I always lightly enjoyed the board game, but I am greatly enjoying this fun and entertaining version!
Luckily, this game has both online and offline multi-player options. Offline multi-player is a huge plus for me as most of the other XBox Live games in the strategy category do not and can only be played online. Sometimes it's best to play with someone in the room with you. But it's too bad that you can't both go online together, that would have been spectacular. I'm not normally a big online player, but thus far this game has brought me back time after time. Now, there are some issues with the win tracking, but I can deal with that. The main issue is just that the game freezes online a bit, and that can get old, but it's definitely still playable.
There may not be enough game option for hardcore Risk players, but there is more than enough for me. With options for cIassic Risk with the World Map or for Factions game play with objective based winning and new made up maps, there is nice variety. But we can still hope for additional maps through down loadable content (DLC) in the future, preferably other real locals from other Risk versions or recognizable fantasy/sci-fi maps. I'd love to see a new space map added with an additional alien Factions. One can only hope for this or other nifty DLC. Until then, what we got is great enough to last a long time.