List of Avalon Hill games

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.

## Original Avalon Hill

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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

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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 by Battleline Publications in 1977
Amoeba Wars | 1981  |
Anzio | 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978  |
Arab-Israeli Wars | 1977  |
Assassin | 1993  |
Atlantic Storm | 1997  |
Attack Sub | 1991  |
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  |
Clear for Action[6] | 1984  |
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."[7]
Dragon Pass | 1984  | Under Chaosium licence, who first published the game in 1975 under the title White Bear and Red Moon[8]
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[8]
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).[9]
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  |
Longest Day, TheThe Longest Day | 1980  |
Lords of Creation | 1983  | Role-playing game[10]
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
Peter Principle, TheThe Peter Principle | 1981  |
Platoon | 1986  |
Pogs | 1995 | public domain[11]
Point of Law | 1979  | formerly published by 3M
Powers & Perils | 1983  | Role-playing game[10]
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[8]
Russian Campaign, TheThe 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]
Tyranno Ex | 1990  |
U-Boat | 1959, 1961  |
UFO  | 1978  |
Up Front | 1983  | A World War II card-based wargame
USAC Auto Racing | 1979  | Originally published by Midwest Research in 1971. Simulation of the Indianapolis 500. Updated driver cards on even-numbered years through 1986.
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[12] | 1985  |

## Victory Games

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Name | Year | Description

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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[13][14]
Flashpoint Golan | 1991  |
France 1944 | 1986  |
Gulf Strike | 1983  | updated 1988, new box art 1990[5]
Hell's Highway | 1983  |
James Bond 007 | 1983  |
Korean War, TheThe 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  |
Peloponnesian War, TheThe Peloponnesian War | 1991  |
Shell Shock! | 1990  |
Theater Analysis Model | 1983  |
Tokyo Express | 1988  |
Vietnam: 1965-1975 | 1984  |

## Video games

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Name | Year | Description

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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  |
Beast War  | 1985  | Science fiction action-strategy game.[15]
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[16] | 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  |
Dreadnoughts | 1984  |
Empire of the Overmind | 1981  |
Flight Commander 2 | 1994  | early release by Avalon Hill Software, AH's second foray into video games[11]
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

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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.

Name | Year | Description

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Acquire | 1999  | re-issue
Axis and Allies | 2003  | Revised edition; Milton Bradley originally
Axis and Allies: Battle of the Bulge | 2006  |
Axis and Allies: D-Day | 2004  |
Axis and Allies: Europe | 1999  |
Axis and Allies Miniatures | 2005  |
Axis and Allies: Pacific | 2001  |
Battle Cry | 2000  |
Betrayal at Baldur's Gate | 2017  |
Betrayal at House on the Hill | 2004  |
Betrayal at Mystery Mansion | 2020  |
Cosmic Encounter | 2000  | Originally by Eon Games
Diplomacy | 1999  | Re-issue
Great Dalmuti, TheThe Great Dalmuti | 2005  | Originally by Wizards of the Coast
Guillotine | 2005  | Originally by Wizards of the Coast
HeroQuest | 2021  | Reprint of 1989, Revised again in 2023
History of the World | 2001  | Re-issue
Ikusa | 1986  |
Monsters Menace America | 2005  | Re-development of Monsters Ravage America
Nexus Ops | 2005  |
Risk 2210 A.D. | 2001  | Risk variant
Risk Godstorm | 2004  | Risk variant
RoboRally | 2005  | Original game by Wizards of the Coast
Rocketville | 2006  |
Stratego: Legends | 1999  | Stratego variant
Star Wars - The Queen's Gambit | 2000  |
Sword and Skull | 2005  |
Vegas Showdown | 2005  |

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