Number 9

And number nine is….Risk. I really don’t have all that much to say about this game. Risk is the classic game of world domination. I almost didn’t put this game on my list but I’ve simply spent too many hours playing the many versions of this game to not place it here. This game also comes in many different “flavors” (from original to several different Star Wars versions) that each add a few rules to make the game more interesting. I would go into more about the different versions but my buddy Derek has already covered that in his BLOG, http://cardboardcarnage.blogspot.com/. I’ll just state that the classic trilogy Star Wars and RISK Godstorm are my favorite versions. I’ve actually come to dislike the original version of Risk because the last ten or so games of Original Risk that I have played have all played out about the same way.

If someone has played only one conquest board game in all likelihood it is this one (probably because Risk is the grand-daddy of today’s territorial conquest games).
Here is one game that I know I can get a game in without having to explain the rules to people (and then listen to them whine if I forget something…read the fracking rules yourself then). I should have more to say about the next game on my list but like I said I really don’t have much to say about this game.