Editing Risk (game) (section)

==History==
''Risk'' was invented by French [[film director]] [[Albert Lamorisse]] and originally released in 1957 as ''La Conquête du Monde'' (''The Conquest of the World'') in France.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Veronese |first1=Keith |title=The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-origins-and-evolution-of-the-strategy-board-game-ri-5897532 |website=Gizmodo |access-date=4 March 2024 |language=en |date=30 March 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304195605/https://gizmodo.com/the-origins-and-evolution-of-the-strategy-board-game-ri-5897532 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was bought by [[Parker Brothers]] and released in 1959 with some modifications to the rules as ''Risk: The Continental Game'', then as ''Risk: The Game of Global Domination''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/riskadversariesa0000axel |url-access=registration |title=Risk: Adversaries and Allies: Mastering Strategic Relationships |author= Alan Axelrod |author-link= Alan Axelrod |publisher=Sterling |year= 2009 |isbn=978-1402754111 }}</ref>

The first new version of ''Risk'' was released in 1986.  Called ''Castle Risk'', it featured a map depicting 18th-century European [[castle]]s instead of a map of the world, and it was a financial disappointment.  In 1993, the rules for ''Secret Mission Risk'', which had been the standard in Europe, were added to the United States edition.  After a limited special-edition release in 1999, in France, called ''Risk: Édition Napoléon'' in commemoration of 200th anniversary of the [[Napoleonic era]] (1799–1815), a new edition called ''Risk: 2210 A.D.'' was published in 2001 by Hasbro's [[Avalon Hill]] division. The game was futuristic-themed, featuring moon territories, ocean territories and commander units and offered a number of expansions.  Starting in 2002, ''Risk'' versions themed around media franchises such as ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Transformers]]'' were released, sometimes with as many as six editions per year.  A collector's edition of classic ''Risk'' in a bookshelf-format wooden box was issued in 2005 as part of the Parker Brothers Vintage Game series, distributed through [[Target Stores]]. In 2008, Winning Moves, a Hasbro licensee, introduced ''1959 Risk'', a reproduction of the original Parker Brothers version with original artwork, wooden playing pieces and rules.  Many themed versions are currently being published, and new themes continue to be introduced.

In the first editions, the playing pieces were wooden cubes (one set each of black, blue, green, pink, red and yellow) representing one troop each and a few rounded triangular prisms representing ten troops each, but in later versions of the game these pieces were molded of plastic to reduce costs. In the 1980s, these were changed to pieces shaped into the [[Roman numeral]]s I, III, V, and X.  The 1993 edition introduced plastic [[infantry]] tokens (representing a single unit), [[cavalry]] (representing five units), and [[artillery]] (representing ten units).  The 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition contained the same troop pieces but made of metal rather than plastic.  In the 2005 "bookcase" edition, playing pieces are once again wooden cubes.