Risk - European Conquest RP

Risk - European Conquest RP, also known as Risk Universalis or simply Risk, is a group on Roblox owned by Amnity and previously co-owned by. It is the oldest and largest stud role-playing community on Roblox in front of World Conquest. Across its four group games, players paint studs to represent countries and then role-play diplomacy, war, and politics with one another in an interactive environment. The four games under the group have few automated features and are generally run by a completely human back-end and front-end.

The Risk group itself doubles both as a game studio and as a community, containing ranks for its developers to create and add to the game, but also for players to be rewarded for their commitments to the game by receiving roles which often have admin commands and responsibilities attached to them.

The target audience for Risk generally tends to be those who enjoy popular historical strategy games such as Crusader Kings II or Hearts of Iron IV. The naming for Risk Universalis itself is inspired from the board game Risk and the game Europa Universalis IV. The Risk Universalis games are partly educational in nature with players often needing to use historical contexts to support their decisions.

History
Risk was created in 2015 by Amnity and, two scripters from the mini-building community. It achieved substantial success at first due to its unique model as well as the incredibly interactive and personal setting.

Over the years, the game has been added to incrementally with a growing user base and a number of volunteer developers who have made the in-game map more detailed as well as adding "maps" that can be loaded through an admin command, reducing the amount of time it takes to paint countries.

Games
Three of the four public Risk games feature detailed world maps made out of 0.5x0.5 parts, called studs as they were 1x1 in older versions. Private Roleplay is the only exception, where the entire map is divided into four equal sections where players can create maps of their own. Each game has cultivated a subcommunity of its own, with different rules pertaining to each game.

Over time, the general Risk map has been made more detailed by the developers, who have added texture overlays to represent the Earth's geology as well as rivers and guidelines for the location of cities.

Risk Universalis
Risk Universalis, also known as "Public", is the public game that any Robloxian can visit. The game contains a map of the Earth where players can draw countries and role-play as a nation-state. Public is the most popular variant of Risk with 2.7M+ visits as of 29 December 2020. It is also the only Risk game that offers private servers.

Risk Universalis - Private Roleplay
Private Roleplay, abbreviated to "PRP", is only open to group members and can be used by players to create their own maps, artwork, etc. on a confined personal space known as a "plot": a quarter of the map that players may claim. Only four plots can ever be used per server.

Risk Universalis - Customs
Customs, sometimes known as "FC" ("Forced Customs"), is a group-only game that contains a map of Earth similar to Public, but players cannot create real-life countries and are only allowed to play as custom nations. Customs is the second-most popular variant of Risk Universalis following Public itself, with 1.3M visits as of 29 December 2020.

Risk Universalis - Historical
Historical, sometimes known as "Main", is essentially the default version of Risk Universalis but for group members only. This is the third-most popular variant of Risk with 1.0M+ visits as of 29 December 2020.