History of the
International Foundation for Risk Betterment
Concerning the Beginning:
The International Foundation for RiskŪ
Betterment (IFRB) began taking form in the minds of
Mike Benson, Dan Speke, and Jake Sharks in the year 2000 after receiving a
variation of the Risk rules written by Finnegan Thynn. These rules, which were the
base for the final variations which are included in Gameplay-methods,
sparked a fire in the above persons to establish a foundation by which not only
could they make known their thoughts to the outside world, but also spark
interest into the game of RiskŪ itself. They had come to notice a dying
interest in this wonderful board game, well, in any board game for that matter,
in this day and age of computers and electronics, and wished to spread the word
of this game to others. Thus the National Foundation for RiskŪ Betterment
(NFRB) was established in the fall of 2000. However, after several months it
came to the realization of the founders of NFRB that the National in NFRB
belittled their company to only a handful of perspective members to their
foundation. Therefore, after only three months it was put to the ballots and the
National was changed to International with a unanimous vote. Soon after changing
the name of the IFRB it was decided that the Foundation should form Offices to
better hold the purpose of the Foundation in mind, thus it was decided among the
Founding Fathers that:
Mike Benson should be President
Dan Speke should be Vice-President
Finnegan Thynn should be Rule overseer and Administrator to IFRB
Jake Sharks should be Presidential Advisor
Till now the four leaders of this organization had
received the cold shoulder from many of their friends about joining their
organization until on January 18, 2001 the first member of IFRB was brought
forth and interviewed. After a vote Bobby Loorang joined the foundation and has
since enjoyed several games with his fellow officers. About a year after Bobby
Loorang decided to join The Constitution was formed and Ratified thus
better defining our purpose and what each office should entail in it's duties.
During this time it came to the attention of several of the Founding Fathers
that the names of the Offices did not fully benefit the Foundation therefore it
was decided that the names be changed to better benefit the defining of each
Office's Duties. Therefore it was put to vote and the Offices were changed to
the following:
Mike Benson - CEO
Dan Speke - President
Finnegan Thynn - Vice - President
Jake Sharks - Administrator of Affairs & Public Relations
Bobby Loorang - Creative thinking
And that is the History of the IFRB up to this Date.
Concerning Activities:
The activities, which we who are a part of IFRB initiate, are
usually a semi-formal banquet followed by a game of usually classic RiskŪ.
When getting together to play with and discuss variations of the classic RiskŪ
rules it is usually in an informal gathering. These meetings take place in an
orderly fashion, and each of the members taking notes of the pros and cons of
the game as they progress in playing. The members continue playing until:
1. The game is finished
or
2. The rules are fallible beyond repair (In which case the rules are scrapped
and the game... Terminated!)
