<s>
KDice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
multiplayer	O
strategy	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Taro	O
Ito	O
's	O
Dice	B-Language
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDice	B-Application
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
and	O
AJAX	B-General_Concept
by	O
Ryan	O
Dewsbury	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
in	O
KDice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
Risk	O
with	O
the	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
to	O
control	O
every	O
territory	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
game	O
for	O
seven	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
territories	O
are	O
randomly	O
divided	O
among	O
the	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
random	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
(	O
representing	O
armies	O
)	O
are	O
stacked	O
on	O
each	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
players	O
receive	O
an	O
extra	O
die	O
in	O
their	O
dice	B-Language
distributions	O
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
probability	O
that	O
their	O
territories	O
will	O
survive	O
attacks	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
round	O
of	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
then	O
rolls	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
equal	O
to	O
the	O
sizes	O
of	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
stacks	O
on	O
the	O
two	O
territories	O
and	O
compares	O
the	O
totals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
attacking	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
higher	O
total	O
,	O
he	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
territory	O
under	O
attack	O
;	O
all	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
from	O
the	O
attacking	O
territory	O
are	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
defeated	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
attacker	O
's	O
total	O
is	O
equal	O
to	O
or	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
defender	O
's	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
attacker	O
does	O
not	O
gain	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
in	O
his	O
stack	O
is	O
reduced	O
to	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
attack	O
multiple	O
times	O
per	O
turn	O
,	O
limited	O
only	O
by	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
they	O
have	O
remaining	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
turn	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
receives	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
equal	O
to	O
the	O
largest	O
number	O
of	O
contiguous	O
territories	O
he	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
,	O
the	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
allowed	O
on	O
each	O
territory	O
is	O
eight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
maps	O
have	O
a	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
four	O
or	O
sixteen	O
dice	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surplus	O
dice	B-Language
are	O
stored	O
if	O
all	O
territories	O
have	O
a	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
4x	O
the	O
maximum	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
these	O
to	O
restack	O
dice	B-Language
within	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
territories	O
where	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Risk	O
and	O
similar	O
games	O
,	O
dice	B-Language
may	O
not	O
be	O
moved	O
between	O
territories	O
,	O
so	O
forethought	O
and	O
strategic	O
play	O
are	O
required	O
when	O
deciding	O
where	O
to	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
eliminate	O
favoritism	O
to	O
players	O
who	O
can	O
spread	O
themselves	O
out	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
large	O
dice	B-Language
stack	O
placements	O
,	O
dominance	O
calculations	O
come	O
into	O
play	O
after	O
the	O
third	O
round	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
has	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDice	B-Application
has	O
been	O
praised	O
by	O
GamaSutra	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
twenty	O
most	O
addictive	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
gives	O
the	O
probability	O
that	O
an	O
attack	O
will	O
succeed	O
,	O
given	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
on	O
the	O
attacking	O
and	O
defending	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
when	O
the	O
attacker	O
and	O
defender	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
the	O
probability	O
of	O
a	O
successful	O
attack	O
is	O
always	O
under	O
50%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
2v8	O
win	O
is	O
extremely	O
unlikely	O
,	O
even	O
that	O
attack	O
has	O
a	O
nonzero	O
success	O
rate	O
,	O
because	O
two	O
dice	B-Language
have	O
a	O
maximum	O
value	O
of	O
12	O
,	O
while	O
eight	O
dice	B-Language
have	O
a	O
minimum	O
value	O
of	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
