How Avalon Hill Changed Board Gaming Forever -- The Movie

The Avalon Hill Game Company helped define modern board gaming, pioneering commercial wargames and shaping the hobby throughout the 1950s, 60s, and beyond. Based on my 8 part series, this documentary explores Avalon Hill’s origins, beginning with Charles S. Roberts and the release of Tactics in 1952 and other early classics like Gettysburg, D-Day, and Stalingrad to the innovations that introduced hex-based movement and combat results tables, this video traces how Avalon Hill built the foundation of modern strategy gaming. As Avalon Hill celebrates its 70th anniversary, we revisit the games, designers, and decisions that transformed a mail-order experiment into a legendary publisher. Whether you’re a longtime wargamer or a modern board gamer curious about the hobby’s roots, this history of Avalon Hill reveals how today’s strategy games came to be—and why the company matters. I corrected the major errors from my earlier 8 part releases here and fixed some things up in the editing, and put together the entire History of Avalon Hill Series into one single "movie". Hope you enjoy it! Chapters: 0:00 Part 1 Origins 23:04 Part 2 Early Game 48:39 Part 3 Mid Game Buildup 1:33:17 Part 4 Running Up the Score 2:16:43 Part 5 The Peak 2:49:39 Part 6 The Summit 3:30:33 Part 7 Decline 4:23"37 Part 8 The Fall (The Endgame) To support our channel directly, please become a member and get access to bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRarNme4iUanPLflogg-Ntg/join __________________________________________________________ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=LegendaryTacti1 EMAIL: legendarytactics2020@gmail.com WEBSITE: https://legendarytactics.ca/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/legendarytactics/ DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/Kquf34pVQd __________________________________________________________ #avalonhill @avalonhill