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The Op Games Bring RISK Into the 41st Millennium
September 17, 2020 by avernos
The Op Games have just released RISK: Warhammer 40,000 to bring a new generation of players a version of the classic game of strategic conquest.
RISK: Warhammer 40,000 // The Op Games
The game lets you battle with your favourite factions for control of the planet Vigilus in the Battle of the War of the Beasts. Take control of your faction and attempt to vanquish your foes across the unique planet map that has been customized for Warhammer fans. In this Risk game, custom sculpted units will allow you to control the key locations in your bid to rule the planet!
As you may expect the game is packed with components including 225 Faction Unit Tokens, 5 Leader Tokens, 5 Dice, 40 Territory Cards, 20 Objective Cards, 16 Reward Cards, all with that Grim Dark feel to immerse your players in the battle for domination. 40K players will be familiar with the board as it has been designed around the Vigilus Campaign that came out in 2018 but now you can play out your games on a grander scale.
Vigilus Campaign Board // The Op Games
Risk has been around for years and its popularity resides in its gameplay, the ease of learning the game and the difficulty in mastering strategy and tactics have made it a stalwart for decades. This version in the Warhammer universe would make a good gift for 40K players who haven't tackled the boardgame before and will hopefully open up players to a whole new genre of strategy board games. Perhaps it could even be a stepping off point for board gamers into the world of tabletop miniature games as well.
It looks beautifully put together and would be an excellent buy for a group or club of 40K players who fancy changing it up, and dare I say use it as the basis for replaying the Vigilus Campaign in a different way.
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"Risk has been around for years and its popularity resides in its gameplay, the ease of learning the game and the difficulty in mastering strategy and tactics have made it a stalwart for decades"
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I’ve never played Risk may be a good time to get started.
Well at least this does make more sense than 40k Monopoly.
It’s a shame you can’t see the playing pieces, they might be good for Epic?
If they’re the same size as normal Risk pieces, they’d be a little on the big side for Epic, but you could probably fudge the scale a bit. The vehicles on the other hand would be perfect; I’ve got an old copy of Risk 2210, and its mech pieces make excellent epic walkers.
Thanks, that good to know.
This would make a good campaign map if you didn’t want to play the game as-is. You could also use it in conjunction with normal 40K for narrative campaigns, like you could wage battles with the standard system for the key “turning point” fights, and use the Risk game for skirmishes as your armies move across the map.
A bit expensive as a mere campaign map, but the idea does have merit.
It’s a shame GW don’t do EPIC spacemarines any more, as that would have been the perfect size for any fights.
With standard 40k/Killteam you really need the map to represent something like a city instead of a planet for the concept to make sense.
It might suffer from the same problem as Risk Legacy. Fundamentally Risk is, by modern standards, just not a very good game. Slap whatever theme you like on it, sadly it is lipstick on a pig.
I understand the need to pull the boardgame rights from FFG but could they find another company to do some original games rather than just re-skin old rubbish? Monopoly and Risk have felt dated for the last two decades.
It would be a sweet campaign map though, and probably cheaper than anything GW might release directly.
Monopoly and Risk are dated, and parents will still buy them to play with their kids cause they’re staples, and possibly the most recognizable boardgames in the world short of chess and go.
Very cool and a smart move. I mean, you could potentially have a GW product self contained, to be put into any toy shop anywhere to draw people into the overall hobby
lol … the map has the 8th edition WH40k logo
In one of the later editions of risk with Napoleonic styled figure said figures were pretty close to 10mm
I think it might have been better to have this as spaceships battling in space and the warp.