I always LOVED board games, and my mom always played really grudgingly. I had my sister, fortunately, but I never got as much plahing time as I liked. There are a lot of things I don't really like to play (like video games) and I decline most all the time. But board games, I'm nearly always up for. Part of it is simply that I enjoy them, but part of it is remembering how much I wished my own mom would play.

For that reason, whenever I'd say no to Risk, I'd generally suggest something else, like Sorry or Yahtzee or whatever.