Date:
1984
Publisher:
Milton Bradley
Designer:
Lawrence Harris
Why It's Significant (in 25 words or less):
Axis and Allies took the concept of Risk to a new level. It's still a mainstream wargame, but with additional levels of complexity.
More About Axis and Allies:
One of Milton Bradley's Gamemaster series of games, the original Axis and Allies includes every arena from World War II. In 2000, Avalon Hill published Axis and Allies: Europe; in 2001, that was followed by Axis and Allies: Pacific; in 2004, Axis and Allies: D-Day was published, along with a revised version of the original game.