Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition

Board game

Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition is a form of the board game Risk. The factions represented in the game are the Galactic Republic, led largely by the Jedi, and the Separatists, led by charismatic Count Dooku.

The game board consists of zones. Each zone contains a grouping of game squares which represent a planet in the Star Wars Universe. Where planets share a common border, a player may move directly to. There are also squares which allow a player to travel to a planet in a different zone. The zones consist of:

In addition to the regular troops fighting during battles, players can also add spacecraft to their territories. By a card at the beginning of a player's turn, that player adds a spacecraft to any territory they have under their control. There are three types of spacecraft, and each provides a unique benefit:
Fighters allow the player to reroll all 1's on a single die. If a player has multiple Fighters on a territory, that player may reroll 1's on multiple dice. Corvettes allow the player to add 1 to a single die. If a player has multiple Corvette's on a territory, that player may add 1 to multiple dice. (But may not stack them on the same die). Capital ships allow the player to roll an 8 sided die instead of the standard 6 sided die. For each Capital ship on the territory, the player may substitute an 8 sided die during an attack. Spacecraft can turn the tide of battle, especially when used in conjunction with one another. Spacecraft are NOT destroyed after use.

At the beginning of each Separatist army's turn, the player places a special token face down onto a space that army controls. These tokens represent the various leaders of the Separatist Army, such as Count Dooku, General Grievous, and Nute Gunray. The Republic player does not know which token represents which leader. Each token has a number of red dots on the front side. If a Republic player captures a territory containing one of these tokens, at the end of that player's turn the player may draw an extra card for each dot on the tokens captured that turn. The Separatist Leader Tokens give the Republic a key advantage at the beginning of the game, as they are able to draw cards much faster than the Separatists, which allows them to build their forces more quickly. Once Order 66 is called, all Separatist tokens are removed from the game, and the Republic player can no longer capture them.

Order 66 is perhaps the most drastic rules variation in the Clone Wars edition. At the beginning of each Separatist player's turn, a Darth Sidious figure is moved along a special track. Each space on the track has a list of numbers from 1 to 8 next to it. At the end of a Separatist player's turn, once per game, that player may call Order 66. When this happens, the Separatist player rolls an 8 sided die for each of the territories belonging to a Republic player. If the number rolled is in the list of numbers next to the space that Darth Sidious is on, the territory immediately becomes controlled by a Separatist army. The Republic troops and spacecraft are removed and replaced with the same number of troops and spacecraft of either Separatist army (unless one of them was previously eliminated from the game). After Order 66 is called, the Darth Sidious figure is placed on any territory controlled by either Separatist player. If that territory is ever taken over by the Republic, the Republic wins the game. This rule represents the manipulations of Darth Sidious. When Order 66 is called, many Clone troopers turn on their Jedi generals, and follow the newly revealed Emperor. This dynamic can drastically alter the flow of the game. The Republic player could be very close to winning and suddenly find himself having to struggle to survive. However, the decision to call Order 66 must be made carefully. The longer the Separatist players wait before calling it, the more likely it will be for each territory to change control. However, it must be called before the Republic players destroy both Separatist armies. Also, if either Separatist army is completely destroyed, that player's turn is skipped, meaning the Darth Sidious token is moved less quickly. Finally, since the Darth Sidious token is placed on the gameboard after all territory control changes have been made, it could give the Republic an easy victory. In many situations there are no territories in which the figure can be easily defended, allowing the Republic to take the territory quickly, even if many of their own territories were taken.