Axis & Allies: D-Day
Storm or defend the Normandy beaches in this stand-alone 2004 Avalon Hill spin-off of Axis & Allies, driven by Orders, Tactics and Fortune cards.
- Designers
- Larry Harris, Jr., Mike Selinker
- Published by
- Avalon Hill
June 6, 1944, and the beaches of Normandy are yours to storm or defend. Axis & Allies: D-Day, from Avalon Hill in 2004, is a stand-alone spin-off of the big Axis & Allies world war game, shrunk to one famous invasion. The extra-large board comes with a blockhouse piece and artwork made just for this box. Three kinds of cards drive the action: Orders set the turn sequence and split it into phases, Tactics give you clever options, and Fortune brings in the unpredictable. Two or three players, a couple of hours, dice-based combat and a lot of nail-biting over who lands where. Do not confuse it with the original Axis & Allies.
Who it's for
You enjoy Axis & Allies' dice combat but want a single battle you can finish in an evening, with two players or three.
Not for you if…
You want the full-war scope of the original, or you dislike dice-based wargames. This is focused on one invasion.
Vibe's take
Tense and cinematic. You plan your landing, the cards rearrange the turn at the worst possible moment, and the dice decide whether the beach holds.
Published 2004 · 22 years ago
older than 88% of games
In 4,508 collections
collected more than 54% of games
2–3 players · ages 12+
Best with 2
about 120 min
longer than 87% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 2.4 out of 5 · heavier than 65%
Opinions: divided
Some love it, others really don’t
Language: little text
A few terms, easy to look up
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