Risk by Hasbro
Shares rank 9 of 15 board games by recommenders
A classic conquest board game that people still like; critics find its dice mechanic infuriating and its design poor, and say it feels dated.
A classic conquest board game that people still like; critics find its dice mechanic infuriating and its design poor, and say it feels dated.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good game people still like
“Risk would be similarly boring to watch. It’s not that it’s a bad game (quite the contrary).”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “I just like the game Risk”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “RISC-V Linux BusyBox Single Board Notebook”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poorly designed, dice-driven luck
“the dice mechanic is infuriating and it's almost the opposite of a euro-game”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost” “one of the worst designed games in a similar fashion to Monopoly”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost”
Other board games people recommend
The four most recommended other board games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1D Chess | 16 | 2 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
| Tiao | 14 | 1 | 93% | 2 | — | — |
| Diplomacy board game | 12 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| Root by Leder Games | 11 | 4 | 73% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Risk by HasbroThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Risk would be similarly boring to watch. It’s not that it’s a bad game (quite the contrary).”
“managing @Risk licenses in a fully on-prem, no-internet environment has been such a pain in the neck”
“Both are effective but also feel dated these days.”
“Its a paid add-on but @Risk gives the functionality you're looking for”
“tracks 195 countries around the world, scores them hourly”
“world-domination-mode Risk is infamous for”
“I just like the game Risk”
“the dice mechanic is infuriating and it's almost the opposite of a euro-game”
“one of the worst designed games in a similar fashion to Monopoly”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.