Simultaneous Risk Notation?

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

I'm getting ready to start implementing a PBeM version of Schmittberger's
Simultaneous Risk (in my mind this is a very diplomacy-esque version),
and am curious if there is a standard "notation" for the game of Risk.

Do the various territories have "standard" designations?  e.g., Eastern
United States == EUS, etc?

Army deployment?  "3 -> EUS"   "EUS 3" ?

Army movement?   "3 EUS -> WUS"   "EUS 3 -> WUS" ?

I'm sure this is not virgin territory, but I can't seem to find anything
at this time...

Richard

For the curious, the basic structure I'm working with is...

Random territory distribution followed by all players "deploying" their
remaining armies as the first move.  (Remember this is simultaneous...)

Then each player will submit their orders for the turn.  Once all moves
are received (or some move limit is reached and therefore a "no op" is
assumed for all non moving players) the turn is resolved.

Any time armies meet at a border crossing (e.g. I move 3 EUS -> WUS, and
my opponent is moving 4 WUS -> EUS) there is a skirmish.  In this case,
1 of my opponent's armies survives to continue the attack.

It would then be his 1 army vs. the remaining armies (if any) in my
territory.

The formula for determining who wins is pretty simple...  If a like number
of forces attack, it's mutual destruction (with the exception of 1 "defender")
If both forces are agressing, all armies die.

Else, the lesser force is destroyed.  The greater force loses the same
number of pieces as the loser *minus* the difference between their forces.

For example,

        5 v 4   lose 3
        6 v 4   lose 2
        7 v 4   lose 1
        8+v 4   no loses

The only "issue" is the case of a combined attack. And how to allocate losses
in that case... but I'm working on it.

Every 4th move would be a "build" move (ala Displomacy) where you would get
reinforcements based on territories held and bonuses for continents.  You
could at this point trade in cards for bonus armies as well.

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