A Python script to calculate winning probabilities in the board game Risk.
The script outputs a table containing the probabilities of the attacker gaining territory, given specific numbers of attackers and defenders involved in a conflict.
In addition to being useful for decision-making while in game, this project is also a nice application of dynamic programming. It is able to accurately and very quickly compute results for conflicts involving hundreds of units (although the graph will not be able to present this data nicely).
Clone from git using: git clone https://github.com/HerrHruby/RISK.git
An example table for conflicts involving up to 20 units on each side is available in the samples file. The corresponding probability surface is also available in the same folder.
The main script risk.py is contained in the src folder. To run the
script, call python risk.py from the command line.
The basic_rolls.py file is used to estimate the probabilities of each side winning
a "basic" conflict - one involving a small and unique combination of troops that can be
resolved with a single set of dice throws. This does not need to be run directly, as the
results are already contained in the main file.