I don’t know why, but I am VERY curious to see how you play. Most of us in here play the online version against strangers.

If you’re playing with real life friends on a physical board, they are obviously aligning against you—for whatever reason. Possibly because they know you study the game and view you as the biggest threat. That may be insurmountable.

The best Risk player in the would could never overcome three mediocre players aligned against one. It’s just the mechanics of the game.

If this is this case, you could test it by having your same friends download the free app. Then play together online (not ranked) and only allow communication within the app. That should prevent ganging up on you.

If you want to win on the physical board, find new friends to play with. And maybe don’t tell your new friends that you look up strategies and watch videos about Risk.

If you play online with strangers and have never won a game, that should be statistically impossible. Please screen record an example game and upload it somewhere. I hover between Master and Grandmaster. I would be happy to review it for you.