Axis & Allies Miniatures

Axis & Allies Miniatures

Axis & Allies Miniatures Official Title/Logo
Manufacturer(s) Hasbro
Genre(s) World War II
System(s) miniature wargaming

Axis & Allies Miniatures is a miniature wargaming system including both a rule set and a line of 1/100 scale miniature armor (15 mm figure scale) collectible miniatures. The game is set in the World War II era with units representing individual vehicles and artillery or squads of infantry. The system was first released in 2005 and is currently produced by Avalon Hill, a division of the game company Wizards of the Coast, which itself is a subsidiary of Hasbro.

Aimed at the collectible miniatures game market, the title Axis & Allies drew on that game's historic strength and notoriety. However, the miniature game bears little resemblance to the widely sold board games and other Axis & Allies items. Instead of a game of grand strategy, the miniatures game focuses on the tactical battle, with units fielded on either side of the battle being rarely greater than a company. Each piece is assigned a point value so that balanced matches can be constructed. Tournament play is typically done with 100 points per side, with infantry units usually having values of fewer than 10 points each and vehicles range from less than 10 to 50 or more based on relative strengths. Scenarios may alter these numbers or otherwise determine the constitution of each side. The map board consists of 2" (5 cm) hexes, with different terrain types represented within. Most set-ups are fewer than 20 hexes in either dimension. Combat resolution is done by rolling pools of standard six-sided dice.

Rule books are included in every starter set. For the Ground Sets, Expanded Rules were published separately. For the Naval Sets, Advanced Rules are available online.

The initial release included a broad range of units for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with a more limited set for Japan and the Soviet Union. Two units each were included of French and Italian forces. The second set added Nationalist China, Poland, and Romania to the mix, while the third set adds a single Australian unit. The fourth set debuted Canadian units, the fifth Hungarian units, the seventh Greek units, and the eighth Finnish units. The ninth introduced Slovakian, Belgian and South African troops.

Ground Sets

Starter Sets

Boosters

Canceled Sets

Ground Rules

Axis & Allies uses fairly simple rules.
The players can get quickly familiarized with the Quick Start guide, and the complete Rulebook is available also.
The official website has an interactive demo.

Ground Errata

The current rules revisions

A sister series, Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea, was released around the time of the fifth series of miniatures. This game follows the same basic concept of collectible miniatures played on a paper map, using Six-sided dice to determine battle results. Like its predecessors, it features a wide range of miniatures, from submarines to cruisers to aircraft carriers.

Air Sets

A second sister series, Axis & Allies Air Force Miniatures, was released on February 21, 2012 (its original release date was in October 2011). It focus on air combat, with scale models of fighter squadrons and bombers. The scale is 1/100 and the instruction manual has the unit statistics to make them compatible with ground forces games.

Two sets came out for this series: Angels Twenty and Bandits High, with each set containing 31 models.

Scale sizes of miniatures

Originally, the scale for vehicles in the Ground Sets was variable (10-15mm). Because of players' and fans' complaints (and possibly for commercial reasons as well), Avalon Hill has been re-scaling vehicles to 15mm since the introduction of Set VI (1939–1945). However, there are still some slight variations between models (probably for technical reasons).

Infantry and Aircraft have always kept the same scale (15mm and 1/240 respectively), so those units from older sets (I to V) are "compatible" with newer sets (VI and on).

Ground Sets Scales
Item Rulebook Actual
Soldier 15mm
(1/120) 		~1:100
Vehicle ~1:150 and 1:100
Aircraft 1/240 ??
2" hex 100m (1:2000)
3" hex 100m (1:1800)
Naval Sets Scales
Item Rulebook / Actual
Ships and Submarines 1/1850
Aircraft 1/900

Maps and Scenarios

Ground Set

Hex Tiles

These were released in the now defunct Combat Zone-A store support to help foster the game with special maps, tiles and different colored minis.

List of Units

Australia

Belgium

Canada

Nationalist China

Independent State of Croatia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Japan

New Zealand

Poland

Romania

South Africa

Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

Soviet Union

United Kingdom

United States

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Obstacles and Support Units

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