Axis & Allies

Description

--- Axis & Allies is a grand-scale WWII strategy board game for up to 5 players divided into Axis (Germany, Japan) and Allies (USA, UK, USSR) teams, featuring a world map, diverse plastic miniatures, production points, and tech development risks. Key mechanics include: - *Team coordination* Players on Axis and Allies teams collaborate on offenses and resource allocation. - *Unit variety* Infantry, armor, fighters, bombers, battleships, carriers, submarines, transports, anti-air guns, and factories with unique functions and performances. - *Map control* World map divided into territories akin to Risk for strategic movement and combat. - *Production management* Utilizing production points to build units and potentially risk on super technologies. - *Global warfare* Full-scale WWII simulation emphasizing balanced assaults and tide-turning innovations. Axis & Allies, the most successful title in Milton Bradley's Gamemaster series and originally published by Nova Games in 1981, immerses players in a comprehensive global WWII conflict across a detailed world map segmented into territories similar to Risk. Up to five players form two opposing teams—Axis powers Germany and Japan versus Allies USA, United Kingdom, and USSR—commanding an extensive array of plastic miniatures representing infantry, armor, fighters, bombers, battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, troop transports, anti-aircraft guns, and factories, each with distinct capabilities and special functions. Gameplay revolves around meticulous team coordination to launch offensives, optimize production points for unit procurement, and optionally gamble resources on breakthrough super technologies that could decisively shift the war's momentum. Re-implementations include Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition and Axis & Allies: Global 1940 (merging Pacific 1940 and Europe 1940), while unofficial expansions such as Totally Untested Volume 2 of Max's Advanced Rules, Conquest of the Pacific, and Midway extend its scope. ---