Larry Harris (game designer)

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Larry Harris
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Larry Harris Jr. is a game designer. [1]

Family

Harris is the son of Lawrence (Larry) Harris Sr., who was a U.S. infantryman in the Pacific Theater, participating in assaults in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines. [2] He is married to Katherine Harris, has four children, and three step-children.

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Career

Larry Harris is most famous for creating the board game Axis & Allies , as well as all of its sequels. [3] In 1984, his first year at Milton Bradley, 13 games of his design were featured in the company's catalog. [4] This included the three initial titles in the Gamemaster series: Conquest of the Empire , Broadsides and Boarding Parties , and, Axis & Allies . [4]

Other companies for which he has designed games include Mattel, Coleco, Parker Brothers, Hasbro Games Group, Hasbro Interactive, and Infogrames Interactive. [4] His other significant games include LionHeart and more.[ citation needed ] He has also assisted in the further development of Trivial Pursuit and Risk .[ citation needed ] Larry is also the inventor of Thin Ice . [3] Harris runs his own company, Harris Game Design. [4]

Four of his Axis & Allies games won Origins Awards, including the induction of the original game into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame in 1996. [5]

Harris has lived extensively in Europe and three years in Iran. [4] He speaks fluent French, is an Army veteran with five years' service, and has been known to pilot an ultralight. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Larry Harris Jr. | Board Game Designer | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Larry Harris Jr. about his life and his career as a game designer (2020)". Legendary Games Podcast. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. 1 2 Whitehall, Bruce (March 2008). "25 Years of Axis & Allies". Knucklebones . 3 (2). Jones Publishing: 22–24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harris, Larry (2007). "Diplomacy". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best . Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 81–85. ISBN   978-1-932442-96-0.
  5. ↑ "Origins Award Winners (1995)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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