Required reading

[Philbert]

Spoiler alert!

1. Guy creates board game Risk.
2. Another guy makes computer game based on board game Risk.
3. A third guy says, "hey, why don't we animate the battles?"

Nah, that's drivel. The only things that Civilization and Risk have in common are that they involve simulated warfare and that they are based on a simplified world map.

Civ was a major innovation in that it introduces:
- technology trees
- multiple computer operated adversaries
- non linear gameplay
and lots of other good stuff.

Nothing wrong with Risk (other than that it's dull, takes at least 24 hours and I suck at it) but it doesn't compare with Civ.