Oh yeah, I remember! Well, it was the mid 80’s and we had always played Risk. “We” being my brother and I, my dad and sometimes a friend of his and occasionally my mom. I was 11 or 12 at the time, so pretty young. This was 1985. Dad would always make house rules that we had to follow. Funny how those rules always seemed to favor what he wanted to do as far as strategy….LOL. Well, mom took us to a toy store one day and there was this really cool looking war game on the shelf called “Axis & Allies”. I still remember my brother and I gawking at the pictures on the side of the box showing all the cool little miniature pieces. We wanted to take it home but mom didn’t buy it for us that time but came back a month later and bought the game for my dad for his birthday. All four of us played it that night. The only game of A&A my mom ever played. I don’t remember what nation I played but I was hooked on it as was my brother…and so was dad for the most part. We played several games over the following years with dad although he doesn’t play anymore unless we bring it over and we all have time, usually on a holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. My brother and I play head to head on occasion if we both can find the time in our busy lives. I still have a couple complete copies of the 2nd edition game even though I know I will probably never play them again. I just have them for nostalgia purposes. Great memories!!