Avalon Hill has published games as an independent developer and publisher, through its subsidiary Victory Games, its video game divisions, and later as a brand of Hasbro.
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Original Avalon Hill
Some of these were originally developed independently and repackaged/republished by Avalon Hill. The games came in two formats: the earlier games were traditional flat-box packaging, and a later series introduced bookcase compact format packaging.
| Name | Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1776 | 1974 | American Revolution | |
| 1830 | 1986 | ||
| 1914 | 1968 | World War I | |
| Acquire | 1976 | formerly published by 3M;[1]p5,12[2] republished by Hasbro/WOTC's AH | |
| Adel Verpflichtet | 1991 | ||
| Advanced Squad Leader[3] | 1985 | Follow-on game to Squad Leader; republished by Multi-Man Publishing | |
| Advanced Third Reich | 1992 | ||
| Afrika Korps | 1964, 1965, 1977 | ||
| Age of Renaissance | 1996 | later published by Eurogames/Jeux Descartes | |
| Air Assault on Crete | 1978 | ||
| Air Baron | 1996 | ||
| Air Empire[3] | 1961 | ||
| Air Force | 1980 | First published by Battleline Publications in 1976 | |
| Alexander the Great | 1975 | First published in 1971 by Guidon Games | |
| Alpha Omega | 1980 | First published Battleline Publications in 1977 | |
| Amoeba Wars | 1981 | ||
| Anzio | 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978 | ||
| Arab-Israeli Wars | 1977 | ||
| Assassin | 1993 | ||
| Atlantic Storm | 1997 | ||
| Attack Sub | 1991 | ||
| Auto Racing | 1979 | ||
| B-17, Queen of the Skies | 1983 | ||
| Bali | 1980 | ||
| Banzai | 1984 | An Up Front expansion | |
| Baseball Strategy[4] | 1962 | privately published by Tom Shaw in 1959[1]7 | |
| Basketball Strategy[4] | 1973 | ||
| Battle for Italy | 1983 | ||
| Battle of the Bulge | 1965, 1991 | ||
| Beat Inflation | 1975 | ||
| Bismarck | 1962, 1979 | Sinking of the Bismarck | |
| Bitter Woods: the Battle of the Bulge | 1998 | ||
| Black Spy | 1981 | ||
| Blackbeard | 1991 | ||
| Blitzkrieg | 1965 | ||
| Book of Lists | 1979 | ||
| Bowl Bound | 1978 | College football | |
| Breakout: Normandy | 1993 | ||
| Britannia | 1986 | First published by Gibsons Games | |
| Bureaucracy | 1981 | ||
| Business Strategy | 1973 | ||
| C&O/B&O | 1969 | "The Game of Railroading" | |
| Caesar | 1976 | Caesar at Alesia | |
| Caesar's Legions | 1975 | ||
| Candidate | 1991 | ||
| Chancellorsville | 1961, 1974 | ||
| Challenge Golf at Pebble Beach | 1976 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Circus Maximus | 1980 | Chariot racing in the spirit of Ben Hur | |
| Civil War | 1961 | ||
| Civilization | 1982 | ||
| Advanced Civilization | 1991 | ||
| Class Struggle[5] | 1982 | ||
| The Collector | 1977 | ||
| Conquistador | 1983 | First published by SPI in 1976 | |
| D-Day | 1961, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1991 | ||
| Dark Emperor | 1985 | ||
| Devil's Den | 1985 | ||
| Diplomacy[5] | 1961, 1977 | First published by Games Research in 1961 | |
| Dispatcher | 1958[3] | ||
| Doll House Game | 1963 | ||
| Down With the King | 1981 | ||
| The Dr. Ruth Game of Good Sex | 1985[5] | A Baltimore distributor said: "I'm going to have to compare this to Trivial Pursuit. The orders overshadow anything we've had in our company's 100-year history."[6] | |
| Dragon Pass | 1984 | Under Chaosium licence, who first published the game in 1975 under the title White Bear and Red Moon[7] | |
| Dragonhunt | 1982 | ||
| Dune | 1979 | ||
| Dauntless | 1981 | formerly Battleline; uses Air Force game system | |
| Elric | 1984 | Under Chaosium license, who first published the game in 1978[7] | |
| Empire of the Rising Sun | 1995 | ||
| Empires in Arms | 1986 | First published by Australian Design Group in 1983 | |
| Enemy in Sight | 1981 | ||
| Executive Decision | 1981 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Facts in Five | 1976 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Feudal | 1976 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Firepower | 1984 | ||
| Flat Top | 1981 | First published by Battleline in 1977 | |
| Flight Leader | 1986 | ||
