History TabletopGame / AxisAndAllies

* AllThereInTheManual

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The standard game begins in the spring of 1942, with German and Japanese forces not corresponding to how they historically were. This is to allow game balance, giving both sides an equal chance to win.

* AmericaWinsTheWar - To an extent. There is an American faction, but the Axis most certainly is capable of defeating them. Often enough, this is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] as a strategy by Allied players, who amass a huge invasion force in the US while using the UK and USSR to stall the Axis.

* TheBritishEmpire - The territories that the Empire controls vary based on what version you are playing. Versions that feature ANZAC will not have Australia and New Zealand controlled by Britain, etc.

* UsefulNotes/{{Gibraltar}} - A territory in the game, which is an important naval area for anyone playing the [[BritsWithBattleships Britons]].

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI - Featured in the newest edition, ''Axis & Allies: WWI 1914''
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII - Exactly what it says on the tin.

''Axis & Allies'' is a tabletop wargame designed in 1981 by Larry Harris and published by Nova Entertainment. The original, now titled Axis & Allies Classic, was republished in 1984 by Milton Bradley. Over the years, Axis & Allies has enjoyed immense popularity, with several new variants being produced and over 2 million copies being printed. Wizards of the Coast plan to release a new version, ''Axis & Allies: WWI 1914'' on 19 March, 2013, which will feature the 8 main powers of World War I.

* BoringButPractical: Russia can be incredibly unfun to play as, with such a bad economy and such a wide stretch of land to cover as Germany pushes east. And yet the Allies team often lives and dies by Russia, the anvil to the United State's hammer.

The game has spawned an unofficial digital version known as [[TripleAAxisAndAllies TripleA]].

* TheBritishEmpire - Can be played. The territories that the Empire controls vary based on what version you are playing. (Versions that feature ANZAC will not have Australia and New Zealand controlled by Britain, etc.)
* BritsWithBattleships

* ChineseWithChopperSupport - Not all versions. In some versions, the Chinese territories are controlled by the [[YanksWithTanks Americans]].

* GaulsWithGrenades - Rarely are the French actually in the game. They only feature in Europe 1940.

* KatanasOfTheRisingSun

* NazisWithGnarlyWeapons

* NewRomanLegions - In some versions. Commonly, Italy is just controlled by the [[NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Germans]].

* RedsWithRockets

* UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRifles - Featured in the newest edition, Axis and Allies: WWI 1914

* UsefulNotes/TurksWithTroops - Featured in the newest edition, Axis and Allies: WWI 1914, although the army is ''technically'' the Ottoman Empire's.

* YanksWithTanks

* MightyGlacier: The US has the largest ICP at the start of the game, and is hard to invade, at the same time, any force they send takes it's time getting to the enemy.

** Battleships, in early versions of the game. They cost a lot (to the tune of a single one demanding the Soviets entire economy to produce) and were fairly easy to destroy. [[AwesomeYetPractical Once they got their second hit point and their ability to support naval assaults, though...]]

* AmericaWinsTheWar - To an extent. There is an American faction, but the Axis most certainly is capable of defeating them.
** Often enough, this is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] as a strategy by Allied players, who amass a huge invasion force in the US while using the UK and USSR to stall the Axis.

** LeeroyJenkins - Exactly this.
** AttackAttackRetreatRetreat - What commonly happens to players who try this tactic.
* AwesomeButImpractical - Battleships, in early versions of the game. They cost a lot (to the tune of a single one demanding the Soviets entire economy to produce) and were fairly easy to destroy. [[AwesomeYetPractical Once they got their second hit point and their ability to support naval assaults, though...]]

** To be fair, Japan's emblem is a circular version of their naval ensign, which is technically a national flag used to identify a ship's nationality.

* ZergRush - Can be done if a player accumulates enough [=ICPs=] to build up a large enough military.
** Also a core aspect of many Soviet strategies, which involve as many infantry and tanks as you can possibly build being flung at the Germans. [[TruthInTelevision Just like the real Russian Front.]]

* AussiesWithArtillery - Not in all versions. (Part of ANZAC along with [[UsefulNotes/KiwisWithCarbines New Zealand]].)

* KiwisWithCarbines - Not in all versions. (Part of ANZAC along with [[AussiesWithArtillery Australia]].)

* AussiesWithArtillery - Not in all versions. (Part of ANZAC along with [[KiwisWithCarbines New Zealand]].)

* WorldWarI - Featured in the newest edition, ''Axis & Allies: WWI 1914''
* WorldWarII - Exactly what it says on the tin.

* WorldWarI - Will be featured in the upcoming ''Axis & Allies: WWI 1914''
** UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRifles
** UsefulNotes/TurksWithTroops

* MonkeysLionsAndAnnoyedSpaniards - Gibraltar is a territory in the game, which is an important naval area for anyone playing the [[BritsWithBattleships Britons]].

* NoSwastikas - The games have the ''balkenkreuz'' as the emblem for the German forces.