The new Star Wars Risk they are releasing sounds like it may actually be good. Fighting the Battle of Endor on 3 fronts.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/22/9374387/star-wars-risk-is-pretty-good-also-not-risk
I don't work for Hasbro and well I haven't been a fan of rsk since i discovered other board games existed but this actually sounds like it could be good.
Edited by Talonbane CobraWhat does Tom Say?
I can't watch youtubez at work.
From reading the TC's link I wish the space battle had more capital ship action but it does sound like a lot of fun,
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There's a topic about it, it's nothing to do with Risk, it's queen's gambit light.
Oh, my bad.
well from watching the review vid it definitely looks worth a go:-)
think it'll go on my christmas wish list (unless FFG swamp us with wave 8 & armada wave 2 at the same time...)
It's heavily based on Queen's Gambit. It shouldn't have the RISK title applied to it. It's a great looking game though; can't wait to get it myself!
EDIT: Ninja'd.
Edited by MegaSilverHasbro probably tacked on the Risk title to try and sell more. Risk is probably one of their better(best?) selling game so this is a way to trick people who wouldn't be interested in buying it.
From the article: "This changes the game from the simple wargame that is the classicRisk into a light miniatures game." - FFG needs to get on that and get Hasbro to back off on Imperial Assault then..... 
And the board looks like a Tie Interceptor!
Since we are already off-topic so to speak:
Y'all need to read up on the Nova Open Narrative finale if you haven't already. It was a simulation of a large(ish) battle where individual fighter engagements were played out as X-wing Miniatures dogfights.
Someone is probably already working on a version for the Battle of Endor using Imperial Assault to simulate the battle for the shield bunker.
What does Tom Say?
I can't watch youtubez at work.
Tom says it is in no way Risk and should have been named something else.
He gives it a seal of Excellence. Lots of randomness but fun.
Putting 'Risk' in the title is a good way to get me to dismiss it out of hand.
Thank Avalon Hill, since this is pretty much a reskin of the awesome Queen's Gambit.
Putting 'Risk' in the title is a good way to get me to dismiss it out of hand.
I thought that, but it's not true because i read board game reviews and talk to board game people so i was always likely to hear about it even though i first ignored it due to risk.
I thought they already made Star Wars: Risk, it's called 4xTLT...
(i'll see myself out...)
It's heavily based on Queen's Gambit. It shouldn't have the RISK title applied to it. It's a great looking game though; can't wait to get it myself!
EDIT: Ninja'd.
The problem with Queen's Gambit and with this if it didn't say Risk: There's many that would just walk past it. Risk is still has decent brand-name recognition.
Of course anyone who opens it will immediately WTF but I get why Hasbro did this.
It's heavily based on Queen's Gambit. It shouldn't have the RISK title applied to it. It's a great looking game though; can't wait to get it myself!
EDIT: Ninja'd.
The problem with Queen's Gambit and with this if it didn't say Risk: There's many that would just walk past it. Risk is still has decent brand-name recognition.
Of course anyone who opens it will immediately WTF but I get why Hasbro did this.
[looks at large Risk collection]
Yup.
Has anyone here actually played it yet?
Most of the rules were very straightforward, but I didnt see anything covering rebel fighters moving off the capital ships. There don't seem to be clearly marked "adjacent" spaces.
I've not played it but I intend to. I always wanted to play Queen's Gambit but all that 3d stuff kind of turned me off of it. This seems much more reasonable.
The 6 in 1 game sounds promising 