It’s morning on June 6, 1944. As Allied forces get ready to storm Normandy’s beaches, the fate of Europe is in your hands! In honor of next year’s 60th anniversary of D-Day, Avalon Hill will release Axis & Allies D-Day, a brand new, stand-alone extension of the classic strategy game Axis & Allies. Axis & Allies D-Day will allow players to recreate the largest amphibious invasion ever.

Axis & Allies D-Day comes with detailed game components including a new blockhouse piece, an extra-large game board, and original artwork commissioned exclusively for the D-Day game box. Other elements of this new Axis & Allies variant include a card deck with three card types -- Orders, Tactics, and Fortune -- to bring depth and complexity to play. Order cards will determine play sequence and break turns into distinct phases; Tactics cards will offer players varied strategic opportunities; and Fortune cards add an element of unpredictability.

Axis & Allies D-Day begins as Operation Overlord, the invasion of German-held Normandy, is underway -- 130,000 soldiers of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States are ready to assault Fortress Europe. You and your fellow world powers determine their fates.

One player controls Germany, whose Axis forces have transformed the beaches of Normandy into a near-impenetrable stronghold. Set to penetrate those defenses are the Allies: the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The future of Europe as well as the world hangs in the balance.

Axis & Allies D-Day is made for two or three players and can be played in two hours. Axis & Allies D-Day is the third Axis & Allies variant, following the successful Axis & Allies Europe and Axis & Allies Pacific, both of which were released in 2001.