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Hello everone,

In a "real" war you don't only need an army you also need good economic status... in other words, you need money (or production) in order to get food, weapons, ammo, etc to keep fighting... time ago, i was thinking what happened if we include money inside the game.

I haven't tested it yet, but i wanna share with you my idea, so you can give me your opinion and suggestions.

MONOPOLY RISK RULES

What’s needed

· A classic Risk board-game.

· $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 and $500 bills from Monopoly board-game (in this variation its value is in order of thousands; example: $10 =$10,000).

· Houses and hotels from Monopoly board-game (in this variation these will be used as buildings: factories and military bases, respectively).

Game restrictions

Armies per territory. During the game you may not have more than 15 armies on a single territory. If because of this, you are unable to place some armies, you lose those armies.

Set up of the game

Same as classic Risk game

Gameflow

1. Getting and placing new armies

Same rules as classic Risk with these modifications:

a)    The calculation of how many new armies you’ll add to your territories is based on the same as classic plus the number of military bases you control (Go to 2.3)

b)    Trading RISK cards for armies. Same as classic game, but if you want you can receive money instead of armies (1 army = $5,000) or a combination of armies and money.

2. Receiving and using money

It’s based on the idea that each territory has the capacity for producing an income (like GDP) and this production is needed to maintain the army and pay the cost of the war.

2.1 Calculate the amount of cash you will receive. Count the number of territories you own plus all the factories inside your territories and multiply it by 10,000. Example: 11 territories + 4 factories = $150,000. You will always receive $30,000 even if you own less than 3 territories + factories.

2.2 Pay your army’s upkeep cost. For each territory that have 5 or more armies you must pay a upkeep cost as follows: $5,000 if you have 5 up to 9 armies, $10,000 for 10 up to 14, and $15,000 if you have 15.

The payment is obligatory. You may trade/pay (remove from the board) an equivalent amount in armies (1 army = $5,000) from a territory as an alternative method of payment for a territory’s upkeep. You can do it anytime you want or if you can’t pay in cash the upkeep of any of your territories.

2.3 Construct buildings inside your territories. After you pay your upkeep, you may construct any amount of buildings (factories and military bases) inside any amount of territories you control, but with the following restrictions:

·         It can only be one (and only one) building inside a single territory. If you want to build another building inside an already occupied territory, the previous building must be removed.

·         The construction cost of a factory is $50,000. The factories give you additional income each turn.

·         The construction cost of a military base is $100,000. The military bases give you additional armies each turn.

·         The maximum number of military bases a player can own is:

·         It’s possible that a player can own more than the allowed limit of military bases only in the case this player had conquered an enemy territory without destroying the military base that was there before (Go to 3.f). This player can’t build any more military bases until the number of military bases he owns were below the maximum limit allowed.

3.  Attacking, if you choose to, by rolling the dice.

Same rules as classic Risk with these modifications:

a)    All players can attack and defend using a single dice for free. But, they must pay $5,000 for each additional dice they roll in each battle. Example: If you are the attacker, you must pay $10,000 if you want to use 3 dices; if you are the defender, you must pay $5,000 if you want to use both dices.
As before, you can pay by sacrificing the equivalent amount of armies (1 army = $5,000)  from the attacking/defending territory, as long as the final number of armies of that territory was 1 more than the number of dices you roll (for the attacker) or the same (for the defender).

b)    The attacker is exempt from the payment of one extra dice if he had a military base inside the territory from where he is attacking or inside an adjacent territory. In other words, the military base has an influence radius of 1 territory around.

c)    The attacker is exempt from the payment of one extra dice if he had a RISK card showing the territory from where he is attacking.

d)    The defender is exempt from the payment of the extra dice if he had a building (factory or military base) inside de defended territory or a military base inside an adjacent territory.

e)    If two or more dices (including both defender's and attacker's) show 5 or 6, the building, if any, inside the defender territory will be destroyed (and removed from the board). Example: if the attacker rolls 5 and 3, and the defender (with a factory) rolls 6; the attacker will lose one army while the defender will lose his building.

f)     When the attacker conquers a territory, he will take possession of any construction within this territory.

4. Fortifying your position.

Same rules as classic Risk with these modifications:

a)    You may move armies from one or more territories to any number of your other territories, but you must do a payment. Also, before you can do this, you must occupy all the territories in between.

b)    The army movement must be done in a sequential way and each borderline crossed will be considered a “movement”. You can abbreviate the process if you can keep in mind the number of “movements” needed to move your armies.

c)    The first “movement” is always free. But you must pay $10,000 (as a transportation cost of your armies) for each additional “movement” after the first. You can pay by sacrificing the equivalent amount of armies (1 army = $5,000) from the moved army.

Example: if you want to move armies from South Africa to Brazil, you must cross (1st “movement”) South Africa-Congo, (2nd) Congo-North Africa and (3rd) North Africa-Brazil borderlines, so you must pay $20,000 (remember, the first “movement” is free); if then, you also want to move armies from South Africa to the adjacent territories of (4th) Madagascar and (5th) East Africa, you must pay an additional $20,000; for a total of $40,000.

d)    Big army transportation cost. If the number of armies moved in a single “movement” is 10 or more, you must pay additional $5,000 for this “movement”. If it’s your first “movement” you only must pay $5,000, if not you must pay $15,000.

PD: sorry for my poor english, it's not my mother-language.