Wizards of the Coast is celebrating Avalon Hill’s 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate, Avalon Hill is bringing back two classic titles to start off the year: Diplomacy and Acquire, and the season will wrap up with an Anniversary Edition of Axis & Allies. Here's more information about AH's 50th anniversary line-up:

BOARD GAMES

• Long-time Avalon Hill fans are sure to be excited about the re-release of the legendary strategy war game. Diplomacy will feature all-new packaging and components while staying true to the game mechanics that fans know and love. A more spacious playing board with an updated map allows players to position their forces with ease. Diplomacy will release March 14 with a MSRP of $30.

• The classic planning and purchasing game Acquire will also be rereleased this year. Acquire will feature new packaging, components, and playing board, but will still have the same time-tested game mechanics. Acquire will release June 13 with a MSRP of $30.

• The Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition will feature the debut of Italy as the third Axis nation, the introduction of the cruiser unit to the naval lineup, and the largest Axis & Allies board to date, measuring 24x46 inches. With more than 600 pieces, players will be able to re-create and decide the outcome of WWII like never before. The Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition is designed and developed by Larry Harris, the original designer of Axis & Allies, and will release Oct. 23 with an MSRP of $100.

MINIATURES

• The long-awaited Axis & Allies North Africa Miniatures 1940-1943 expansion is here at last! This 60-model release will feature the debut of trucks, commander tanks and Greek units. The set will also offer the English Matilda tank and the German 88mm anti-tank gun. A&A North Africa Minis 1940-1943 will release March 28.

• As an accessory to the North Africa Miniatures release, the North Africa 1940-1943 Map Guide will offer two scenarios and three full-color, double-sided battle maps with desert terrain on one side and jungle terrain on the other. The guide will release March 28.

• War at Sea: Task Force is an expansion for Axis & Allies: War at Sea Naval Miniatures. This booster-only release contains 60 models of WWII combat vessels and aircraft. Task Force will feature the famous USS Yorktown, the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, and Canadian & Dutch Units. War at Sea: Task Force is releasing July 25.

• To wrap up the year, the 60-model Eastern Front 1941-1945 expansion will debut the Panther ausf G, Finnish units, and the Canadian Kangaroo. The set will also feature German Pioneers, Hungarian and Romanian units. Eastern Front Minis 1941-1945 will release Oct. 10.

• As an accessory to the Eastern Front Miniatures release, the Eastern Front 1941-1945 Map Guide will offer two scenarios and three full-color, double-sided battle maps with ruined city terrain on one side and winter steppe terrain on the other. The guide will release Oct. 10.