Gamers are united in praise for longtime strategy game publisher Avalon Hill. The firm's dramatic rise, success, and eventual fall are documented by scholars and collectors alike. In 1980 the firm published a World War II simulation game called Russian Front. Players can choose from three scenarios: 1941, 1942, or 1943. Play occurs on a large hex map board. Russian Front proved popular, over the years, and is still the subject of much online discussion