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@beelee said in Help with an academic paper:
I thought the attacker got 3 and defender 2. But as you say, it was half a century ago
3/2 started in later editions.
My (at that time) original edition (maybe from 1975 or a bit earlier) had three/three dice.
A newer edition from the 90's that I bought as replacement for the older one (I gave it to someone as I lost interest in Risk in the 80s) indeed had three/two dice as you said. But I have only rarely played that, if ever.Edit:
I just read on Wikipedia that Risk was originally released in 1957!Also German Wikipedia says:
"Die wesentlichste Veränderung war die Verringerung der Verteidigerstärke von drei auf nur noch zwei Würfel. Dies stärkt die strategische Bedeutung des Angriffs und macht das Spiel wesentlich dynamischer."what translates to:
"The most significant change was the reduction of the defender strength from three to just two dice. This increases the strategic importance of the attack and makes the game much more dynamic."
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I thought the attacker got 3 and defender 2. But as you say, it was half a century ago
My future self now realizes that it was training wheels for A&A
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I played Risk back in the 70's and I am astonished how different the rules are today - about 45 - 50 years later.
What I remember is that as well attacker and defender rolled with a maximum of three dice each, provided at least that many armies where present in the embattled territory. There were three red dice and three blue dice in the box.
And the defender did not have a choice. He rolled 1 die (having only 1 army), two dice (having two armies) or three dice (having three or more armies). The same rule applied to the attacker, of course.
Resolving the dice result worked the same way as it seems to be today however.... Just another step back into history ...
