Risk II on the PC was the ideal way of digitizing a board game, IMO. It had the classic turn based mode but added a "Simultaneous" mode where everyone played their turns in one go, and then everything resolved at once. It also had "weighted" dice that favored large armies with better rolls.
In other words, it kept the straight-up board game but also added a mode that could only be done digitally.
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@ryanlittlefield wow i'm glad this incredibly specific comment about this 18 year old game landed with someone!!!
@VirtualClint you took a big risk
@VirtualClint oh dang yes risk 2 was so good
@VirtualClint I need to make a list of games wit those kinds of simultaneous turns. Because I love them.
@VirtualClint I'm not sure if it was the first or second (i wanna say second) that I played in 5th grade with a friend at a sleepover - we stayed up until 330am, something i never thought i'd do for Risk. A testament to its implementation