Words and pictures by Selwyn Ward
■ The form of Risk familiar to most players.
It may not have quite the same popular name recognition as Monopoly, but Risk is surely the world’s best-known strategy board game. Originally invented by the Palme d’Or- and Oscar-winning French film director Albert Lamorisse, the game is now celebrating its 60th anniversary. It first appeared in 1957 in France as La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). The game was bought by Parker Brothers in 1959 and published first as Risk: The Continental Game and then as Risk: The Game of Global Domination.