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Larry Harris Jr. is a game designer.[1]

Family

Harris is the son of Lawrence (Larry) Harris Sr., who was a U.S. infantryman in the Pacific Theater, participating in assaults in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines.[2] He is married to Katherine Harris, has four children, and three step-children.

Career

Larry Harris is most famous for creating the board game Axis & Allies, as well as all of its sequels.[3] During 1984, his first year at Milton Bradley, 13 games of his design were featured in the company's catalog.[4] This included the three initial titles in the Gamemaster series: Conquest of the Empire, Broadsides and Boarding Parties, and, Axis & Allies.[4] Other companies for which he has designed games include Mattel, Coleco, Parker Brothers, Hasbro Games Group, Hasbro Interactive, and Infogrames Interactive.[4] His other significant games include LionHeart and more.[citation needed] He has also assisted in the further development of Trivial Pursuit and Risk.[citation needed] Larry is also the inventor of Thin Ice.[3] Harris runs his own company, Harris Game Design.[4]

Four of his Axis & Allies games won Origins Awards, including the induction of the original game into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame in 1996.[5]

Harris has lived extensively in Europe and three years in Iran.[4] He speaks fluent French, is an Army veteran with five years' service, and has been known to pilot an ultralight.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Larry Harris Jr. | Board Game Designer | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ^ "Interview with Larry Harris Jr. about his life and his career as a game designer (2020)". Legendary Games Podcast. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ a b Whitehall, Bruce (March 2008). "25 Years of Axis & Allies". Knucklebones. 3 (2). Jones Publishing: 22–24.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Harris, Larry (2007). "Diplomacy". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 81–85. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
  5. ^ "Origins Award Winners (1995)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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