Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
RisiKo! is in Italy synonymous with Strategy!
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Area-Impulse
Players alternate short actions within contested areas until everyone passes.
Player Elimination
Players can be removed from contention before the game ends.
Read the full game description
RisiKo! is in Italy synonymous with Strategy! It is unquestionably the cult game that gathers thousands of fans, now renewed in a more compact format and with modern and captivating graphics. But not only: TIME ATTACK! the new game variant that players can choose to set the duration of the game at one hour, speeds up some game phases. —description from the publisher (translated) In Italia RisiKo! è sinonimo di Strategia! E’ indiscussamente il gioco culto che raccoglie migliaia di appassionati, oggi rinnovato in un formato più compatto e con una moderna ed accattivante veste grafica. Ma non solo: TIME ATTACK! la nuova variante di gioco che i giocatori possono scegliere di adottare per fissare la durata della partita ad un’ora, velocizza alcune fasi di gioco. —description from the publisher In essence a Risk clone, the game introduced several modifications such as, among others, players getting a card at the beginning of their turn and a border between Middle East and China, non of these present in Risk. Moreover with the release of futuRisiKo! by Spartaco Albertarelli in 1992 (and several additional releases to this date), this game started a family in its own right. —user summary