Africa Advanced Map Guide#
Navigate the diverse landscapes of Africa with strategic choke points and challenging regional dynamics.
This medium-sized battleground features a variety of territories making it ideal for strategic gameplay.
At-a-Glance Stats#
| Africa Advanced Map | |
|---|---|
| Pack Name | Advanced |
| Size | Medium |
| Zones | 50 |
| Regions | 9 |
| Blizzards | 4 |
| Portals | 6 |
| Popularity | 60,800 |
| Official Description | Things got a bit complicated... |
Africa Advanced Map#
Regions & Bonuses#
The map divides Africa into 9 major regions (continents), each with its own bonus troops:
| Region | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Asia Minor | 🔵 + 3 |
| East Africa | 🔵 + 3 |
| Europe | 🔵 + 3 |
| Southern Africa | 🔵 + 3 |
| West Africa | 🔵 + 3 |
| Horn of Arica | 🟠 + 4 |
| Central Africa | 🟣 + 6 |
| North Africa | 🟣 + 6 |
| Sahara | 🟣 + 6 |
Popularity#
This chart compares the popularity of the Africa Advanced Map (with 60,800 likes) against the average popularity across all maps (with 22,316 likes). Africa Advanced is 172.5% more popular than the average map.
YouTube & Video Showcase#
The Risk World Championships Round 1 – 2025 Season 1 FFA#
Summary: Africa Advanced is a map that rewards restraint and rewards reach. In progressive FFA settings, chasing bonuses early is a common mistake—the real power lies in spreading wide and staying alive.
This match demonstrates exactly why. Rather than trying to lock down a region, most players kept their stacks distributed across the map. Why? Because once the first player turns in a large card set, they become a predator—and the best way to avoid being their prey is to give them no clean line of attack. A well-spread position means they can’t eliminate you without splitting forces or exposing themselves, which often buys you another turn—and in progressive Risk, that’s everything.
Another key strategy on Africa Advanced is lining up for eliminations before your trade-in, not after. The portals on this map allow for fast repositioning, but only if you’ve already set up the angles. Watching this game unfold, you’ll see that players who stalked their targets a few turns early were able to pull off clean eliminations, while others missed their shot by just one badly placed stack.
Africa Advanced forces players to ask:
- Are you positioned to eliminate someone the moment your cards turn hot?
- Are you too easy to eliminate yourself if someone else turns in first?
This match offers a clear answer to both—and a reminder that on this map, bonuses are bait. If you’re not thinking 2–3 turns ahead, someone else will.
📖 Read the full match breakdown here