At the beginning of subsequent turns,

Z2'

..

.,.

.;R

;

..

i

may

turn

&ern

in

if

you have 5 or 6 cards at

at least one

set,

,

and

I--

,

at the

my

you may trade in matched sets of cards and take additional armies based on

quick

the total number of sets anyone has traded in so far. For
keep traded-in cards face down under the bottom edge

the

to mark the value (in armies) of

next made.

bf

reference,

the game board

You

will

alkys receive at least 3 armies on a turn, even

9

than

temtories.

Continents.

In addition, at the beginning of your turn you

if

you occupy fewer

will

receive

armies for each continent you control. (To control a continent, you must

all

occupy

its territories at the start of your turn.) To find the exact number
of armies you'll receive for each continent, look at the chart in the lower
left-hand comer of the game board.

5

sets

traded

in

80

far;

next

The first set traded in
The second set traded
The third set traded in
The fourth set traded in
The

fifth

set traded in

The sixth set traded in

set

will

-

in

-

-

-

be

worth

4

armies

-

6

8

armies

-

10

12

armies

15

15

armies

armies

armies

After the sixth set has been

armies. Example:
trade

in

the eighth, you get
etc., refer
the

have

(hmphhd-.

a

te*

Note:
and beyond

Hints:

deploy them carefully--either to prepare for
one. It is good

fortifying territories that border enemy territories.

After placing
to attack at this time.

I

defeating
of the dice.

If

you choose not

may

to

third

set

Wed

On

a Jingle

No matter how many armies you

all

stin

fortify your

If

you trade

sets

traded

in

the

game, you receive

in.

&py, you

turn,

.rho&

you receive

military

your

armies at

the opposing

Study

the board for a moment. Do you want to attack?

to

attack, pass the dice to the player on your left. You

traded

25

in

by

If

any

redw

particub

you may receive no more than 2

strategy to move

The

object of an at&&

armies

position,

in,

each additional set is worth 5 more

in

the seventh set, you get 20 armies;

mes,

oftbe

6pr

the

if

and

so

om "First" and "second" set,

during

8

3

cards

2 extra armies. You must place

territory.

the matched sets of

begbmbg

already

you

wish

the

game. Thus,

armies,

receive

your

even

you

trade

at the start of your

an

attack or to defend against

armies

of your turn, decide

b

to capture a territory by

on it. The battle

(see page

if

you

if

you trade in

if

it's the first set you

in

shows the picture of

both

extra

armies above

cards

you trade

to the front,beavily

is

fought by a roll

10).

turn,

if

you wish

in.

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'~b

~ttack

you're attacking from. Then

occupies the opposing territory.

Before rolling, both you and your opponent must announce fbe number
of dice you intend to roll,

You, the attacker,
more army in your territory than the number of dice you roll.

more dice you roll, the greater your odds of winning. Yet the more dice
you roll, the more armies you may lose, or be
captured territory.

The defender
must have at least 2 armies on the territory

dice the defender rolls, the greater his or her odds ofwkdag4mt the
more armies he or she may lose.

TO

Wde

(the attacker's) is higher, the defender loses one
under attack. But
army from the territory you attacked
box

If

next-highest dice and repeat the process.

First announce both

roll

and

will

roll 1,2 or 3 red dice: You must

will

roll either 1 or 2 white dice: To roll 2 dice, he or she

a

Battle.

each of you rolled more

~ttachr's

Dice

Compare the

if

the!

defender's die

Defender's

the

the

dico

you

than

one die, now

Die

eemitory

against

both

must

highest

Is

higher

h;

put it

youp=

the.-

roll

at

the

have

required

under

die

ate

ewh

af

,

id+iP

than

yams,

Wim

CY)~

v

-

f*

yonr

who

same

at least one

to

mm

Hint

.C

r

fb11ed.

the

territory

you

lose one

clear

the

two

the

time.

Hint:

into

The

If

pbtic

one

The

a

more

yours

If

you choose to attack, you must follow

You may only attack a territory that's adjacent (touching) to one of your
own, or connected to it by a dashed line. Examples: Greenland may
attack the Northwest Territory, Ontario, Quebec and Iceland. North

AlYica

may attack Egypt, Western Europe and Brazil. At the western and
eastern edges of the board, Alaska is considered adjacent to, and may
attack, Kamchatka.

You must

attacking from.

You may continue attacking one territory

armies on it, or you may shift your attack from one territory to another,

attacking each as often as you like and attacking as many territories as

you like during one turn.

aIwap

have at least

two

these

armies

rules:

in

the territory you're

until

you have eliminated

all

Notes:

*

In

case of a tie, the defender

The attacker

Raulc

Attacker

Defender

Loses

One

Loses

can

Army

One

Army'

never lose more than

T

and

I

always

kmk

wins.

