Ehsan Honary received his Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of West of England (Bristol) and his M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh. His interests are in autonomy, collective robotics, software engineering and soft skills training. Ehsan was first introduced to Risk in 1990 and has been playing it ever since, given any opportunity! Despite his interests in other 'serious' disciplines, he has always managed to convince his family and friends that spending time playing Risk has many benefits. He is an active member of the Risk gaming community. He lives with his wife in London.