Anyone who’s played the board game Risk knows the endless toil of combat. The rolling of dice, sorting, tallying deciding the outcome, rinse and repeat. Why couldn’t we just let the computer do all the tedium for us?

This program attempts to replace all that tedium. Simply input the sizes of the respective armies and let the computer tell you the outcome. The results of combat are, just like in real life, sometimes surprising. And while a true Risk affectionado would never replace real dice with a computer program, if you can get two people who agree to let the computer settle their disputes this program could significantly cut down the length of combat in a game.

Risk Dice is by Joe Larson