Welcome to RISK v3.5, our final update for 2021! We have new maps, dice, troops, avatars and frames dropping into RISK throughout December!
UX Update
In addition to all the UX updates from 3.4 we’ve added a new turn phase indicator to further assist players.
Already a pro player? Every micro-second counts? Under the RISK settings we have given options to turn them off
ENCHANTED REALMS MAP PACK
Coming to the RISK Shop from December 13 (AEDT)
Presenting our brand new Enchanted Realms map pack! These maps introduce a whole new immersive look and feel to RISK.
Special shout out to Dan Dussault for his epic work on the box art.
OVERWORLD
A strategic map of the Enchanted Realms regions, used by Generals to plan their battles. Continents: 6 Territories: 74
SEAGROGS FORTRESS
Seagrog's crew were forced to relocate after their region was destroyed by war. Now Seagrog and his crew call the sea their home, living on a floating fortress built with materials salvaged from successful raids. Continents: 7 Territories: 76
MOONSTONE FOREST
A forest of great power located in the centre of the Realm. Generations of Elves have dedicated their lives to guarding this sacred land from outsiders and their continous attempts to steal a single shard of Moonstone which grows throughout the forest.
Continents: 9 Territories: 47
TRIGONS LABYRINTH
Hiding away in his Labyrinth, the Arch Wizard Trigon watches over scores of adventurers who attempted to uncover its secrets, and loot its treasures. Now they shall remain lost inside the triangular maze forever.
Continents: 10 Territories: 80
Customizations!
Arriving in the RISK Shop from December 13
DICE
TROOPS
Masters of stealth and trickery, dark elf spies have extraordinary ways of obtaining triumph… For the right price.
Steadfast pillars of the Elven Forces. Only the strongest warriors are promoted to the prestigious Paladin rank.
Blood is life to the vampire, so why not feast on your enemies!
The last of their kind these equine-human hybrids will stop at nothing to restore the glory of their ancestors.
FRAMES
L-R
Vampire Shroud
Orc Armor
Dwarven Headgear
Wizard Garb
Druid Wreath
AVATARS
Major Spark Trained as a youth on [REDACTED], Major Spark has extensive knowledge of all things demolition.
Arch Wizard Trigon An eccentric wizard who built a labyrinth to protect his fabled treasures. Once you enter, you may never leave!
Queen Ichor Some say she’s the childe of Vlad himself, either way, prey you don’t have bad blood with her.
Captain Seagrog Fearsome leader of the Sea Faring Orcs. Loves ornate jewellery, hates swimming and dentists.
*Cass note: the devs wouldn't let me call Captain Seagrog the Pirate Orc a Porc. Pork? Get it? 😅
WINTER FESTIVAL
Arriving in the RISK Shop from December 21 Winter is coming….TO RISK!
Break The Ice With These DICE!
The Ice-TROOPS Cometh!
Which is your favourite and why isn’t it Business Yeti?
Frames To Give Your Enemies The Cold Shoulder
And with that scarf frame, we WOULD consider that a wrap on 2021. However, be on the lookout mid December, there will be an extra special giveaway for you all.
From TODAY a new season of RISK battles begins, and our global leaderboards will be reset. Your rank points will not be changed, but you'll temporarily see '0' for your profile rank (this is your position on the Global Seasonal leaderboard). Just complete one ranked Global Domination game in this new season to see your updated profile rank. You'll be placed back on the leaderboard as soon as that game is finished by all players.
Welcome to RISK v3.4, our second last update for 2021! We’ve got some UX/UI upgrades on RISK that we’re really excited to share with you. Here’s what you can expect in this update;
UX/UI Upgrades
NEW AI Advisor for Single Player games NEW Card Trade-in notification
NEW Get Ready/End Game screen Multiplayer Single Player
NEW “Next Phase” button
Also NEW Card Acquisition Animation Skip AI in multiplayer games Upgraded Dice Roll Scene Updated “Chat Button” Animated avatars in shop
COMMUNITY REQUESTED
We reviewed the community requested chat expressions and are adding 18 new phrases to RISK such as;
Take the Risk!
