# Recommend me a PC game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081 "2006-02-12T04:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081/1 "2006-02-12T04:33:43Z")
One of my favorite games back when I had a Mac was an implementation of the the board game _ **Risk** _. Does something like this exist for PC’s? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081/2 "2006-02-12T05:16:15Z")
The official [Risk 2](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000936M8/) game from Atari is probably your best bet. It’s only10 bucks. Risk is a commercial product (either trademarked or copyrighted or whatever) so people can’t just make their own exact copies, but there are lots of very similar [shareware/freeware/online implementations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_%28game%29#External_links). ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081/3 "2006-02-12T05:23:49Z")
Or you could get the $20 “[6 Times the Fun](http://www.atari.com/us/games/6_times_fun/pc)” collection which has Risk 2 and five other games: Monopoly, Life, Sorry!, Battleship and Clue. ---
**Author:** ![midget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@midget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midget)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081/4 "2006-02-12T05:34:05Z")
If you haven’t already checked them out, you should definitely take a look at the Civilization series. As a turn-based game pitting different world factions against each other, the basic premise is similar to Risk. You choose a civilization and a basic world structure (i.e. planet size, vegetation density, etc.) and then play that society from the stone age through modern times. The initial learning curve is a little steep, but you can kiss countless hours goodbye once you get into it, and you’ll never look back at Risk again. Here’s a link to a review for the latest version (IV): [http://pc.ign.com/articles/660/660495p1.html](http://pc.ign.com/articles/660/660495p1.html) Here’s a link to a review of the previous version, which will run on just about any (Windows 98/2000/XP-based) system: > **[PC Games, Wikis, Cheats, Walkthroughs, News, Reviews & Videos - IGN](https://www.ign.com/pc)** > > IGN is the leading site for PC games with expert reviews, news, previews, game trailers, cheat codes, wiki guides & walkthroughs ---
**Author:** ![midget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@midget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midget)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-pc-game/344081/5 "2006-02-12T05:35:29Z")
Oh, and you can often find CivIII on the $10 rack at CompUSA (CivIV is new, and runs about $40 - $50) ---
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Also, you can usually find free demo versions of these things: [Risk 2 demo](http://www.download.com/Risk-II/3000-10189_4-10335738.html?tag=lst-0-1) [Civilization III Gold Edition demo](http://www.download.com/Civilization-III-Gold-Edition/3000-7491_4-10300776.html?tag=lst-0-2) [Civilization IV demo](http://www.download.com/Civilization-IV-demo/3000-7491_4-10465207.html)