| Football Strategy | 1960[4] | privately published by Tom Shaw in 1959[1]7 | |
| Foreign Exchange | 1979 | ||
| Fortress Europa | 1980 | First published by Jedko Games in 1978 | |
| Frederick the Great | 1982 | First published by SPI in 1975 | |
| Fredericksburg | 1982 | A war game simulating the battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War. | |
| Freedom in the Galaxy | 1981 | Originally published by SPI | |
| Fury in the West | 1979 | First published by Battleline Publications in 1977 | |
| The Game of Dilemmas | 1982 | ||
| The Game of France, 1940 | 1972 | First published by SPI in 1971 | |
| The Game of Inventions | 1984 | ||
| Game of Slang | 1981 | ||
| Game of Trivia | 1981 | ||
| Gangsters | 1992 | ||
| Guerilla | 1994 | ||
| Geronimo | 1995 | ||
| Gettysburg | 1958,[3] 1961, 1964, 1977, 1988, 1989 | The 1958 Gettysburg was Avalon Hill's first game to market (not Tactics or Tactics II).[8] | |
| Gladiator | 1981 | ||
| Gold! | 1981 | ||
| Greed | 1986 | ||
| Guadalcanal | 1966 | Land Combat | |
| Guadalcanal | 1992 | Naval Combat | |
| Guns of August | 1981 | ||
| Gunslinger | 1983 | ||
| Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage | 1996 | ||
| Hexagony | 1980 | ||
| History of the World | 1993 | ||
| Hitler's War | 1984 | First published by Metagaming Concepts in 1981 | |
| Hundred Days Battles | 1983 | ||
| IDF (Israeli Defense Force) | 1993 | ||
| Image | 1979 | ||
| Imagination | 1963 | pre-school children's line, revised in 1969[1]p7 | |
| Insolvency | 1990[5] | ||
| Intern | 1979 | ||
| Journeys of St. Paul | 1968 | ||
| Jutland | 1967, 1974 | ||
| Kampfgruppe Peiper I | 1993 | ASL historical module | |
| Kampfgruppe Peiper II | 1996 | ASL historical module | |
| Kingmaker | 1974 | ||
| Knights of the Air | 1987 | ||
| Kremlin | 1988 | ||
| Kriegspiel | 1970 | ||
| Le Mans[3] | 1961 | ||
| Legend of Robin Hood | 1980 | First published by Operational Studies Group in 1979 | |
| Little Round Top | 1982 | First published as The 20th Maine by Operational Studies Group in 1979 | |
| London's Burning | 1996 | ||
| The Longest Day | 1980 | ||
| Lords of Creation | 1983 | Role-playing game[9] | |
| Luftwaffe | 1971 | ||
| Machiavelli | 1980 | ||
| Management[3] | 1961 | ||
| Magic Realm | 1978 | ||
| MBT | 1989 | ||
| Merchant of Venus | 1988 | ||
| Midway | 1964, 1991 | 2 player game of the Battle of Midway; 1964 version uses squares; 1991 version uses hexes. | |
| Monsters Ravage America | 1998 | ||
| Moonstar | 1981 | ||
| Mystic Wood | 1980 | licensed from designer & published in UK by Gibson Games and Ariel | |
| Napoleon | 1977 | ||
| Napoleon at Bay | 1983 | ||
| Napoleon's Battles | 1989 | ||
| Naval War | 1983 | First published by Battleline in 1979 | |
| New World | 1990 | ||
| Nieuchess | 1961 | ||
| OD | 1985 | ||
| Oh Wah Ree | 1976 | formerly published by 3M | |
| On To Richmond | 1998 | ||
| Origins of World War II | 1971 | ||
| Outdoor Survival[3] | 1972 | ||
| Panzer Armee Afrika | 1982 | First published by SPI in 1973 | |
| PanzerBlitz[3] | 1970 | ||
| Panzergruppe Guderian | 1984 | First published by SPI in 1976 | |
| Panzerkrieg | 1983 | Originally published by OSG | |
| Panzer Leader | 1974 | ||
| Past Lives | 1988 | ||
| Patton's Best | 1987 | ||
| Paydirt | 1979 | American football | |
| Pennant Race | 1983 | Baseball | |
| Perilous Lands | 1985 | A Powers & Perils adventure, published as a BookCase Game | |
| The Peter Principle | 1981 | ||
| Platoon | 1986 | ||
| Pogs | 1995 | public domain[10] | |
| Point of Law | 1979 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Powers & Perils | 1983 | Role-playing game[9] | |
| Pro Golf | 1982 | ||
| Raid on St. Nazaire | 1987 | ||
| Rail Baron | 1977 | ||
| Regatta | 1979 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Republic of Rome | 1990 | ||
| Richthofen's War | 1972 | World War I aerial combat | |
| Risque | 1985 | ||
| Road Kill | 1993 | ||
| Roads to Gettysburg | 1994 | ||
| RuneQuest | 1984 | roleplaying game, 3rd Edition under license from Chaosium[7] | |
| The Russian Campaign | 1977 | First published by Jedko Games in 1974 | |
| Russian Front | 1985 | ||
| Samurai | 1980 | ||
| Shakespeare | 1970 | ||