Oof
Go ham!
(Screaming)
Revenge!
Why?
I surrender!
Watch this!
This means war!
Risky move!
Cards hate me
Unfortunate!
I'm sorry!
Hello there!
So lucky!
Sorry, misclick
Traitor!
Bots hate me
CHANGELOG
MISC FIXES
Fixed Premium users on Android and IOS receiving ads
Fixed players placing capitals twice bug
Fixed bug where Zombie owned territories do not have texture
And so much more
What’s Next?
With the year coming to a close we have just one update left for RISK Global Domination of 2021. Happy winter festival celebration! We’re wrapping up the year with some pretty cool content. There will be a new map pack and customisation items, so let us break the ice with a sneak peek.
New Dice
New Troops!
The Yeti troop is giving me big Bill Lumbergh energy
And finally a new map pack is in the works before the year is out! 👀
Phew! Well, that wraps up the 3.4 release notes. We hope our UX update provides more clarity to those playing RISK for the first time.
Here’s a little November update, as a treat. Now that we’re nearing the end of the year you’re probably wondering what we’re working on. Well what I can tell you is we do have a couple of updates before the year is over and I come bearing sneak peeks!
RISK Generals today we’ve got some previews as to what’s coming for our 3.4 update later on in the month. We’ll be focusing a lot more on UX/UI upgrades to improve first time user experiences. But don’t fret we have a lot more customisations due before the year is out!
UX Updates
No more confusing the NEXT and SKIP button, we’ve changed the phase indicator button to tell it like it is
Need help forming a strategy? We have a new AI advisor for Single Player games that are powered by our AI characters, giving contextual advice based on the phase you are currently in.
There are so much more but they’ll be in the release notes later in the month!
What’s after v3.4?
Too Soon? Chill out! At least we’re waiting til December's release!
Here’s some non-festive content that’s also coming in 3.5
Dice
(due v3.5)
Avatar Animations
(due v3.5)
We’ve got so much more that we want to share for v3.5, rumour has it there may be a new map pack 👀 Maybe next community bulletin we’ll show a quick glimpse.
The Final RISK 1v1 Tournament of 2021 has begun! In fact I’m a little late, the Discord has just wrapped up round 3! The settings for that round is as follows
Map: Brazil Mode: Capital Conquest Placement: Manual Cards: Progressive Turn Timer: 60 seconds Fog Of War: On Blizzards: On Alliances: Off Dice: Balanced Blitz
Did we miss your video? Let Cass know in the Discord!
ALLIANCES FOR ROOKIES
At a Glance:
Changes player dynamics
Creates a united front feel
Provides reassurance
Generates immense frustration
Approaches
Lawful Neutral - “let’s be allies so you don’t attack me”
Chaotic Evil - “let’s be allies so I can sneak attack you”
Lawful Good - “let’s be allies with everyone!”
True Neutral - “let’s not.”
Tactics
Request alliances attack other players
Make & Break alliance (use to bait and aggravate opponents)
Fog of War visibility (you and your allies can see each other)
Show your like, dislike, or love of an action taken
Excuse us whilst we flex how talented our community members are. Tomoe Gozen illustration by Atofika. Credit: Deviantart, Instagram
Let’s visualise that last meme real quick.
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Our discord community runs back-to-back tournaments with big prize pools. We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players looking for a game.
To start this bulletin we’d like to thank our community this month for being so quick and diligent in reporting the issues that came with the 3.3 update. As a result we were able to bring out the 3.3.1 hotfix within the week.
Thanks again RISK community, RISK: Global Domination would not be what it is without you.
Welcome to RISK v3.3, we have spooky dice, a new map, and plenty of QoL updates.
But that’s old news now! We have some new things to share about 3.4 coming to RISK in November. Look with your elven eyes, pack your second breakfast (and elevenses!) and let’s go on an adventure as one does not simply look at this release.
