Axis & Allies D-Day Board Game

It's the morning of June 6, 1944. As Allied forces prepare to storm Normandy's beaches, the fate of Europe is in your hands! In honor of next year's 60th anniversary of D-Day, Avalon Hill will releaseAxis and Allies D-Day, a new, stand-alone extension of the classic strategy game Axis and Allies.Axis and Allies D-Daywill allow players to recreate the largest amphibious invasion in history.

Axis and Allies D-Dayfeatures detailed game components including a new blockhouse piece, an extra-large game board, and original artwork commissioned exclusively for the D-Day game box. Other elements of this new Axis and Allies variant include a card deck with three card types -- Orders, Tactics, and Fortune -- to add depth and complexity to play. Order cards determine play sequence and break turns into distinct phases; Tactics cards offer players varied strategic opportunities; and Fortune cards add an element of unpredictability.

Axis and Allies D-Daybegins as Operation Overlord, the invasion of German-held Normandy, is underway -- 130,000 soldiers of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States are poised to assault Fortress Europe. You and your fellow world powers control their fates.

One player controls Germany, whose Axis forces have turned the beaches of Normandy into a near-impenetrable stronghold. Set to breach those defenses are the Allies: the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The future of Europe and the world hangs in the balance.

Axis and Allies D-Dayis designed for two or three players and can be played in two hours. Axis and Allies D-Day is the third Axis and Allies variant, following the successful Axis and Allies Europe and Axis and Allies Pacific, both of which were published in 2001.

Product Specifications

• Get ready for this exclusive reprint of the original game! You are on the beaches of Normandy, and ahead lies an uncertain future. The fate of the world hangs in the balance, as you struggle for control over the cities of Cherbourg, St. Lo, and Caen. Savage, quick, and decisive, D-Day was the major turning point in the European theatres, with Liberty itself on the line. Designed for 2 or 3 players, axis and allies D-Day accurately captures this dramatic conflict and places you squarely in the middle of the greatest battle of the 20th century.