| Slapshot | 1982 | An ice hockey board game | |
| Sleuth | 1981 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Source of the Nile | 1979 | African exploration | |
| Speed Circuit | 1971, 1977 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Spices of the World | 1988 | ||
| Squad Leader | 1977 | WWII tactical combat | |
| Cross of Iron | 1978 | Squad Leader Module | |
| Crescendo of Doom | 1979 | Squad Leader Module | |
| GI: Anvil of Victory | 1982 | Squad Leader Module | |
| Squander | 1965 | ||
| Stalingrad | 1963, 1974 | ||
| Starship Troopers | 1976, 1997 | ||
| Statis Pro Baseball[3] | 1978 | Updated player cards each year until 1992 | |
| Statis Pro Basketball[3] | 1978 | Updated player cards each year until 1992 | |
| Statis Pro Football[3] | 1978 | Updated player cards each year until 1992 | |
| Stellar Conquest | 1984 | From Metagaming Concepts | |
| Stocks and Bonds | 1978 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Stock Market | 1970 | ||
| Stock Market Guru | 1997 | ||
| Stonewall Jackson's Way | 1992 | ||
| Stonewall in the Valley | 1995 | ||
| Stonewall's Last Battle | 1996 | ||
| Storm Over Arnhem | 1981 | ||
| Struggle of Nations | 1982 | ||
| Submarine | 1978 | First published by Battleline Publications in 1976 | |
| Successors | 1997 | ||
| Superstar Baseball | 1978 | ||
| Tac Air | 1988 | NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Air/Land doctrine | |
| Tactics | 1952,[3] 1983 | 1952 version was published by "The Avalon Game Company" (1952-1958), an unincorporated garage mail-order business that was incorporated as Avalon Hill in 1958 | |
| Tactics II | 1958,[3] 1961, 1972 | ||
| Tales from the Floating Vagabond | 1991 | Role playing | |
| Third Reich | 1976, 1981 | WWII grand strategy | |
| Advanced Third Reich | 1992 | ||
| Titan | 1982 | Fantasy monster combat | |
| Titan: the Arena | 1997 | ||
| Thunder at Cassino | 1987 | ||
| Trireme | 1980 | First published by Battleline Publications in 1979 | |
| Tobruk | 1975 | ||
| Tower of the Dead | 1984 | A Powers & Perils adventure | |
| Trucks, Trains, Boats & Planes | 1963 | pre-school children's line[1]p7 | |
| Tuf | 1969 | ||
| Tuf*Abet | 1969 | ||
| Turning Point: Stalingrad | 1989 | Area movement simulation of the Battle of Stalingrad. | |
| TV Wars | 1987 | ||
| TwixT | 1976 | formerly published by 3M[1]p5,12[2] | |
| U-Boat | 1959, 1961 | ||
| UFO | 1978 | ||
| Up Front | 1983 | A World War II card-based wargame | |
| Venture | 1983 | formerly published by 3M | |
| Verdict | 1959[3] | ||
| Verdict II | 1961 | ||
| Victory in the Pacific | 1977 | Pacific War | |
| War and Peace | 1980 | ||
| War at Sea | 1976 | First published by Jedko Games in 1975 | |
| War at Sea II | 1980 | ||
| Waterloo | 1962 | ||
| the Wedding Game | 1990[5] | ||
| What Time Is It? | 1963 | pre-school children's line[1]p7 | |
| Win, Place & Show | 1966 | Horse racing simulation | |
| Wizards | 1982 | ||
| Wizard's Quest | 1979 | ||
| Wooden Ships and Iron Men | 1975 | Naval combat 1776 to 1814 | |
| Word Power | 1967 | ||
| Wrasslin | 1990 | Pro wrestling simulation | |
| Yanks | 1987 | ASL core module | |
| Year of the Lord | 1968 | ||
| Yellowstone | 1985 |
Victory Games
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1809 | 1984 | |
| 2nd Fleet | 1986 | |
| 3rd Fleet | 1990 | |
| 5th Fleet | 1989 | |
| 6th Fleet | 1985 | |
| 7th Fleet | 1987 | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1987 | |
| Across 5 Aprils | 1992 | |
| Aegean Strike | 1986 | |
| Ambush! | 1983 | A single player man-to-man wargame set in World War II France |
| Battle Hymn | 1986 | |
| Carrier | 1990 | |
| Central America | 1987 | |
| The Civil War: 1861-1865 | 1983 | |
| Cold War | 1984 | |
| Desert Shield | 1990 | A Gulf Strike Expansion Module, two printings in 1990[11][12] |
| Flashpoint Golan | 1991 | |
| France 1944 | 1986 | |
| Gulf Strike | 1983 | updated 1988, new box art 1990[5] |
| Hell's Highway | 1983 | |
| James Bond 007 | 1983 | |
| The Korean War | 1986 | |
| Lee vs. Grant | 1988 | |
| Mosby's Raiders | 1985 | |
| NATO: The Next War in Europe | 1983 | |
| Omaha Beachhead | 1987 | |
| Open Fire | 1987 | |
| Pacific War | 1985 | |
