Question: Which board game was released first, Lord of the Rings or Castle Risk?

Context articles: Risk 2210 A.D.
Risk Godstorm
Lord of the Rings (board game)
Risk: Factions
Risk: Star Wars Original Trilogy Edition
Castle Risk
Risk: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition
TAMSK
Risk II
Risk: Global Domination

Risk 2210 A.D. is a 2–5 player board game by Avalon Hill that is a futuristic variant of the classic board game "Risk".
 "Risk 2210 A.D." was designed by Rob Daviau and Craig Van Ness and first released in 2001.
 In 2002, it won the Origins Award for "Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 2001".
Risk Godstorm is a "Risk" variant board game published by Avalon Hill and designed by Mike Selinker with developers Richard Baker and Michael Donais.
 The cultures of the Celts, Norse, Greeks, Egyptians, and Babylonians clash for supremacy of the ancient world.
 Players invade territories, play miracle cards, sink Atlantis, and conquer the underworld.
 The latter is a significant addition to the "Risk" series, as soldiers do not leave the game when they are killed, but instead go to their heavens and then embark to take over the underworld.
Lord of the Rings is a board game based on the high fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien.
 Published in 2000 by Kosmos in Germany, Wizards of the Coast in the U.S., and Parker Brothers in the U.K., the game is designed by Reiner Knizia and features artwork by illustrator John Howe.
 It won a Spiel des Jahres special award for "best use of literature in a game" and in 2004 it won the Games Magazine Games 100 Honor in the Family Strategy category.
 A slightly revised version was later published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Risk: Factions is a downloadable video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service (discontinued as of 2014), PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network, and Windows computers through Steam.
 The game was announced on January 12, 2010 for Xbox 360, December 21, 2010 for PlayStation 3, and March 8, 2011 for Windows.
 It is based on Hasbro's popular board game, "Risk".
 The game has both single player and online modes of play.
 The single player campaign is divided into 5 chapters.
 Each chapter unlocks one of the game's five factions.
 The gameplay in the single player campaign is similar to that of the 2008 Risk rule set.
 Players must complete three objectives and have control of their capital to win the game.
 Alternatively, a player may defeat all the opponents to win the game as well.
Risk: Star Wars Original Trilogy Edition is a commercial strategic board game, produced by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro.
 It is a variation of the classic board game Risk, with the rules and appearance altered to fit within the fictional Star Wars universe, during the Galactic Civil War (Episodes 4, 5, and 6) period.
 It was released in November 2006, almost two years after the release of
Castle Risk is a version of the board game Risk that is played on a map of Europe.
 It was first released as a stand-alone game by Parker Brothers in 1986 and later appeared on the reverse side of the board in an early 1990s version of the standard Risk game.
Risk: "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy Edition is a board game based upon the game Risk and in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional land of Middle-earth rather than the actual Earth.
 The board is divided into nine regions of Middle-earth taken from "The Lord of the Rings".
TAMSK is the second board game in the "GIPF" Project of six abstract strategy games, and was published in 1998.
 Players move sand hourglass timers and drop plastic rings around spaces on a hexagonal board in an attempt to limit their opponent's moves.
 Each player starts the game with 32 rings, and the player with the fewest remaining rings at the end of the game is the winner.
 The game is unique among the "GIPF" Project games in having time as a central game component, and the manner in which time is used is possibly unique among board games in general.
Risk II is the official computer and online version of the classic board game "Risk".
 "Risk II" was developed by Deep Red and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse label in 2000.
 The graphics and sound far surpassed previous computer versions of the game.
Risk: Global Domination is a game for the PlayStation 2 (an Xbox version was canceled), about the very popular board game, "Risk".
 It was released in 2003.
 In "Risk: Global Domination", the player tries to dominate the world by defeating eleven famous generals.
 When players accomplish certain goals they achieve medals such as, the Medal of Jasonic Meret, which is achieved by winning their 10th career game, the Order of the Liberator, which is awarded when conquering the 100th, and Dominato Veinti, which is awarded after achieving all 33 other medals.
 There are 34 medals to earn total.