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'''''RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition''''' is a ''Halo Wars''-themed version of Risk produced by USAopoly.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://www.amazon.com/USAopoly-RI006-229-Risk-Halo-Wars/dp/B001SN8GD6/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1343349279&sr=1-1|Site=Amazon|Page=Risk Halo Wars Board Game}} It features three playable factions - the [[UNSC]], the [[Covenant]] and the [[Flood]] - with 250 game pieces, and allows players to capture 42 territories in six sectors, battling for supremacy of [[Arcadia]]. The pieces include Marines, Scorpion tanks, SPARTAN-IIs and UNSC firebases. The Covenant's pieces are Grunts, Wraiths, and Arbiters, along with Covenant command bases. Flood pieces are [[Pod infector|Infection forms]], [[Flood carrier form|Carrier forms]], [[Flood Juggernaut|Juggernauts]], and [[Proto-Gravemind]]s. Despite being named the Juggernaut, the Flood unit in question bears more semblance to the ''Halo Wars'' [[Flood thrasher form|Thrasher form]] in-game unit than the canon Juggernaut enemy type found in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' and cut from ''[[Halo 2]]''.

The game's box art and map were created by Adam Sblendorio.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Box-Top-205450270|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Box Top}} The map's continents and territories were named by [[Graeme Devine]] and the team at [[Ensemble Studios]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Game-Board-205520274|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Game Board|Quote=This is the final approved game board for RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition. As the pieces are in bright translucent colors, it was important that they are clearly visible on the game board. This worked best by going very dark for the territories. Another goal was to have the board itself look like a digital tactical map even though it's clearly ink on paper, while also increasing the individual size of each territory to accommodate many pieces at anytime in the game. The planet is Arcadia and the territories & continents (sectors) were named by Graeme Devine and his team at Ensemble Studios.}} Devine named one of the territories - Roque - after his daughter.{{Ref/Twitter|zaphodgjd|1242256683658670080|Graeme Devine|Y=2020|M=10|D=19|Quote=Wow. The Halo Wars version of Risk made this list! One of the territories might be named Roque (after my daughter).}} ~~Although the game itself is non-canon, many of the~~ board game's continent names have ~~seen be~~ used in canon media.

The game's box art and map were created by Adam Sblendorio.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Box-Top-205450270|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Box Top}} The map's continents and territories were named by [[Graeme Devine]] and the team at [[Ensemble Studios]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Game-Board-205520274|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Game Board|Quote=This is the final approved game board for RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition. As the pieces are in bright translucent colors, it was important that they are clearly visible on the game board. This worked best by going very dark for the territories. Another goal was to have the board itself look like a digital tactical map even though it's clearly ink on paper, while also increasing the individual size of each territory to accommodate many pieces at anytime in the game. The planet is Arcadia and the territories & continents (sectors) were named by Graeme Devine and his team at Ensemble Studios.}} Devine named one of the territories - Roque - after his daughter.{{Ref/Twitter|zaphodgjd|1242256683658670080|Graeme Devine|Y=2020|M=10|D=19|Quote=Wow. The Halo Wars version of Risk made this list! One of the territories might be named Roque (after my daughter).}} The board game's continent names have since been used in canon media.

The game itself was announced on January 27, 2009{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/want-to-control-the-flood-play-risk-halo-wars/|Site=Joystiq|Page=Want to control the Flood? Play Risk: Halo Wars|Detail=(defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131210933/http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/want-to-control-the-flood-play-risk-halo-wars/ Archive])}}, with a trailer released on April 27.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/20510/RISK-Halo-Wars-Trailer/|Site=Team Xbox|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Trailer|Detail=(defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090811132725/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/20510/RISK-Halo-Wars-Trailer/ Archive])}}

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 '''''RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition''''' is a ''Halo Wars''-themed version of Risk produced by USAopoly.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://www.amazon.com/USAopoly-RI006-229-Risk-Halo-Wars/dp/B001SN8GD6/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1343349279&sr=1-1|Site=Amazon|Page=Risk Halo Wars Board Game}} It features three playable factions - the [[UNSC]], the [[Covenant]] and the [[Flood]] - with 250 game pieces, and allows players to capture 42 territories in six sectors, battling for supremacy of [[Arcadia]]. The pieces include Marines, Scorpion tanks, SPARTAN-IIs and UNSC firebases. The Covenant's pieces are Grunts, Wraiths, and Arbiters, along with Covenant command bases. Flood pieces are [[Pod infector|Infection forms]], [[Flood carrier form|Carrier forms]], [[Flood Juggernaut|Juggernauts]], and [[Proto-Gravemind]]s. Despite being named the Juggernaut, the Flood unit in question bears more semblance to the ''Halo Wars'' [[Flood thrasher form|Thrasher form]] in-game unit than the canon Juggernaut enemy type found in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' and cut from ''[[Halo 2]]''.
-The game's box art and map were created by Adam Sblendorio.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Box-Top-205450270|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Box Top}} The map's continents and territories were named by [[Graeme Devine]] and the team at [[Ensemble Studios]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Game-Board-205520274|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Game Board|Quote=This is the final approved game board for RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition. As the pieces are in bright translucent colors, it was important that they are clearly visible on the game board. This worked best by going very dark for the territories. Another goal was to have the board itself look like a digital tactical map even though it's clearly ink on paper, while also increasing the individual size of each territory to accommodate many pieces at anytime in the game. The planet is Arcadia and the territories & continents (sectors) were named by Graeme Devine and his team at Ensemble Studios.}} Devine named one of the territories - Roque - after his daughter.{{Ref/Twitter|zaphodgjd|1242256683658670080|Graeme Devine|Y=2020|M=10|D=19|Quote=Wow. The Halo Wars version of Risk made this list! One of the territories might be named Roque (after my daughter).}} Although the game itself is non-canon, many of the board game's continent names have seen be used in canon media.
+The game's box art and map were created by Adam Sblendorio.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Box-Top-205450270|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Box Top}} The map's continents and territories were named by [[Graeme Devine]] and the team at [[Ensemble Studios]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/sblendo/art/RISK-Halo-Wars-Game-Board-205520274|Site=DeviantArt|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Game Board|Quote=This is the final approved game board for RISK: Halo Wars Collector's Edition. As the pieces are in bright translucent colors, it was important that they are clearly visible on the game board. This worked best by going very dark for the territories. Another goal was to have the board itself look like a digital tactical map even though it's clearly ink on paper, while also increasing the individual size of each territory to accommodate many pieces at anytime in the game. The planet is Arcadia and the territories & continents (sectors) were named by Graeme Devine and his team at Ensemble Studios.}} Devine named one of the territories - Roque - after his daughter.{{Ref/Twitter|zaphodgjd|1242256683658670080|Graeme Devine|Y=2020|M=10|D=19|Quote=Wow. The Halo Wars version of Risk made this list! One of the territories might be named Roque (after my daughter).}} The board game's continent names have since been used in canon media.
 The game itself was announced on January 27, 2009{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/want-to-control-the-flood-play-risk-halo-wars/|Site=Joystiq|Page=Want to control the Flood? Play Risk: Halo Wars|Detail=(defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131210933/http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/want-to-control-the-flood-play-risk-halo-wars/ Archive])}}, with a trailer released on April 27.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/20510/RISK-Halo-Wars-Trailer/|Site=Team Xbox|Page=RISK: Halo Wars Trailer|Detail=(defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090811132725/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/20510/RISK-Halo-Wars-Trailer/ Archive])}}