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Library Risk Game Set

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I'm happy to report that Risk is still the timeless wonder it was when I was a kid.

From about the 6th grade (when I received this as a Christmas present) to about 10th grade (when other priorities arose), a rainy weekend or summer day often meant getting together with friends for an epic game of Risk. We would be absorbed in the game for hours. It had enough strategy involved that we could be convinced of our generalship, enough chance that we could blame defeat on the dice. We played it enough that I absorbed geopolitical lessons of questionable truth: Iceland and Kamchatka are not the keys to controlling North America. Ukraine is not nearly that big.

Our family was given a Risk game as a gift a few years ago. I was always trying to interest the kids in a game, but my daughters (13 and 10) were not very interested. Finally, my son (age 7) though he might like to play. I was torn. On the one hand, I had loved the game, on the other, he was a bit young. I didn't want to ruin it for him by introducing it too early.

In the end, we gave it a try. He needed a bit of coaching, but he grasped the basics of game play pretty quickly. We had a blast. The next time we have a free hour or two, he has been asking to try it again.

My observations:

1) Risk has not been ruined by the forces of time or political correctness. The game is almost exactly as I remember it. The small pieces are now in the shape of soldiers (1 army) horsemen (5 armies) and cannon (10 armies), but they function exactly like the old triangular pieces of plastic I used to use. The map still has a 19th century feel to it. The dice for attacking and defending are even still the same color.

2) My son was a bit young at age 7. He needed some coaching, but he caught on and enjoyed the game very quickly.

3) The game still takes a LONG time to play. Plan on taking two hours at a sitting or putting the game aside to finish another day.

4) It is more fun with more than 2 players. The only drawback is that players are eliminated one by one (like Monopoly), leaving 2 players fighting it out at the end of every game. This means that the person coming in 3rd, 4th, etc., is likely to get bored.

5) The "Library" case allows for easier storage in a bookshelf.

Still, a few minor flaws aside, this game is a classic. I give Risk my highest recommendation.

So, I have a lot of games. As these games age, and other games are placed on top of them they crush the boxes of the games below them. Corners crack, tape is added, tape dries out and the boxes become disgusting to look at and drag out.

This series of attractive wooden boxes is different. Like a nice leather bound collector's edition it fits on the shelf, holds all of the pieces and goes back in place compact and safe. I have to think a carpenter was the first to come up with the idea for these relatively speaking classics.

While the board's fold up is the biggest issue I have with it, this is Risk and no childhood should be without it.

Now you can add Risk to your libary in this handsome bookshelf edition. The game remains a perennial favorite, and in this day and age of global conquest you can play out your vicarious need to be king of the world without harming anyone, atleast not physically. But, be prepared for a few bruised egos, especially when combatants start teaming up on weaker victims. While the places and names don't exactly match today's geographical boundaries, kids can still get some sense of the world in which we live, even if the object of the game remains to wipe each other out.

Let me tell you one thing. This game beats going out to the movies,no doubt. Six of us, ranging from age 10 to 49 spent over 2 hours the other night playing this fun game. We didn't want to stop, except for the fact it was too late, and some family members must get up early to go to work, even in the summer. This traditional game is back in our family, and my husband and I have introduced the game to our three children and our daughter's boyfriend. We all had so much fun playing it, that we're going away on a family trip next weekend, and yes, we'll be packing this game. It's so important to keep families bound together these days, and what better way to accomplish but to have family game nights, especially in the summer time. When you have two teenagers and a twenty year old, playing with two adults and a 10 year, should speak all in itself. Not one person was bored at any given moment. Enough said except RISK is a great game!!!!!!!!!!

One of the greatest board games ever made! While lengthy and not for the very young (or simple minded!), RISK was a favorite on many, many deployments (back before the insidious PlayStation and XBox became the game of choice for younger military members). Great game with literally limitless "replay value."

If you are tired of stacking cardboard games on shelves this set is the solution. It comes in a small wooden case made to appear like a book, is pleasing to the eyes and well built. I put it on the shelves with the rest of the books and it blends in nicely.

This is a fun game that will keep you entertained for hours, so be sure to have enough time to play it! This library edition of the game looks great, but cost a lot less than another version we were looking at. I highly reccommend it.

Apart from the plastic small boxes that contains the pieces of wood and the book shape case. This game is not as well design as the other Risk. The infantry, cavalry and artillery are only shapeless small pieces of color wood. The game board is small and the cards are poorly printed.