2

armies

Defender

Losss

One

on a single roll.

Army

capturing

a territory, you capture
do so, move in at least as many annies as the number of dice you rolledin
your last battle. member:

can

to

whenpu

you

captured at least me terrikwy, first
pile. (No matter how many t&oriRs you've captured on your
may take only one RISK card.)
you wish (see below). Finally, pass the dice.

Eliminating

opponent by defeating his or her last army on the game board, you

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RISK cards that player has collected.

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If winning them gives you 6 or more cards, you must immediately trade

in

enough sets to reduce your hand to 4 or fewer cards, but once your

hand is reduced to 4,3, or
But

beginning of your next turn to trade
Note: When you draw a card from the deck at the end of your turn (for

having won a battle),
your next

territories.

the

fro@

is

mtageous, because

are

atbcking. ~lso remember you must always leave at least

an

opponent.

if

winning them gives you fewer than 6, you must wait until the

turn

to trade

As

s-

as

that

territory and must occupy it immediately. To

In

most cases, maving as many

tfxe

territory

@hay&

~YAw

you attacked

be

omfiled

may

and

take

Your

last step is to fortify your position,

If during your turn you eliminate

2

cards, you must stop trading.

if

this brings your total to

in.

you defeat

By

yrw

the top RISK

in

a set.

the

last opposing army on

armies

des

attack(@ at any time. If you have

left behind can't help

from.

During the game,

at least one

army.

card

from the draw

6,

you must wait until

turn,

ah

as you

you

if

win

any

WORLD DOMINAllON

This

version

Along

'neutral"

opponent This

flavor

INITIAL

You

and

you

selects

3

qets

the

1.

Remove

ma

pilch

re

is

with

your

annies

as

the

regular

ARMY

your opponent

a

third

and

the

deck.

Shuffle

'

'

g

pile

FOR

Read

the

complete

play4 Eke

armies

on

feature

PLACEMEW

set

claim

secmtm

you

and

is

regular

and

the

hard

givw

RISK

game.

each

to

be

territories

thorn

your opponent choose

"neutral."

2

P

Wodd

RlSK

those

of

that

act as

the 2-player

SETUP

w1e

qm

"neumd."

In

the

with

your

a

fd

one importarat

opponent,

bdfer

between

version

much

a

dj@p$*

,

*

RISK

e&cep-%

there

are

you

the same

,

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t&'*c;qll;j

also

and

your

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No matter what you've done on your turn, you may, if you wish, end your
turn

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by fortifying your position. You are not required to win a battle or even

try

an attack to do so. Some players refer to this as the "free move."

to
To fortify your position, move as many armies as you'd like from one (and

only one) of your territories into one (and only one) of your
territories. Remember to move troops towards borders where they can help

an

attack!

in
In moving your armies from one territory to another, you must leave at least

one.army behind.

FORTIFYINGYOUR POSITION

adjacent

WINNING

The winner is the first player to eliminate every opponent by capturing all

42

territories on the board.

10

!

\

,

To

4.

\

complete

Afiter

dl

cards to

game

SETUP:

the

des

the

RLSK

bve

been

card deck,

placed an the board,

shuffle

the

d&

and

reniun

start

to

~~

play,

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n

:-

ATTACKING

01

your

turn,

you may attack any territory adjacent to one of your own.

Whenever you attack a "neutral" territory, your opponent rolls to defend

@w

"neutral" territory.

tral"

annies

cannot

attack

and

never

receive

reinforcements

during

SETUP

1.

After deploying your armies at the beginning of the game, select one of

make

the temtories you've claimed and
without revealing the territo~y you've chosen,
card

and

place it face down

2.

After everyone in turn'has selected a Headquarters,
cards face up, thus revealingthe location of their Headquarters.

in

front

it your Headquarters. Then,

find

its matching

of

you.

all

players

turn

RISK

their

k&,

-ria.

i

To capture

p

territory.

Jfpu

I

b

4phye1~

$w

Qwn.

be the first to eliminate

You do not have to eliminate the "neutral" armies.

all

"neutral" armies

pens, don't worry. Play continues

Red

the

OBJECT

all

opposing Headquarters-while still controlling your own

wish,

you

may

shorten the

Capture any 2 opposing Headquarters

6

players:

Capture any 3 opposing Headquarters while controlling your

your

opponent by capturing

are

eliminated before the end of the game.

comptete~

OF

game

Dmib&W~

THE

until

even

GAME

further:

all

of his or her

If

one player defeats the other.

