"Imperfect/2" <imperfect@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:
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Risk, Paper, Scissors

Risk, Paper, Scissors is played with the Risk 2210 board, pieces, and
core rules.  There are several key differences however, as described
below:

1. Get rid of all the dice rolling.
 - All combat resolution is as follows:    
 ~ 5-point mechs (Wolves) beat 1-point mechs (Elementals)    
 ~ 1-point mechs (Elementals) beat 3-point mechs (Jaguars)    
 ~ 3-point mechs (Jaguars) beat 5-point mechs (Wolves)
 - Combat damage is applied simultaneously.    
 ~ i.e. 3E/2J/1W vs 1E/1J/2W = 1E/1J/0W vs. 0E/0J/0W
2. Limit total amounts of mech.
 - With equal amounts of mechs available, it's all about the biggest
   army.  When mech totals are limited, it's about the right
   combination.
 - Totals per player are as follows:    
 ~ 7 Wolves    ~ 12 Jaguars    ~ 25 Elementals
3. No free armies at the beginning of your turn.  Instead, you get
   quadruple the energy you'd typically get from owning the countries
   and collections you own.
 - New units can be bought for 3 units of energy.  
 - Commanders can be bought for 4 units of energy.  
 - Space Stations can be bought for 4 units of energy.
4. It costs energy to move or attack.
 - 1 energy will move 1 unit 2 territories or 2 units 1 territory.  
 - Attacking is considered moving, whether the attack is won or not.  
 - The attack cost is 1 energy per 2 units.
 - The attack cost is only paid once, when it is originally
   declared, not every turn.
 - Only 2 cards total can be purchased per turn.  Cards still cost
   only 1 unit of energy and have normal activation costs.
5. Commanders confer no extra damage bonus.
 - They do count as Jaguars for damage resolution however, bringing
   the total number of "Jaguar" units up to 17.  
 - You must have the appropriate commander for the cards you wish to
   play, as before.  
 - You must have the appropriate commander for space or sea travel,
   as before.  (Space commander and naval commander, respectively.)

Please direct all questions/comments to imperfect@sympatico.ca.
I know the combat resolution system is a little messy, and decidedly
unweildy, but anyone with a bare minimum of programming experience can
whip up something to simplify it greatly.  Anyone too lazy to do so
can e-mail me for a zip of the source of the VB program I use.