American History Lux is a turn-based strategy computer game that uses the rule system of the board game Risk but expands it to function on any map made up of a graph of countries and the connections between them. Regardless of the map, the object of the game remains: eliminate all other players so only one remains. American History Lux includes some other options not included in Risk, such as the ability to use a starting scenario, or set continent values to increase as the game goes on. It also has the capability of online play between up to six humans.

Like Risk, winning in American History Lux requires both skill and luck, with every attack hanging on the result of a dice roll. However, in spite of the randomness there is a regular group of players who dominate the multiplayer rankings. Like many online turn-based board games, American History Lux includes a chat capability, allowing conversation, tactical discussions, alliance offers, etc., and some players use this as a political tool in their play to great advantage.

The ranking system is very competitive, and has evolved into a two-tiered system where each player has a score in the current week, as well as a seeded place depending on the last 16 weeks of play. The online player base is relatively small (about 700 regular online players), but many of them are fairly dedicated.
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CHEATS

Enter one of the following codes at the indicated screen to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Codes

1. Codes to be typed while on map:

Unlocks all maps for current difficulty - unlockall
Lock all maps for current difficulty - relockall

2. Codes to be typed during gameplay:

Double all friendly armies - double
Halve all enemy armies - half
Empty enemy countries of armies - empty
Strengthen enemies - booth
Ear candy - woohoo
Eye candy - explode
Win current map - winmap
Previous map - command-left
Next map - command-right