I do recall that it wouldn't run the last time I tried it on a newer PC. I haven't actually found my old CD yet - it's probably buried somewhere in a drawer of old software. Not sure about #6, as I might have it confused with the North America or Europe maps - it might've been Germany or USA (or even Dutch). Regarding the World map - you wouldn't be able to play it using a standard Risk board, because it actually had around 70 territories.Īs I recall, these were the six 'Empires' in the World historical scenario, set around the year 1800: I'm curious if that setup would be an interesting game to play in real life, on an actual PHYSICAL Risk board. I don't remember what historical year it supposedly started, but I do remember that there was only one historical scenario for the World map (the other maps generally had a few scenarios). As I said, I'm interested in seeing what that starting setup was for the World scenario. Let me know if you do get it working again. The graphics were tailored to represent each nation or tribal coalition. It also had a very clever AI which was hard to beat in a 5 or 6-player game. It had a lot of great options including Fortresses, Capitals for victory, Generals, and 'Fog of War'.

Africa (the biggest map, with about 170 territories). It included historical scenarios based on the actual history of those times.Ģ) Asia - roughly south/east/central Asia, China, Pacific coast from Kamchatka to Borneo, India/Pakistan, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.ģ) The Americas (Atlantic coast roughly from Canada to Venezuela, and inland as far west as the Native American lands (Plains in NA Mexico Amazon in SA) but not extending to the Pacific coast.Ĥ) Europe plus parts of Mideast and N. It had four maps, all set around the historical times of exploration, colonization, revolution, and warfare from about 1750 to 1830. Maybe I could still play it if I get the CD 'restored' and if my current Windows OS can even read it. Since then I've gone through 3 or 4 PC's and Windows versions, and I'm currently using a laptop - not sure if it would even work any more. There are visible 'tracks' engraved on it (by the internal laser reader?). I still have a CD of that game! It is very worn because of (probably) hundreds of hours that I played it from 1996 to 2005. And I would love to play this scenario in a tabletop situation, if I could only find a copy of the starting stats. And one scenario was the standard Risk global map, set sometime during the Napoleonic Wars, with the six players representing six different great powers of the time. The reason I'm trying to hunt down someone with a copy, is I remember the game had SCENARIOS. Its cover looked like this:Īnd I see that another thread was asking about it, nearly a year ago: Hello! When I was younger, I played a version of Risk on my PC.

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