As a self described board game fan, I've had my fair share of ups and downs watching them get translated to the iPhone. Sometimes they're a perfect match and almost rival the real thing, like in Carcassonne or Hive. But all too often the translation just doesn't take hold. It's a shame, but it happens. Thankfully, the new version of Risk takes after the former titles mentioned above.
Over the last few years a number of world domination board games have taken up residence on Apple's popular iDevices. Whether it's the consistently popular Lux DLX for the iPhone, the recently popular Dominion HD for the iPad, or the recently released Blood & Honor for both, the App Store has seen no shortage of board games for backyard Napoleon's. And yet despite all of these titles that borrow their gameplay from it, no one has thought to bring the game that started it all to the iPhone - until now.