Avalon Hill
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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.
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Formerly | The Avalon Game Company |
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Company type | Private (1981–98) Subsidiary (1998–present)[1] |
Industry | Game |
Founded | 1952; 72 years ago (1952) in Baltimore, Maryland |
Founder | Charles S. Roberts |
Headquarters | , United States |
Products | Board games |
Owner | Hasbro |
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Website | avalonhill.com |
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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]