<s>
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Risk	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Deep	O
Red	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
under	O
the	O
MicroProse	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
version	I-Application
of	O
Risk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
board	O
game	O
style	O
of	O
play	O
,	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
introduced	O
new	O
modes	O
including	O
a	O
single-player	O
tournament	O
and	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
concept	O
called	O
SameTime	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
turns	O
are	O
taken	O
simultaneously	O
by	O
all	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
computer	O
opponents	O
are	O
an	O
assortment	O
of	O
mostly	O
18th	O
and	O
19th	O
century	O
generals	O
:	O
Campbell	O
,	O
Mackenzie	O
,	O
Marmont	O
,	O
Barbacena	O
,	O
D'Erlon	O
,	O
Maransin	O
,	O
Solignac	O
,	O
Sherbrooke	O
,	O
Aubert	O
,	O
Spencer	O
,	O
Taupin	O
,	O
Freire	O
,	O
Vauban	O
,	O
Baird	O
,	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
and	O
Wellington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
of	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
were	O
developed	O
:	O
the	O
U.S.	O
version	O
(	O
v1.01u	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
European	O
version	O
(	O
v1.01e	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
European	O
version	O
of	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
a	O
player	O
may	O
only	O
roll	O
one	O
die	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
version	O
a	O
player	O
may	O
choose	O
to	O
roll	O
two	O
dice	O
or	O
one	O
die	O
(	O
to	O
defend	O
with	O
either	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
battalions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
are	O
however	O
,	O
completely	O
compatible	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
when	O
used	O
in	O
multi-player	O
games	O
online	O
or	O
across	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
both	O
versions	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
using	O
ascending	O
or	O
set	O
trade-in	O
values	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
an	O
additional	O
option	O
of	O
ascending	O
by	O
one	O
(	O
4	O
,	O
5	O
,	O
6	O
...	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
compromise	O
between	O
ascending	O
and	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
MSN	B-Application
Gaming	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
supported	O
free	O
online	O
play	O
for	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
ceased	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Ken	O
Brown	O
wrote	O
that	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
delivers	O
enough	O
gameplay	O
and	O
play	O
options	O
to	O
satisfy	O
just	O
about	O
anyone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Cobb	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
raved	O
that	O
Risk	B-Application
IIs	I-Application
designers	O
had	O
"	O
infused	O
the	O
classic	O
game	O
with	O
enough	O
variations	O
,	O
options	O
and	O
graphics	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
seem	O
like	O
a	O
new	O
experience	O
to	O
even	O
the	O
most	O
hardened	O
die-thrower.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Richie	O
Shoemaker	O
praised	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Same	O
Time	O
mode	O
a	O
"	O
minor	O
masterpiece	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
Risk	B-Application
II	I-Application
uninspired	O
and	O
noted	O
technical	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