Dice🎲
How it started vs How it's going
Avatars🦇
Careful, this first concept’s a bit bitey.
Look at this avatar; he was just mage for RISK don’t ya think?
Troops ⚔
Why do rogues wear leather armor? Because it's made of hide.
Have you met our new Pal? Adin? I’m so sorry.
Well this is a surprise - the 4th RISK Discord FFA Tournament has ended with 3 winners!
Special shout out to Discord mod AKA StoveTopped for their rundowns of the tournaments and fantastic memes. Fantastic tribute art by community member Astrid the Pirate
Special thanks to General JeromeASF for featuring our Sci-Fi maps and possibly ruining friendships in his recent video of ZOMBIES IN SPAAAAAACE
This showcase we feature a WHOLE FAN-MADE MAP PACK designed by Discord member JamozMyNamoz with help from moderator Sterling!
This fan-made Island map pack features Palm Jumeirah Dubai Map, Architect’s Island Concept Map, Hispaniola’s Tribes Map, and Modern Bermuda Map.
Great work team!
Not gonna lie, this first meme made me laugh.
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Our discord community runs back-to-back tournaments with big prize pools. We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk Recently our discord hit a huge milestone of 80,000 members! To celebrate we commissioned this amazing artwork from Samrath Kaur
Our V3.3 update is here and it is absolutely LOADED...with bug and QoL fixes. Doesn’t mean this update is completely amiss of a few shiny things.
WHAT’S NEW?
IBAILAND
Continents: 8 Territories: 57
FREE! Limited time exclusive map made in collaboration with Ibai Ilanos This map is set to be released on 8th October 2021 AEST
JACK-O-LANTERN DICE
Creep it real this spooky season and give your opponents pumpkin to talk about.
COMMUNITY REQUESTED!
PURPLE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT’S RIGHT! We heard you, we listened, we could barely contain it, PURPLE IS BACK! 🎉💜 For the super low low price of 0 gems!
STEAM DLC PURCHASING
With the introduction of the shop update in v3.1 we had removed DLCs from steam and kept all purchases via the in-game RISK Shop. However, listening to recent community feedback we’ve decided to bring purchasing DLCs back to steam. As of v3.3 the following DLCs will be added to steam in the coming weeks;
Lost Cities
Sci-Fi
Advanced
DICE CODE
The long awaited community request to publicly publish our RNG/BB code has been fulfilled. As of 3.3s update we have published our code to github! https://github.com/smgstudio/risk-dice (please give 24 hours after this announcement for it to appear)
CHANGELOG
MAJOR FIXES
No more missing out on customizations after they appear in the shop, you can now purchase avatars, dice, troops or frames from the profile screen. Emotes coming soon
We’re telling it like it is! To make RISK more accessible we’ve changed the color names to their more universally known names example: Bubblegum is now Pink, Carrot is now Orange, Olympic is now blue, etc.
Fixed Steam overlay causing the game to crash.
Fixed unexpected capitals appearing in matches.
No Strings Attached achievement has been patched
Fixed ads not rewarding players - For mobile users.
Fixed glitched card trade in if disconnect happens after eliminating other players.
Fixed missing defeat animation screen
Corrected turn timer caching from previous game
Corrected RISK premium not activating in the Steam All-Access Pass bundle
Corrected the steam friend link URL that gets copied when the button is clicked
Adjusted Android and iOS safe zones on interface so buttons won’t get cut off or hidden by cameras and screen size
Players in abandoned games will still receive rank points
Fixed bug where players got kicked out of game after confirming
Fixed 1 card trade-in exploit, and banned reported users using the exploit.
MINOR FIXES
Corrected USA flag star count
Fixed looping zoom sound effect bug
Reinstated bonuses to correct position on World Conquest and Dracula’s Castle map.
Corrected the connection between Lebanon and Ankara on the Europe Advanced map
Pass & Play Troop locations fixed
Fixed various avatar animations.
Fixed various translation errors.
