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On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:35:03 -0500, Cubicle Morlock
(kgb@rawTEARDOWNTHISWALLbw.com) wrote:

>In article <b20dp65jcuu2dsi4lptkn4h1nmcdsckebu@4ax.com>,
>PW  <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>Avalon Hill is still around?  I sure miss those games.  No one to play
>>with them now.
>
>Its old news, but Avalon Hill folded and their titles and license were
>bought out by Hasbro in 1998. Hasbro only continued a couple titles,
>of varying production quality (Diplomacy and Acquire in excellent
>initial editions and poorer quality latter editions, History of the
>World in a excellent quality but modified gameplay version), the rest 
>they folded or licensed off. What they mainly did was brand the 
>remaining title of the Milton Bradley Gamemaster series - Axis & Allies - 
>as "Avalon Hill". And then produced numerous spin offs of that title
>with the same banner.
>
>They then produced several new and acquired titles under the same
>logo. The ones of definite merit include Battle Cry, Nexus Ops, 
>RoboRally, Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit, and Vegas Showdown. They also 
>produced an edition of Cosmic Encounter, with excellent production 
>values, but it was poorly recieved from a gameplay perspective. Fantasy 
>Flight Games since produced the game, with much higher regard.
>
>So the old Avalon Hill of the hex and counter era is gone, and they
>are sorely missed. The new Avalon Hill is basically an old name
>branding what is effectively a continuation of the style of games
>from Milton Bradley's Gamemaster series of the 80s (and arguably the 
>American Heritage series of the 60s). As much as the demise of Avalon 
>Hill and many of its titles is lamentable, I can think of worse game 
>lines to have their name associated with. Several high quality, 
>excellent gameplay titles (admittedly of a much more beer & pretzels, 
>toss a lot of dice variety) have been born under the new banner.
>
>http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/4871/avalon-hill-hasbro
>http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/5/avalon-hill


Thanks!  How do you  know all that?  Impressive.

-pw