Q&A for How to Play Risk

Place your extra troops at the beginning of your turn when you first gain them.

Your turn ends as soon as you move your troops to fortify your territory, but you can attack as many times as you want.

Yes. You can make as many attacks as you want each turn regardless of whether the previous attacks were successful or not.

The card goes to the bottom of the deck.

Calvary pieces simply act as placeholder for 5 infantry, like a 5 dollar bill represents five singles. It just keeps the board less cluttered as the game builds up.

You can attack as much as you want until it's not possible to attack anymore.

You should always focus on defending your border states to avoid these situations, but in the case that you cannot attack or send reinforcements, the best thing to do is to negotiate with other players.

If only one attack dice is used, only one infantry piece can be lost by either side. Whoever gets the lower roll (defender wins ties), that person loses the infantry piece. If only an artillery piece is physically present, it must be changed to 10 infantry (or one cavalry and five infantry), of which one will be lost. Just like making change with a 10 dollar bill.

Yes. The re-declared attack is counted as a completely separate attack. It is best to view every battle as a separate attack rather than thinking of them as big attacks consisting of several battles.

The cavalry piece (normally the horse piece) is worth 5 armies, along with artillery (the cannon) which is worth 10 armies, and the infantry unit, which is worth 1 army.

As many times as you want, just keep in mind the number of armies you have.

As long as your card has the name of the country on it, you don't need anything else.

One troop is lost by the loser of each match-up of dice, so if only one set of dice is matched, only one is lost.

Not really, as it involves a lot of complex thinking, math and strategy. It is recommended for younger teens to adults.

The defender has to remove two troops, since that was how many the defender started with.

You usually start with infantry men at the beginning of a game. You get additional pieces by conquering the opponent's land, which leads to extra troops. This is mentioned in the rule book. Or you get cards by also conquering the opponent's land. These cards allow you to get extra troops depending on how many stars your card has.

You gain cards at the end of your turn. However, you can only get one if you took a territory during your turn. Therefore, try to capture at least one territory every turn if you want a lot of cards.

They roll at the same time, taking care to prevent the attacker's dice from hitting the defender's dice. An accidental "hit" could change the value of the dice.

Territories connected by a sea lane are considered connected like any other two that share a border. You may attack along these lines just as you would into any other adjacent territory.

While the pieces may be reused to represent new reinforcements, the armies they represented previously have been destroyed.

There should never be an empty territory. All territories are claimed before any dice is rolled. When battles do occur, the winner keeps/takes control with remaining armies.

If you conquer a territory on your turn, you get to pick a Risk card at the end of that turn. Also, if you beat a player by taking out all of his armies, you get to take all his/her risk cards.

The different troops are simply used to lighten the board game. One infantry is worth one army, one cavalry is worth five armies, and one artillery is worth ten armies.

Yes. The cavalry represents five infantry. You would "break" the cavalry into five infantry units. An artillery similarly would "break" into ten infantry, or one cavalry and five infantry. Just like making change with 5 or 10 dollar bills.

If you're doing the random setup by dealing cards, then cards would be equally distributed amongst players. However, note that there are 42 cards. If there are 4 or 5 players, there will be two players who would get an extra card. If this bothers you, you could leave those two last cards as unoccupied countries, and they would be handled as if someone had abandoned a territory.

Technically, no. Taking cards is the end of your turn. Troops must be moved before the end of the turn. If you're playing a friendly game, you can be a good sports and let each other move. If it's a competitive game, it is best to adhere to strict rules.

When defeating another player, you do not gain any of their armies (which have been destroyed), but you do receive any Risk cards they hold. If this takes your total to 6 or more, you must immediately turn in cards to bring your total below this number and deploy the appropriate number of armies.

Everyone deploys their armies as described in the rules. Choose who goes first by rolling the dice. The first player acquires reinforcements according to countries, continents and cards. See rules. The player can attack zero or more territories as desired, according to the rules. Once done attacking, the player then moves zero or more armies. The player then draws a card.

Send one, two or three troops in to attack a territory. The number of five you get corresponds with how many troops you send in. The defender either has to match that, or choose his/her own defense number.

No, they attacker doesn't always win. There are no strong or weak units; there are simply troops that come in different numbers. The attacker keeps attacking until they either run out of troops or wish to stop, so keep your troop count in mind when attacking or defending.