A new edition of Risk 2210 A.D., a gritty offshoot of the classic board game, is now available to preorder

Risks’ future war-themed board game, Risk 2210 A.D., is coming back thanks to the publisher of Vampire: The Masquerade and Heroscape. Renegade Games Studios has officially opened preorders for a new release of the 2001 title that will begin shipping next month. As we reported last year, this is part of Renegade Game Studios' continuing licensing deal with Hasbro to produce and distribute titles beloved by their loyal audiences but perhaps not suited to mass market retail. Nexus Ops was the other board game optioned in the same deal, and the publisher had previously rescued miniature skirmish game Heroscape from another banishment to irrelevancy after a failed HasLab crowdfunding campaign. Originally designed by Avalon Hill, Risk 2210 A.D. won't be much different from its first box, and that’s on purpose. The studio wants to introduce newer audiences to a version of classic Risk that trades human troops for mechs and specialised commanders who do battle across a bombed-out Earth whose landmasses have been indelibly altered by decades of warfare. Notable quality of life changes include a double-sided moon board and resealable plastic bags to hold components. Read more