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In the war game hobby, it’s largely considered both a beloved classic and a design triumph. Axis and Allies has had many versions, variations (both official and fan made). He designed Axis and Allies for him and his friends and as a gesture of good will let everyone else get a copy as well. It is very clearly a labor of love and In interviews when he talks about Axis and Allies he doesn’t speak as a person who made a game for others to buy, but a guy who made what he viewed as the perfect world war II game that he wants to play himself. Sure he designed a few others (not trying to sound dismissive here), but over the last 30+ years Larry Harris has tinkered with Axis and Allies almost exclusively, creating variations on the game and trying to perfect the original version. The guy we have to thank for Axis and Allies is Larry Harris Jr., a board game designer who unlike so many designers out there spent nearly a lifetime trying to perfect one game. You would be hard pressed to meet anyone in the world who hasn’t at least heard of RISK the board game, it’s almost on the same level as Chess or Poker, its embedded in global culture. Most people have likely played RISK at some point in their life, but Axis and Allies was the cross over game for many that almost defined a persons transition from someone who sometimes plays board games to someone who is a board gamer.

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The most popular of the Milton Bradly masters series games, Axis and Allies is for a great many old school board gamers one of their first experiences that broke them out of what is generally the accepted mass market board game lists. You would be hard pressed to find a board gamer out there who would not refer to the world war II grand strategy game of Axis and Allies as such a classic. These games might not transcend the hobby but they inspire the word “classic” and find common ground into conversations of your typical hobbyist. Games like RISK, Monopoly, Battleship and Stratego are some examples that spring to mind.įor people in the hobby of board gaming however there are other titles that have similar sentimentalities and are almost synonymous with board gaming history. In the world of board gaming there are some games that almost transcend the hobby and reach out to popular culture to a point where a game can become a house hold name, something even your parents will likely recognize, something you can find on the bookshelf of your average joe.

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