| Panzer Command | 1984 | |
| Pax Britannica | 1985 | |
| The Peloponnesian War | 1991 | |
| Shell Shock! | 1990 | |
| Theater Analysis Model | 1983 | |
| Tokyo Express | 1988 | |
| Vietnam: 1965-1975 | 1984 |
Video games
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons | 1995 | Adaptation of the Avalon Hill board game, 1830. |
| 5th Fleet | 1994 | |
| Achtung Spitfire! | 1997 | |
| Andromeda Conquest | 1982 | |
| Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization | 1995 | |
| B-1 Nuclear Bomber | 1981 | |
| Cave Wars | 1996 | |
| Computer Acquire | 1983 | Adaptation of the Avalon Hill Board Game, Acquire. 1983 version was for Atari 400/800, Apple II/II Plus, Pet 2001 and TRS-80. DOS version was released 1989 as IBM version. |
| Computer Football Strategy | 1983 | |
| Conflict 2500[13] | 1980 | Player's warships seek and destroy invading berserkers |
| Controller (video game) | 1982 | Air traffic control simulation |
| Death Trap | 1995 | |
| Defiance | 1998 | Under Visceral Productions |
| D-Day: America Invades | 1995 | |
| Dnieper River Line | 1982 | |
| Empire of the Overmind | 1981 | |
| Flight Commander 2 | 1994 | early release by Avalon Hill Software, AH's second foray into video games[10] |
| Galaxy | 1981 | Originally Galactic Empires, by Tom Cleaver |
| GFS Sorceress | 1982 | |
| History of the World | 1997 | |
| Incunabula | 1984 | |
| Kingmaker | 1994 | |
| Legionnaire (video game) | 1982 | |
| London Blitz | ||
| Lords of Karma | 1980 | |
| Midway Campaign | 1980 | |
| North Atlantic Convoy Raider | 1980 | |
| Nukewar | 1980 | |
| Operation Crusader | 1994 | |
| Over the Reich | 1996 | |
| Out of Control | 1997 | |
| Planet Miners | 1980 | |
| Ripper! | ||
| Shuttle Orbiter | ||
| Super Sunday | 1986 | |
| Space Station Zulu | 1982 | |
| Spitfire 40 | 1986 | Originally released by Mirrorsoft in 1985 |
| Telengard | 1982 | |
| TAC (Tactical Armor Command) | 1983 | |
| T.G.I.F | 1983 | |
| Third Reich | 1996 | |
| Under Fire | 1985 | |
| VC | 1982 | |
| Voyager I | 1982 | |
| Wall Ball | 1982 | |
| Wooden Ship & Iron Men | 1996 | |
| World at War: Stalingrad | 1995 |
Hasbro Avalon Hill
Some of these were originally developed independently and repackaged/republished by AH. Those marked re-issue were also previously published by AH before Hasbro bought the company.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "The General Index and Company History". The General Magazine Index and Company History. 1980. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Arneson, Erik. "Hasbro - Brief History". About Board Games. About.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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- ^ a b c *Arneson, Eric. "Football Strategy". About Board Games. About. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- Arneson, Eric. "Best Football Board Games". About Board Games. About. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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- Appelcline, Shannon (September 4, 2006). "Chaosium: 1975-Present". A Brief History of Game. No. 3. RPG.net. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "They're Fighting It All Over Again!". The General. 1 (1): 1. May 1, 1964.
Incorporated in 1958 Avalon Hill's first games were Gettysburg, Tactics II and Dispatcher (chronological appearance on the market for each game is indicated by the code number printed on the box; Gettysburg - 501, Tactics II - 502, etc.)
- ^ a b Kim, John H. "RPG Company List: A: Avalon Hill". Role-Playing Game Companies. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "Monarch Counts On Pc Games". Baltimore Sun. February 17, 1995. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ Singletary, Michelle (March 20, 1991). "Local firm's games sales aided by war". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Clark, Kim (December 9, 1990). "Surviving tough economic times is no child's play for toy-makers Companies search for new markets". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Mishcon, Jon (November 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (45): 33.
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