Exciting dice (optional)

[Pedronicus]

In a real game of risk, the attacker throws first. The defender then looks at what they have to defeat - then throw their dice.
(I'd like to point out that: I'm not talking about defenders getting to chose how many they throw against the attacker... see below)

How about an option where the attacking dice show first - followed by a 1 second or so delay- before the defending dice are thrown.

I know this ones going to be poo pooed, but in a game of Risk the Dice are the exciting bit. Virtual slot machines show rotating wheels with the fruits on - when all they have to do is just show the finished result - but its the rotating wheels that add the will it / won't it excitment to playing slots on line (which I don't do btw)

I think that this site needs to seriously consider in the future some sort of pop up window that shows 3D dice being thrown into a green baize area to generate the sort of finger crossing shenanigans that come with that defending dice being thrown after the attackers thrown 2,4,5 etc.

[SirSebstar]

actually both defender and attacker need to throw their dice together(in most versions of risk that i know)
and that result is pretty much shown by showing all dice at once.

however a visual aspect would be rather superflues. Not to mention pretty annoying in games with lots of moves or e.g. RT games.

Now talking about making an attacker shoose his own anmount of dice.. ney i am not even going to touch that subject.

[cramill]

If this idea of the rolling dice does get implemented it would have to be an option in people's 'My Settings'. Not everyone will enjoy this. I think it would be interesting to see and or use, but I wouldn't use it all of the time.

By the way, I thought it was the defender to thow the dice first ... (checks his Risk (2003) rule book), but here it says that they roll at the same time. But i think i have seen in other rule books saying that the defender or attacker rolls first. That may be one of the rules that has changed a little in the rule books (kinda like some boards having the middle east - east africa connection and others do not (but i think most have it)).