Larry Harris (game designer)
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He has also assisted in the further development of Trivial Pursuit and Risk.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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]