Corrected troops facings backwards bug
Corrected territory spelling errors in Machu Picchu
Corrected central America continent in Brazil Advanced
Fixed Party Robot emote audio, so be excellent to each other and party on dudes.
DEVICE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
As of v3.2 the minimum requirements to run RISK Global Domination are listed below;
Android (& Amazon)
Android Version: 5.0 “Lollipop” System Memory: 1 GB+ Storage Space: 500 MB+ Chromebooks: Not supported
iOS
iOS Version: 11.0 Storage Space: 500 MB+
Windows
OS: Windows 7 (SP1) / 8 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: Intel/AMD 2+ Cores (1.7GHz and above) System Memory: 2 GB+ Storage Space: 1 GB+ Graphics: DirectX 11
macOS
OS: macOS 10.13 Processor: Intel/Apple Silicon 2+ Cores (1.7GHz and above) System Memory: 2 GB+ Storage Space: 1 GB+ Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or Metal
It’s been almost a month since our Sci-Fi update was released and a couple of weeks since our long-awaited Advanced Map Pack went live!
To give you a quick summary of the v3.2 update
Out of the 25 dice we produced for 3.2 the Future Box was the most favored one of the lot!
Our most claimed frame is the X Æ B-52 avatar frame.
The 3.2 update brought in not just 2 but 5 new avatars and it appears Grand General Axris was the favoured one amongst RISK generals.
And finally the troop of choice of the update were the HEROCORP’S Finest
We’ve been working on bugs for the 3.2.1 hotfix and also for the 3.3 update which will include a lot of Quality of Life improvements.
3.2.1 Hotfix
Major Fix Fix: Discounted offers (bundles and premium) not displaying correctly. Fix: Automatch prompt disappearing if token replenish screen is triggered. Fix: Profile and leaderboard not showing the same rank. Fix: Fog of War flickering. Fix: US Flag dice correction.
Minor Fix Fix: Terms of use not linked in app settings. Fix: External link warning popup not triggering. Fix: Incorrect Map Pack label positioning. Fix: Samurai avatar animations not working properly. Fix: VIP tag is incorrectly displayed in game lobbies.
Whats Next:
This month we have our 3.3 Release. This version will be focusing less on new content and more on bugs, UI, and shop updates. Nothing too interesting to share unfortunately...
PSYCH! Here are some sensational concepts our team have been working on! When will they come out? Stay tuned!
By the time this correspondence is out, our community Free-For-All RISK Tournament would have completed round 1 and 2!
Round 1 followed a world domination match with the following map and settings
World Conquest
-Auto placement -Fixed cards -Expert AI -60 seconds -Fog Off -Blizzards On -Alliances Off -Balanced Blitz dice
Round 2 was a Capital Conquest match!
Canada
-Auto placement -Fixed cards -Expert AI -60 seconds -Fog of War off -Blizzards Off -Alliances Off -Balanced Blitz dice
There are 5 more rounds left of the tournament make sure you join the community discord to tune in!
Catch Kill Pete Strategies vod of his match in Round 1 of the FFA tournament
Have we mentioned we have a highly skilled community? No? Let us show off for a bit! Last issue we saw some amazing character and map design from Discord community member Astrid. This issue we bring you this astounding portrait of General Uni by community member Atofika. Credit: Afotika Deviantart, Afotika Instagram
Special thanks to the Stumpt crew for previewing our Advanced map pack and kicking it off with the highly anticipated Advanced Europe Map. Check out their video below!
From the 1st of September (AEST) a new season of RISK battles begins, and our global leaderboards will be reset. Your rank points will not be changed, but you'll temporarily see '0' for your profile rank (this is your position on the Global Seasonal leaderboard). Just complete one ranked Global Domination game in this new season to see your updated profile rank. You'll be placed back on the leaderboard as soon as that game is finished by all players. Check out the official RISK Global Leaderboards here https://www.hasbrorisk.com Be excited - and best of luck!
Now this last one one got a bit of a chuckle out of us and we sent it to the devs to which they responded with. Can’t confirm anything yet, but they are looking into it.
