Im addicted to RISK, and the maps here are awesome. I think an idea that should be embraced is that this game doesnt have to be played only on maps. You could play on a paint by number picture if you really wanted too.
Im on the brink of destruction, but my opponent has worn himself down. Luckily I hold 2 uranium processing plants and a launch code. I get seven men to begin my turn, I have one man left in the USSR to launch an attack from, and maybe if I succeed and take a bunker MAYBE, I ...
20 to 3, occupied territory with 10. These things happen every second roll.
Placed 20 armies on 1 territory to attack a string of 11 adjacent armies. 4 defenders remain; 19 armies for 7 is a bad exchange rate. Based on actual odds, I should have succeeded with 11 armies.
Anyone notice in a 3 on 3 attack, the attacker loses 2 armies over 75%+ of the time. At home I simply tested those odds myself and found that 50% resulted in attacker and defender losing 1 army each, 30% resulted in attacker losing 2 armies, and 20% resulted in defender losing both.