For those that don’t know, I’ve been playing various versions of the Risk board game for decades. In recent years there have been a handful of new game variations released. I’m basically just breaking them down into which is my favorite down to which is my not-quite-favorite. And for the truly trivial, I don’t list “Risk: Edition Napoleon” (a very limited Castle Risk derivative from 1999), as I haven’t laid my hands on one to date. Plus, I’m not positive of the placement of the Star Wars variation, as I’ve only played it once so far.

1. Castle Risk (1986)
2. Risk 2210 AD (2000)
3. Risk (1957 France, 1959 USA)
4. Risk: Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Edition (2002, expanded to full Trilogy Edition in 2003)
5. Risk: Star Wars – Clone Wars Edition (2005)
6. Risk: Godstorm