First of all, let me say I thoroughly enjoy playing WebRisk over at Iohelix.net. WebRisk is an aptly named online version of the board game, Risky.
Games are played as slowly, or as quickly as you like, notifying you via e-mail when it’s your turn to move.
I’ve really enjoyed playing risk, although it’s really highlighted to me how poor my math skills are. I have a difficult time quickly counting how many troops a person has, and how many troops they’ll be getting on their next turn.
To remedy that, I present RiskAnalysis 1.0.
RiskAnalysis is a javascript based tool that will quickly calculate the number of troops and territories each player has. It will also calculate continents owned, and how many troops a person will get on their next turn, assuming the game continues in it’s direction.
The tool is not an exploit or hack in any way – A pen and paper, or calculator, can easily be used to derive all the same information that RiskAnalysis provides.. but for those of us with math problems, it’s a much faster solution.
Installation:
RiskAnalysis 1.0 is compatible with Chrome and FireFox 2.x+. Internet Explorer is not supported.
- Open the following link in a new window and copy it’s text to your clipboard:
- Using any site, create a bookmark in Chrome or Firefox titled “RiskAnalysis”
- Right-click on that bookmark, select “Edit” and remove the address of the existing bookmark
- Paste the copied RiskAnalysis code into the address field of the bookmark
- With an iohelix.net WebRisk game board open, click on the RiskAnalysis bookmark
- Leave any comments, suggestions or concerns you may have here, and check back periodically for updates
This rocks, wiini! A couple of minor ideas/suggestions: a "close" link in the popped up window, and a "refresh" or "reload" link, a border or something to make the Black player stand out more against the black background, show trade probabilities based on number of cards each player has rather than just a general list of probabilities.
This is an awesomely handy tool!
Love this wiini, use it almost every turn, tyvm!
It’s no secret that I’m addicted to WebRisk, so naturally I’m very excited about this new tool! It worked great for me. I’m a little sad that my name didn’t show up in your screenshots, but I guess that just means I’ll have to join more games.
awesome job with this, it's much better than anything I could have created.
I'm still planning on making an in game version of this with possibly a bit more detail and info in it, but as you know, my TODO list is quite full squashing bugs on all my games.
but thanks again for making this available, really great work.
Yeah… my own name didn't appear in the screen shots!
Maybe this will be a nice little plug for WebRisk, too!