Risk: Anyone Wants to Conquer the World??
By Rancosto on
A friend of us has a son who is obsessed with this board game. Every time we come to visit, he begs me to play with him, because no one else has the patience. And patience is certainly a must if you want to play Risk: just setting the game up before you can actually start playing may take 30-40 minutes.
The object of Risk is to conquer the world, no less (definitely a guy thing). The game has a Napoleon-era world map; the world, as it was known back then, is divided into 42 different territories that you must gain control over. Each player has their own, color-coded army - miniature infantry, cavalry, and artillery pieces that they will move around the map, attacking other players' territories. Of course, you need to have some troops left to defend your conquered lands, too. You move by rolling dice. There are also game cards that you collect in the process as you conquer more territory; later on, these can be traded for more army to reinforce your positions.
The game involves planning and strategy, but there is also the element of luck as you toll dice. This can be frustrating, just like in real life: you do your best to be smart and plan well, but then life interferes and messes things up. As I have mentioned earlier, this is definitely a guy game: my wife won't play it, and not many other women I know would want to spend several hours moving armies. For us guys though, it's a lot of fun. Who wouldn't want to feel himself a Napoleon??
OH, Rancosto... there are some of us who really do want to conquer the world! So many all night games at our house... but I can't play in the same games as my husband because we each take winning too seriously. I'll put three armies in Kamchatca!
This is a very good board game , thanks for sharing the product and your experience.
My husband has wanted to buy this game forever. He said he used to play it when he was younger. It always seemed a little hard to me lol.
I have heard of this but never tried it. Sounds fun.
This game has ben around for a long time. It has survived the test of time, so you know it's good!
I never played Risk before, don't think I would have the patience for it. Sometimes Monopoly is too long for me! LOL
I love game that involves planning and strategy, looks like this game has all of those features. Thanks for sharing the game with us.
I used to play this game as a kid, but I never had much patience for it. My biggest memory of Risk is making sure I got all the pieces picked up when I was done because stepping on one of those pieces is painful!
My brothers used to play this game all the time when we were growing up. I never got into it, but they would play for days. Glad to see this classic game is still being enjoyed.
if you can imagine, I've never played Risk!