If you like risk you should try Kemet and Scythe. I find the combat of Kemet much better and the overall mechanics of Scythe much more rewarding. Scythe is prob

If you like risk you should try Kemet and Scythe. I find the combat of Kemet much better and the overall mechanics of Scythe much more rewarding. Scythe is probably too mechanically heavy for your style (it almost always requires a playthrough before you get it and has a more involved rulebook) but I mention it just because it is by far the best dudes-on-a-map game I have ever played, primarily because of how it does a fantastic job capturing the prisoners dilemma of investing in guns vs butter for your nation. For what it's worth, personally I think Catan and Risk are both very mediocre games, especially for their popularity.