.

iidlr

Brit.

while

controlling

,,.

your

I

PINING

AU

World Domination Risk Rules apply, with these additions:
If you capture an opposing Headquarters, place the Headquarters card

,

you've won face up
If at any pint your Headquartersis capturd b tan oppphent, you are

not elhinated from the game.
and continue playing.

You may not use a Headquarters card
cards.

Be

sure to keep

game.

SECRET MISSION

in

front of you

all

Headquarters

to

shPly

$rove

give

as

part

cards

you've

yo

,:

capxfed

06

card&

I'

1

of

a

out

tht

rgaw

of&

mty'hurhg

it.

6pponent

set

of

RI~

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RISK

the

I:

'9ann

as

in

World Domination

EQUIPMENT

Risk

Remember to remove the Secret

..

.

BaeyqI,l

cab.
has

EQ-

the equipment of

These

bh#u

cards

oompleted, that play&~utornatically wins the garnE3%

give

the

#$#

omination ga
different missi

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INITIAL

1.

Select

"armies"

To complete

2.

Before play begins,,@~ct one player to
playing, the Generdrerno~es the Mission

colors.

3.

The General shuffles the Mission cards and, starting to the levdeals one

card face down to each player. The remaining Mission cards are put

back in the box; no one, including the General, may look at them.

4.

The General removes the 2 Wild Cards &k,t4e deck of

shuffles, and deals out

(In

These cards determine which territories each of you
begi@ng of the game.

5.

Each player places one army on each of his or her territories. When
you've done this, go around the table in
each of your territories. There is no limit to the number of
can occupy a single territory. Continue
deployed across the map.

6.

The General now collects the RISK cards, replaces the
shuffles the deck, and puts it to the side, face down.

7.

Game play continues

ARMY

a color

PLACEMENT

aq8,

depending on the number

you'll need to start

If3

~WCI~~

If4

If

5

are

playing,

If

6

are playing, each player counts out

game

SEQIP:

all

a

4-

or 5-player game, 2 players

as

in the standard World Domination game.

of

playem,

the

a&

P~P

me.

,

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,

COW

QP~

?5

~~J~P~~YQT-WW~O

each

player counts out

be

the General. Iffewer

the cards, startingwith the player to the left.

will

each receive one extra card.)

turn,

until

25

20

cards

that refer to the

placing another army on

all troops have been

c~unt Out the

-try.

Infantry.
Infantry.

than

RISK

cards,

will-

occupy at the

armies

2

Wd

Cards,

unused

that

6

are

md~~e.~f

value of eac&,~t&ed set
one. Thus, the
worth

5

armies, the third

Fortifying

armies from one or more
However,
between. Euimple: If you want to

Brazil,

~>nthuous "path."

you must first occupy

X&@$@dm8card~&.

as

fitst matched set is still

is

worth 6 armies, and so on.

your

potiiti0IL

befbre you can

stated in the rules, increase

At the end of yo&

the

worth

maw&.

CoElip

Epstead

4

armies, but the second is

ofincreasing

turn,

you

its

value by only

may

mom

the

WINNING

The player who completes his or her mission first-and reveals the Mission
card to prove it-wins.

Important note: In Secret Mission RISK, it is possible that you
accomplish your mission with the aid (usually unintentional) of another
player. For example,
another player actually removes the final yellow armies from the board,
that player has helped you complete your Secret Mission.

if

your mission is to destroy

all

the yellow troops and

will

Mm.

armies on a single territory.
some armies, you lose those armies.

During

If

Zfse

the game* you

m

of this rule

Advantage

the temtory you're attacking from or the territory you're attacking:

You may,
tenitory. To do so, place the card face up in front of you and roll

when

if

you

wish,

attaddng.

re-roll any one die on each

If

you have a

RISK

card

that

battle

involving that

shows

again.

You

my

uw

xwm

than

one

card

on a

turn,

but

okdy

one card per battle.

the

once you
into your

You may not use

stop

hand

for

f$&h

a

RISK

tepitary

use.

card in this manner when defending a temtory.

in

cpestion, put the

RISK

either

the

die

card back

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Commanders.

dice you've just rolled
the influence of your "Commander" at the scene of the battle.

We

will

be

happy

Relatiens D&artment, Brothers,

Once

per

turn

so

that the number

to

kr questions

while attacking you may change one of the

"6"

is

shawing.

am

&is

P.O.

Box

game. Write:

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This

Beverly,

represents

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