COMMUNITY BULLETIN #12
Happy Holidays RISK Generals!
Can you believe it’s December already?
Did you know December originally had just 30 days according to the ancient Roman calendar? When the calendar was changed to the Julian calendar, December gained a day, making it the seventh and last month in the year with 31 days.
On December 8th we posted RISK Update v3.9. Here are some highlights:
Bots were added to Ranked 1v1 matches as requested by the community
The Shikoku bonus on the Japan map was revised
A new troop placement option was added: semi-automatic
Resistor is Futile Map Pack
We released a new map pack inspired by our formative technological childhoods. Let us know in the comments if you spotted the Easter eggs in the maps themselves.
And the Map Pack box art by Australian Artist Veronica O’Neill. 
Here is a link to her other amazing artworks: https://zookie.artstation.com/
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Free Gems!
As a small thank you to our RISK community we've added bonus gems to Battle Points levels that don't currently have a reward! Each time you level up this month, you will receive a reward or gems*. Players who've already levelled up will receive bonus gems for these levels when they login (if you don't see the gems in your total a quick app restart should do the trick!)
These bonus gems are only available until January 13th.
*Battle Points daily cap still applies.
We will also be running Winter sales throughout the holiday period on map packs, bundles and premium. Plus we've added a few new colour variants on some of our favourite dice.
Check out the shop and grab yourself a festive gift! 
Coming Soon...
Plus our developers bug out bag...
As we reach the end of 2022 we wanted to show you what is in store for 2023. 
Our biggest plans for the year include new content and a major networking overhaul.
This update will be huge for us and is geared towards, improving and creating opportunities for new and better multiplayer experiences in RISK.
This will include improvements across:
stability
connections and reconnections in multiplayer games
greater ability to identify and remove cheating
It also gives us the ability to explore new options for how multiplayer games are played and saved in RISK. Once we make this update we are able to explore:
game slots
longer games that can be played over multiple sessions
team battles
...and more.
In the previous bulletin, we previewed one of our map packs for 2023. Here is a second glimpse into one of the space-themed maps:
Honestly, you could say RISK: Global Domination in 2023 will be out of this world. 
Our 5th official RISK 1v1 World Tournament finals are just around the corner!
This event began on October 24 and finishes on December 17, 2pm (EST)! After 7 rounds we have narrowed it down to the final 4 players who will compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.
UnderTheGun vs Frail Waif
And
Olive vs General Bail
Who will win? And who could be the first ever player to earn the 3x 1v1 Tournament Winner Title?
Tune in to see how the pros play
https://www.twitch.tv/riskgmolivexc
If you’d like to take part in future RISK tournaments to win prizes, join our 100k+ Discord community. 
As always, it is such a good feeling seeing our players designing their own maps in RISK. 
Credit: Phantom Pickle.
Also check out this awesome looking dice concept designed by Kali in our Discord server!
We also would like to thank the community for posting and streaming their games of RISK. Check them out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO_8lv5usM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5vFGlFJ4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38qub74t5dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vlMpJVJWEg
Let’s not forget our community bulletin dose of RISK memes, created by our Discord Community. 
And some of our favourite reviews: 
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs back-to-back tournaments with big prize pools.
We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players
looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk
Note: We’ll have limited customer support over the Xmas break but there still will be Luci and others checking and responding to support tickets. See you all in 2023!
Over and out,
Team RISK @ SMG Studio