World Domination Games

Board Games

• If you are ready to face off against your opponents in the battle for world domination, you can do so in the game of Risk. This board game transports you to an earlier world where you are given an army with which to conquer all other opponents. The game can be played with up to six players, each attempting to take control of the 42 territories on the map. Risk is a game that focuses a great deal on your ability to form strategic alliances while trying to exert your influence over players to eventually knock every other army out of the game and take over the world. If you're keen on taking over the world through money over might, then pick up World Domination. This board game relies more on a player's knowledge of trivia instead of military strategies. Players travel to different countries on the game board and answer questions to earn money. The more money you have, the more countries you can purchase. The player who has purchased the most countries or forces his opponents into financial ruin wins the game. If you are also a history buff, you will want to try Axis and Allies, a World War II strategy game that allows the re-creation of famous battles from the war. You can change the outcome of these battles based on your own strategic decisions and create an end to World War II that sees one country in complete power.

Video Games

• While board games such as Risk have populated the world domination genre, the advent and rise in popularity of video and computer games have led to the creation of a new brand of world domination game. If you are looking for more than just conquering other people, but also creating the most advanced culture, the Civilization series offers you a chance to focus as much on pleasing your citizens as conquering your neighbors. In Civilization, advancing in fields of technology and culture can cause you to outmatch your opponents in not only military might, but science as well. If you would rather focus on the military aspect of world domination, you can invest in the Command and Conquer series. These games have players building up armies and sending out troops to conquer the enemies. Games in the series can take place in a fictional world, or in the release of Red Alert, players take on the role of America, Russia or Japan and use their might to gain supremacy over the Earth. Entries in both series have been released on home consoles as well as computers, so any gamer will be able to partake in their challenges.