Battleline Publications was a board

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 wargame

Wargaming

A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...

 company founded by Steven Peek in 1973. Output was relatively low at first, with each game being funded by sales of the one before, but their games were generally well-respected. Several were re-published by Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...

, and their second game, Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

designed by S. Craig Taylor is still considered one of the better games on its subject. They also put out a couple games that can be considered card

Card game

A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...

 wargames, and at one point became a division of Heritage Models.

Products

• Air Force
  Air Force (game)
  AIR FORCE was an Avalon Hill game , and currently out of print, like the majority of the Avalon Hill catalogue. It was designed by S. Craig Taylor, Jr....
  
  (1976)
• Alpha Omega (1977)
• Armor Supremacy (1979)
• Circus Maximus
  Circus Maximus (game)
  Circus Maximus is a chariot-racing board game originally published by Battleline Publications in 1979, but better known for the 1980 Avalon Hill edition. It was designed by Michael E. Matheny with Don Greenwood working on the second edition. Up to eight players choose teams of horses and drivers,...
  
  (1979)
• Custer's Last Stand (1976)
• Dauntless (1977)
• Flat Top (1977)
• Fury in the West (1977)
• Insurgency (1979)
• Machiavelli (1977)
• Naval War (1979)
• Objective: Atlanta (1977)
• Rally 'Round the Flag (1975)
• Samurai (1979)
• Seven Days Battles (1973)
• Shenandoah (1975)
• Ship 'o the Line (1976)
• Submarine (1976)
• Trireme (1979)
• Viva España (1977)
• Wooden Ships and Iron Men
  Wooden Ships and Iron Men
  Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
  
  (1974)