In 1984, the Milton Bradley Company bought the rights to the game. Harris designed Axis & Allies in the early 1980s for Nova Games. The Axis & Allies board game was designed by Larry Harris, Jr., son of a marine who fought for the United States in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Design and Marketing the Axis and Allies Board Game Though the game was simplistic by many gaming standards, this simplicity proved to be an advantage to the wider public. Setting the game in one of history’s most dramatic time periods captured the imagination of the gaming public. The game also offered static alliance systems, as well as victory conditions somewhat less than total world domination.
It offered more than just an abstract army unit, creating a hierarchy of units which corresponded roughly to the arms used in World War II. Also like Risk, territory acquisition led in a direct way to acquiring new army units.Īxis and Allies was a more detailed and setting specific version of Risk. Like Risk, players were seeking world domination on a large scale world map.
The Axis & Allies board game drew more inspiration from Risk than war game simulations.
The design also required certain compromises to give the Axis a realistic opportunity to win. The game is not a realistic simulation of the war, like many of the more detailed war games on the market. Axis & Allies is a strategy game set during World War II.
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