crankymessiah wrote:
] ] RISK is a classic board game of global conquest. First
] ] published in 1959, this war game remains a popular
] ] pastime - and continues to attract mathematical
] ] attention. Recent analyses reveal that the chances of
] ] winning a battle are considerably more favorable for the
] ] attacker than was originally suspected.
] ]
] ] "The logical recommendation is . . . for the attacker to
] ] be more aggressive," says statistician Jason A. Osborne
] ] of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, who
] ] presented his findings in the April Mathematics Magazine.

only if you're in a fortified South America or North America!

RE: Math Trek : Improving the Odds in RISK, Science News Online, July 12, 2003