The Origins of Risk...

Black Jack · Post by **Black Jack** » Tue May 02, 2006 12:58 pm

I ran across a dated, but still good, article on the history of Risk.

Read article

An interesting partial list of games that Risk has inspired... is also included.

onbekende · Post by **onbekende** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:26 pm

Amoeba Wars
Gnomes War

Patroclus · Post by **Patroclus** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:10 am

I've got my old board with the wooden pieces tucked away in a safe place.

Many sleepless nights hovering over that board while in college. A beer in one hand, a , well let's forget what else I had......

ZawBanjito · Post by **ZawBanjito** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:11 am

A slide rule? A bowler hat? An opium pipe? What are you on about, gramps, playing these guessing games!

olsond · Post by **olsond** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:13 pm

i remember playing risk at my uncles house a while ago... he had the roman numerals version of it. FREAKIN SWEET!

Scorba · Post by **Scorba** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:48 pm

Patroclus wrote:I've got my old board with the wooden pieces tucked away in a safe place.

Many sleepless nights hovering over that board while in college. A beer in one hand, a , well let's forget what else I had......

You clearly like Risk more than anyone else, Patroclus. I mean, most people use pornography. Didn't your opponents complain?

kingwaffles · Post by **kingwaffles** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:52 pm

Oh my!

HighBorn · Post by **HighBorn** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:54 pm

ummmm...

jay_a2j · Post by **jay_a2j** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:51 am

i remember playing risk at my uncles house a while ago... he had the roman numerals version of it. FREAKIN SWEET!

Wow..... I remenber that version....my first risk game....memories....

howie · Post by **howie** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:30 am

This game brings back so many memories of defeat

Patroclus · Post by **Patroclus** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:20 pm

Scorba: I'm gonna have to find you in a game and annihiliate you.

Zamboni: You're on the list, too!

fluffybunnykins · Post by **fluffybunnykins** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:43 pm

i've got the wooden pieces
'inherited' it from my dad & my uncle. they used to spend weeks over their games when they were whippersnappers. they even had to introduce different coloured washers to indicate 50 & 100 armies. This was mostly down to an early misreading of the rules; they were dividing armies by 3 instead of territories. Oh, how we laughed at them!

I think I started playing Risk with them not that long after my first words...
Ah, such sweet memories
Phil

(nostalgia)