Axis and Allies

Axis & Allies is a popular series of World War II strategy board games, with nearly two million copies printed. Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, the game was republished by the Milton Bradley Company in 1984 as part of the Gamemaster series of board games. This edition would be retroactively named Axis & Allies: Classic to differentiate it from later revisions. Axis & Allies was the most successful o... more

Axis & Allies is a popular series of World War II strategy board games, with nearly two million copies printed. Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, the game was republished by the Milton Bradley Company in 1984 as part of the Gamemaster series of board games. This edition would be retroactively named Axis & Allies: Classic to differentiate it from later revisions. Axis & Allies was the most successful of the Gamemaster games and, long after the Gamemaster name became defunct, was moved to the Avalon Hill lineup following the acquisition of Milton Bradley by Hasbro. The game itself has gone through several revisions, most recently in 2009. The object of the game (and its spinoffs) is to win the war by capturing enough critical territories in a recreation of World War II. In 1996, Axis & Allies was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame. The Axis & Allies name has led to many spinoff games... less