Risk Still Makes History
Risk Still Makes History
What happens to our old board games when we stop being kids? I always thought that board games are not played by anyone anymore, or at least that was my thought up until recently. Particularly regarding “Risk,” which was my favorite board game during my childhood, I used to think that nobody was interested in playing it anymore as I have not heard anyone mention its name for some years now. But, to my surprise, when the new owner of a neighboring apartment called me a month ago to check if I wanted anything from the last tenant’s left-over belongings, I could not believe my eyes when I spotted under a pile of old books and clothes the older version of “Risk” I used to play myself.
“Risk” may have been invented in the early 1950s by a French movie director named Albert Lamorisse, but it came into my life when my younger brother was too old to