AREA CONTROL
Words by Sam Desatoff
In 1959, Parker Brothers published Risk: The Game of Global Domination. As that subtitle might imply, Risk is all about control – control over the game’s six continents, each of which are divided into a number of territories. The goal of the game is to control every territory on the board, which is why Risk has a reputation of being a long and drawn-out experience, a reputation exacerbated by the fact that combat is determined by the luck of dice rolls.