Avalanche Press
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{{Infobox company
| founded = 1993
| founder = Mike Bennighof, Brian Knipple
| hq_location = Irondale, Alabama
| website = {{URL|avalanchepress.com}}
}}{{Short description|American game publisher}}Avalanche Press is an American company that publishes board wargames and has published some role-playing game supplements. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irondale, Alabama.{{Cite web |title=Avalanche Press |url=https://thewarlibrary.com.au/collections/avalanche-press |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=The War Library |language=en}}
They have produced The Great War at Sea and Panzer Grenadier series, as well as Red Parachutes, one of their earliest games and a detailed study of the Soviet crossing of the Dnepr River in 1943.
History
Avalanche Press was started in 1994 by Mike Bennighof and Brian Knipple. In 1996, Avalanche Press released the first game in the Great War at Sea series. Twice, the series has won the Origins Award for the best historical game of the year.{{cite web | url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1998/list-of-winners | title=List of Winners Presented at Origins 1999 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031072248/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1998/list-of-winners | archivedate=October 31, 2007}}{{cite web | url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1999/list-of-winners | title=List of Winners Presented at Origins 2000 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505171407/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1999/list-of-winners | archivedate=May 5, 2009}}
Avalanche Press was one of the publishers who began producing role-playing game supplements for the d20 System by 2002.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}{{rp|395}}
From 2000 to 2005, Avalanche Press produced products using the open-source d20 system.{{cite web|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/142/avalanche-press-ltd|title=Avalanche Press Ltd.|work=boardgamegeek.com}} The book Celtic Age won the 2003 Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement.{{Cite web |title=Origins Winners Announced |url=https://www.diamondcomics.com/Article/5383-Origins-Winners-Announced |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.diamondcomics.com |language=en}}
Series
- Eagles of the Empire series
- The Great War at Sea series—Dreadnought era naval combat
- Infantry Attacks series—World War I tactical combat (a spinoff of Panzer Grenadier)
- Panzer Grenadier series—World War II tactical combat
- Rome at War series—Ancient warfare series (closely related to the Napoleonic Battles series)
- Second World War at Sea series—World War II naval combat (a spinoff of Great War at Sea)
- Third Reich/Great Pacific War series—World War II strategic game
Games
=0-9=
- 1898: The Spanish–American War (2000)
- 1904–1905: The Russo-Japanese War (1999)
- 1940 - The Fall of France (2009){{Cite web |title=1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37383/1940-the-fall-of-france-a-panzer-grenadier-game |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=BoardGameGeek |language=en-US}}
- 1967 - Sword of Israel (2013){{Cite web |last=Games |first=Noble Knight |title=1967 - Sword of Israel - Panzer Grenadier Modern - Avalanche Press from Avalanche Press |url=https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2148004311/1967---Sword-of-Israel |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Noble Knight Games |language=en}}
=A=
- Afrika Korps: The Desert War (2002)
- Airborne (2002)
- Airborne: Introductory Edition (2006)
- Airlines (1998)
- Alaska's War (2007)
- Alsace 1945 (2005)
- America Triumphant: Battle of the Bulge (2003)
- Avalanche: The Invasion of Italy (1994)
- Arctic Convoy (2008){{Cite web |title=Avalanche Press Second World War At Sea Naval Boardgames |url=https://www.seawarstore.com/APLGames.htm |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.seawarstore.com}}
- An Army at Dawn - Tunisia 1942-1943 (2015){{Cite web |title=An Army at Dawn: Tunisia 1942-1943 – A Panzer Grenadier Game (Playbook second edition) {{!}} Board Game Version {{!}} BoardGameGeek |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/721698/playbook-second-edition |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=boardgamegeek.com |language=en-US}}
=B=
- Battle of 1866 - Frontier Battles, War of Empires (2012)
- Battle of the Bulge (2002)
- Beyond Normandy (2004)
- Bismark (2005, 2015, 2019)
- Bitter Victory: Sicily 1943 (2006)
- Blood on the Snow (1995)
- Bomb Alley (2002)
- Broken Axis - The Invasion of Romania 1944 (2016)
=C=
- Cassino ‘44 - Gateway to Rome (2009)
- Chickamauga & Chattanooga (2003)
- Cone of Fire (2008)
- Conquest of Ethiopia (2018)
- Cruiser Warfare (2004)
=D=
- Defiant Russia: 1941 (2004)
- Desert Rats (2004)
- Digging (game) (1999)
=E=
- Eastern Fleet (2001)
- Eastern Front (2005)
=F=
- Fading Legions (2002)
=G=
- Gazala: 1942 (2005)
- Gettysburg 1863 (2002)
- Granada: The Fall of Moslem Spain (2003)
- Great Pacific War (2003)
- Great War at Sea: The North and Baltic Seas (1998)
- Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean (1996, 2001)
=H=
- Hannibal at Bay (2000)
- Heroes of the Soviet Union (2001)
=I=
- Imperium: Third Millennium (2001)
- Infantry Attacks: Empires End (2007)
- Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta, 1942 (2006)
=J=
- Jutland (2006)
=L=
- Leyte Gulf (2005)
=M=
- McArthur's Return: Leyte 1944 (1994)
- Midway (2002)
=N=
- Napoleon in the Desert (2002)
- Napoleon on the Danube (2005)
=O=
- Operation Cannibal (1996)
=P=
- Panzer Grenadier (1998)
- Preussisch-Eylau (1999)
=Q=
- Queen of the Celts (2007)
= R =
- Red God of War (2005)
- Red Parachutes (2005)
- Red Steel: Clash of Armor at Kishinev (1997)
- Red Vengeance (2005)
- Red Warriors (2006)
- Res Publica (1999)
- Road to Berlin (2005)
=S=
- Scotland the Brave (1998)
- Sea of Troubles (2007)
- Semper Fi! Guadalcanal (2003)
- Sinister Forces (2006)
- Soldier Emperor (2003)
- Soldier Kings (2002)
- Soldier Raj (2004)
- SOPAC (1999)
- Strange Defeat: The Fall of France, 1940 (2006)
- Strike South (2005)
- Survival of the Witless (1997)
=T=
- Tears of the Dragon (2003)
- They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916 (2006)
- Third Reich (2001)
- Tiger of Malaya (2006)
=U=
- U.S. Navy Plan Black (1999)
- U.S. Navy Plan Crimson (2008)
- U.S. Navy Plan Gold (2006)
- U.S. Navy Plan Orange (1998)
- U.S. Navy Plan Red (2002)
=W=
- Winter Fury (2001)
Supplements
- All For One, One For All
- Arctic Front (2002)
- Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
- Celtic Age
- Distant Oceans (2003)
- Doom of Odin
- Dreadnoughts (2004)
- East of Suez
- Edelweiss (2003)
- Endless Sands
- Great White Fleet
- Greenland Saga
- I, Mordred
- Jungle Fighting (2004)
- Little People
- Nile Empire
- Noble Knights
- Noble Steeds
- Player's Guide: Third Reich/Great Pacific War (2004)
- Ragnarok!
- Tank Battles (2003)
- Twilight of Atlantis
- Viking Age
- Vlad, the Impaler
- Zeppelins (2006)
References
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External links
- [http://www.avalanchepress.com Avalanche Press homepage]
- {{bgg publisher|142}}
Category:Board game publishing companies