Best Places To Play Risk Online
Have you ever wanted to take over the world in the same way as either Microsoft or Google? Well there is a board game called Risk that used to be very popular, and I thought I would provide everyone with a couple of places to play the game for free online.
The Facebook application – At last this may truly be it… a Facebook application that is not either completely pointless or annoys the hell out of me. Attack! is similar to Risk and can be played against your friends or anyone else who has the application (2% of Facebook users apparently). Just be aware, no matter how good you think you are… everyone else is better!
Java Risk – When you visit the download site this game sure may not look pretty and you may even think it not worth downloading at all. However the actual game is fairly decent. There are a large range of options and player AI, and even a number of extra maps to download when you get bored of the original. Luckily too, Java Risk doesn’t seem to have gone the way of most small developer games and still gets the odd update. The last one was only a month or so ago and provided an installer for Vista.
Conquest – If you want a nice simple and easy game of Risk then Conquest is a good choice. Unfortunately the AI is very predictable and can be counted on to make the exact same moves and strategies again and again. What this game is especially suited for is Pocket PC’s and you can download a version designed just for that right here.
Play online with LandGrab – This is maybe the best online Risk game I’ve seen. After registering for an account you can start playing. If you particularly like it then you can also purchase a premium account.
7 Comments
Steven
Thank you for the list of online risk-like games.
In my opinion, you have omitted the *best* online Risk game: ConquerClub.com. If you don’t know it, go visit it!
In the meantime, I will test Landgrab
Regards,
Max
I like ConquerClub.com as well, but this has a pretty good Risk game, too:
http://www.strategygamenetwork.com/
I’ve only played the real-time game on StrategyGameNetwork, though. On the ConquerClub.com, I’ve played a lot of the other maps (Texas, Spain, New York City) with the 24-hour max turn time for each player.
Thanks for the links!
Hey Guys. Try this.
http://warlordsofgilmoria.com
It is like Risk only better. It’s got diplomacy and leaders.
Hey, I just wanted to mention a good risk website I know of that is like the others, but it doesn’t have any ads on it which is why I like it the most. http://letsplayrisk.com It doesn’t have a lot of people on it at one time so usually you can’t play pick up games, but it’s very fun if you have some people together already that want to play and don’t want ads plastered all over the site.
Unfortunately there are so many more places to play then a person ca bother with.
I have reviewed most of them here,
http://www.playriskonline.net/
and will not stop until every Risk clone is reviewed!