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The Risk board game is popular among certain groups, such as history teachers and nerds. The author of this article is included in the latter group. History teachers love that it is a good means of teaching basic geography as Risk players never have an issue naming the continents, and some may say that history teachers would prefer to rule the world rather than talk about it.
Nerds come in many shapes and sizes. For nerds who love math and money, the game Risk can pertain very easily to personal finance since the elements of the game are the same as the elements of winning with money with the exception that the average investor is not at risk of being pillaged by those he interacts with, and that interaction does not involve brutal combat.
The elements of Risk and personal finance include:
- Income
- Strategy
- Investing
- Risk
Increasing Income Leads to More Opportunities
In the game Risk, the concept is to build an army that can withstand hard times and capitalize on opportunities. The game's hard times involve attacks from other players; opportunities to capitalize on are when your opponents are vulnerable.

