Risk
About
The most famous mass market war game of all time. Compete with your friends to take over the world.
On your turn, gain reinforcements, attack your neighbors, and move your troops.
Thoughts
Tim:
3/5 Average
It's Risk, so what more can you say than has not already been said. I have the classic rules edition from 1959 and they have all the ease of use and issues they have always had. The game really takes 4-5 people to shine, and with 4-5 people it also takes forever and as people are eliminated they have nothing to do for a long time.
I thought I had played this game many times, but after careful thought I realized that the last time I played was in high school. After a computer version called "Lux" came out in 2002, I played hundreds of games, and in truth, this works so much better as a computer game. The same with Axis and Allies. Playing against the computer speeds up the gameplay incredibly and with Computer AI you are never left wanting to play a game at 11pm with no one around to play with.
Laura:
2.5/5 Below Average
The game is like a slightly more strategic Ticket to Ride, just with dice rolls rather than pulling cards. It was enjoyable, but nothing I was interested in playing multiple times. Having the dice in my favor several times despite fewer troops meant I could keep the occupation going for longer, however eventually regression to the mean happens, and if you don't have enough troops, you will lose. It's a fine game to pass the time, but there are other games in the Game Room I'd rather replay.
Trivia
- The Risk Variants Page lists over 30 variations of the game. Unlike the re-skins of Monopoly where it's always the same game with different names, most of these have actual game play variations.
- Risk Legacy was released in 2011 and is the first "Legacy" game.
- The components to the base Risk game have changed over the years from blocks to miniatures, to roman numerals, and to arrows. The version I own is the English edition 1978 with Roman Numerals.
6-21-2021