Risk: Estimations

In the second part of Risk’s analysis, I came up with a probability table of winning a battle when the player is attacking another region. Unless the player prints it or have a wonderful photographic memory, this table can’t be used in a game. Now, in this part of Risk’s analysis, I will bring up ways to estimate the…

Risk, part 2

In this second installment of Risk, I will continue presenting the results of possible combats between players. In the first part, there were only 1 defending army. Now, in this part, the results for 2 and more defending armies will be presented. I will first show the probabilities for the th largest die, then I will use them…

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…