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Avalon Hill  

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  • Avalon Hill, now owned by Hasbro and operating as a division of Wizards of the Coast, was a tabletop game company specializing in Wargames and strategic board-games. They were not only responsible for pioneering many of the key concepts of modern tabletop Wargaming, such as the hex grid and zones of control, but were also responsible for publishing some of the most recognizable titles in the board game industry such as Civilization, Axis and Allies, Runequest, and Dune. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Avalon Hill]

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