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Our discord community runs back to back tournaments with big prize pools. We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players looking for a game. Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk
Just a quick post to let you know about our 3.2.1 hotfix update being rolled out from today;
Major Fix Fix: Discounted offers (bundles and premium) not displaying correctly. Fix: Automatch prompt disappearing if token replenish screen is triggered. Fix: Profile and leader board not showing the same rank. Fix: Fog of War flickering. Fix: US Flag dice correction.
Minor Fix Fix: Terms of use not linked in app settings. Fix: External link warning popup not triggering. Fix: Incorrect Map Pack label positioning. Fix: Samurai avatar animations not working properly. Fix: VIP tag is incorrectly displayed in game lobbies.
That's it for now! Our Advanced map pack is due in a couple of days so stay tuned.
Ground control to RISK Generals! We hope you’re enjoying the Sci-Fi update so far, with this update we have not only brought new customisations but also a whole new look and feel to RISK.
Have you saved the Command Base C1X from total alien annihilation, or taken control of the Lunar Mining Facility, or perhaps conquered Spaceport Sigma, or maybe you have exterminated your enemies on [REDACTED]?
Don’t think this is all we have in store for you this month, we’ve doubled down and a whole new map pack is heading your way next week!
PREMIUM CROWN
With the introduction of new frames since the shop update in 3.1, we felt like our dear Premium generals needed an upgrade from their premium wreath. No shade if you still enjoy flexing your wreath we just wanted to give you something just a “teensy bit” more flashy. In addition to the wreath, Premium members who have upgraded to 3.2 should automatically receive the new Premium Crown frame. For the players who wish to be as subtle as a bus regarding their premium... ness?
ADVANCED MAP PACK
Risk generals set your starships back to Earth because on the 19th of August 2021 our long-awaited advanced map pack is set to go live! Featuring more in-depth maps of Europe, Brazil, Russia 2010, and Canada, eh?
NEW DICE CONCEPTS
But what’s new after advanced? Well, we’re excited to announce we’ve been working with multiple artists to bring you some exciting new Dice concepts.
New ramen dice to shoyu the way to victory!
C:\>cd RISK C:\RISK> RISK.EXE
Pumpkin dice for the players that believe in spooky season every day of the year.
And finally some super-secret concept sketches of dice coming your way soon. 👀👀
Last chance to sign up for the RISK Discord’s FFA tournament! Entries close 15th of August with the first round starting on the 16th of August. The maps for each round have also been decided, thanks to the community votes.
Round 1 World Conquest
Round 2 Canada
Round 3 Mont Saint-Michel
Round 4 Modern Spain
Round 5 Mall of the Dead
Round 6 Arkeanos
Round 7 Earth 2209 A.D.
We often receive questions from our community about what happens to complaints submitted during a game using the report feature (above) for cheating, unfair or inappropriate behaviour. Reported players are flagged and actively monitored for 30 days using our automated tools. We also provide a direct message in-app to inform reporters whether any action is taken against the player they reported.
If you have reported a player using the in-game reporting feature (or they have reported you) neither of you will be able to view a game hosted by the other that is in the available games to join list in Global Domination.
On Manual placement - claim a continent’s border (either just inside or outside of an entrance)
On Auto placement - if you start first, you can place your capital anywhere and add all troops to it during the draft phase. If you start later, be sure to place on one of the top 3 troop locations
Your focus isn’t defeating every player or capturing every territory. Your new goal is to capture all enemy capitals to win the game.
Rule of thumb: attack capitals with 3x troops for peace of mind, as capitals have a defending bonus.
Capitals can be much more volatile, do not recommend with True Random! (very severe luck involved)
Presenting our first ever RISK community fanart for the community bulletin. General Astrid the Pirate of our discord community has shared their amazing sci-fi fan art in the wake of our Sci-Fi release.
If you have some RISK art to share, join the RISK discord and post it to the Channel #RISK-ART so the community can spam encouraging emotes on your work!
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Our discord community has dedicated channels designed for players looking for a game. Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk
