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

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
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, The The 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, The The 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, The The 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

Name	Year	Description
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, The The 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, The The Peloponnesian War	1991
Shell Shock!	1990
Theater Analysis Model	1983
Tokyo Express	1988
Vietnam: 1965-1975	1984

Video games

Name	Year	Description
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

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
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, The The 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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