For what it's worth ... we bought Risk before Christmas, based on my recommendation (I used to play it in high school a lot). Everybody loved it, but we ran into the long-drawn-out games, too.
There are several computer versions available, and we wound up buying one of those, too. I think it was $20 from Big Fish Games. Anyway, we haven't played the board game since. The computer version is much easier, for several reasons -- you can play against computer generals (up to five), the game is MUCH shorter, and there aren't pieces flying all over the place when somebody accidentally rolls the dice on the board.
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Date: 2008-02-19 03:45 pm (UTC)There are several computer versions available, and we wound up buying one of those, too. I think it was $20 from Big Fish Games. Anyway, we haven't played the board game since. The computer version is much easier, for several reasons -- you can play against computer generals (up to five), the game is MUCH shorter, and there aren't pieces flying all over the place when somebody accidentally rolls the dice on the board.