Axis & Allies: Europe 1940
Axis & Allies: Europe 1940 is a 2010 board wargame simulating the European Theatre of World War II at the strategic level. Axis & Allies: Europe 1940 is part of the Axis & Allies family of games and is an update of an earlier game, Axis & Allies: Europe. It was created by Larry Harris and published by Avalon Hill, a division of Wizards of the Coast, which is a subsidiary of Hasbro. Gameplay The game board is a map of Europe. Players take turns moving pieces representing military units on the board and engaging in simulated combat. There is also a production system for creating new units. In Axis & Allies: Europe 1940, players take the role of an Axis power (Germany or Italy) or an Allied power (the United Kingdom, the United States, or the Soviet Union). Vichy France is also considered a major power, it is part of the Axis as the game takes place just after the Battle of France, but once it's conquered by an Allied player, France is considered to be "liberated" and is controlled by the United Kingdom, who represents Free France. The objective of the Axis players is to capture a certain