Risk, part 1

A classic world-domination board game, Risk can be a hard game to master due to the strategy and luck required to win. In this analysis, I will extract some mathematical results that could potentially help a player have the upper hand. In this first part, I will explain combats against a single enemy army. The…

The Game of Life: careers

In the last part of the Game of Life’s analysis, I used the results from part 3 to compute some interesting numbers about babies. Now, in this part, I will compare the different career choices using results from earlier parts. At the beginning of the game, the player must choose between the “career” path and…