Well “back in my day”, growing up as a teen/young-adult in the 1980s, we didn’t have much in the way of computer games. Back then every game was a board game of some type for the most part, and while I did play extensively the more “grognard” hard-core board wargames like just about everything from Avalon Hill and SPI, and Axis and Allies was just another game I got into in my youth which was simpler to play with my friends. There was always something “beer and pretzels” about Axis and Allies back in the 1980s that to this day still attracts me to the game. I’ve recollected (is that a word) and customized my current 2nd-Edition version of the game, and spent quite a bit on extra units, printed game-boards and the like… all with few people to play against, but it’s part game, part collectible, and its fun either way.
The *Other* Axis / Allies
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I was Googling around a moment ago looking for A&A stuff when I stumbled upon, of all things, the website of a company that manufactures wheels for sports cars. What’s the connection? The company is called “Axis Wheels” and one of their product lines is called – you guessed it – “Axis Allies” (without the “&”). I assume the name choice is deliberate, given that some of their other lines of wheels also have slightly cute names (such as “Klassic” and “Super Hiro”). I wonder how many of their clients get the joke?
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Not to discount the possibility, but what makes you think it is a reference to the game specifically? Could (more) easily just be a play on the sides in the war rather than the boardgame.
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Not to discount the possibility, but what makes you think it is a reference to the game specifically? Could (more) easily just be a play on the sides in the war rather than the boardgame.
It could be either a specific reference to the game or a general reference to the two sides in WWII – both possibilities certainly work.
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Truth.
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