Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill Games Inc.
FormerlyThe Avalon Game Company
Company typePrivate (1981–98)
Subsidiary (1998–present)[1]
IndustryGame
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952) in Baltimore, Maryland
FounderCharles S. Roberts
Headquarters,
United States
ProductsBoard games
OwnerHasbro
Parent
Websiteavalonhill.com

Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division.

Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events.[2][3]

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