Axis and Allies Board Game Strategy

Axis and Allies Board Game Strategy

Axis and Allies is a popular series of World War II (WW II) strategy board games, with nearly two million copies printed. The first game was originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs, before being republished and popularized by the Milton Bradley Company (Wikipedia).

The Axis and Allies series includes the best WWII strategy board games presented. This version keeps the board game's world map and game play, but adds to it with great RTS play. From your Corps HQ, you can deploy infantry, mechanized, armored, and airborne divisions. Also available are engineer and artillery brigades, and motor pools, which unlock additional units and provide useful technologies. Naval units are not producible, but are available in some missions.

Balancing resources involves accumulating money as well as keeping an income of ammunition and oil. If you enjoy the board game's game play, then you will enjoy hearing that it carried over to A&A on the PC nicely. Both the Axis and Allied powers have different campaigns, with the Axis version ending in victory for Germany and Japan (leading to clearly made up missions).

Multiplayer communities still survive, with many player-made maps available. For WWII RTS enthusiasts, it is a large strategy game to pick up. Whether you want to build your own army and attack Japan, or find out what could have happened if Germany had repulsed the Allies in Normandy, Axis and Allies can bring great game play time and time again.

The Axis and Allies series :
• Axis and Allies
• Axis and Allies Europe
• Axis and Allies Pacific
• Axis And Allies Revised
• Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition
• Axis and Allies Battle Of The Bulge
• Wizards of the Coast Axis and Allies Guadalcanal
• Axis and Allies Minis Booster Set 2