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I don't think it necessarily helps your score, but it helps your kill count. Why? Here's why:
In an N-player game, if everything is equal, you have a 1/N chance of winning. As "N" increases, your kill-count to games-played ratio will increase. This is best illustrated by an example. Assume all player wins happen according to the mathematical odds of him winning.
Player 1 plays 1000 2-player games. He wins 500 of them (1 out of every 2), and therefore gets 500 kills. He has a game-to-kill ratio of 0.5.
Player 2 plays 1000 10-player games. He wins 100 of them (1 out of every 10), and therefore gets 900 kills (9 kills x 100 games). He has a game-to-kill ratio of 0.9.
As "N" goes to infinity, a player's game-to-kill ratio will approach 1.0, which is TWICE that of an exclusive 2-player-game player, even though he's winning games at the same odds as that player.
Since Risk involves luck (initial drop, other players play, the dice), over time playing more large games will improve one's stats as the odds of being given promising and unpromising games evens out.
So given what I've said, I have some large multiplayer games needing more players. Join me!
In an N-player game, if everything is equal, you have a 1/N chance of winning. As "N" increases, your kill-count to games-played ratio will increase. This is best illustrated by an example. Assume all player wins happen according to the mathematical odds of him winning.
Player 1 plays 1000 2-player games. He wins 500 of them (1 out of every 2), and therefore gets 500 kills. He has a game-to-kill ratio of 0.5.
Player 2 plays 1000 10-player games. He wins 100 of them (1 out of every 10), and therefore gets 900 kills (9 kills x 100 games). He has a game-to-kill ratio of 0.9.
As "N" goes to infinity, a player's game-to-kill ratio will approach 1.0, which is TWICE that of an exclusive 2-player-game player, even though he's winning games at the same odds as that player.
Since Risk involves luck (initial drop, other players play, the dice), over time playing more large games will improve one's stats as the odds of being given promising and unpromising games evens out.
So given what I've said, I have some large multiplayer games needing more players. Join me!