Risk 2210 is definitely way better than plain ol' Risk, though not saying much. I've got a friend who's obsessed with it, though (your name's not Skye, is it?)
I'd give a shout out to Lost Empires, a Knizia game of exploration (actually a card game of suit building with some nice tactical choices and a clever delay-the-game-end mechanic), [...].
.Starcraft: The Board Game and World of Warcraft: The Board Game are both great games, though expensive and the time commitment required for each can limit how often you'll actually get to play.
Just out of curiosity, and totally off topic, but how sturdy are the miniatures in the WoW board game? Since the WoW minis game is going to be 40mm scale, I've been thinking more and more about picking this up, but i don't know if the quality of the minis is worth it
Just so you know, they're not painted, and come in 3 colors each: red. green and blue. The quality of the plastic is decent. It's not as bendy as the D&D minis plastic, so it's more likely for these to break, though the only problems I've had were with a few of the flying minis in Starcraft having snapped off their clear plastic bases during shipment, a common problem, but FFG was very good about replacing them promptly). I wouldn't call it brittle, though. If you don't mind garish colors or you're willing to paint them, go for it.
Yeah, i paint almost all my own minis, I play Anima, Warmachine, and 40K. I even tend to repaint/touch up heroclix. I'm glad to hear they're not bendy, that's what I was afraid of, I was hoping for hard plastic, not like the rubbery Star Wars/D&D minis. Much easier to paint something that doesn't bend. I'll have to check it out, if I'm not mistaken it averages out to less than 50 cents per mini. Although I only really want the Horde characters and the murlocs, but that's my problem.