Where WOTC got the idea for this game…

[taamvan]

call of duty

[Caesar-Seriona]

Actually it’s from Walking Dead. This question was asked personally to the creators. It has been a running joke with the people to do a Zombie Axis and Allies and when Wizard bought the rights to the game, the CEO who is a huge Axis and Allies fan by the way took it serious.

[robert t]

makes sense. TWD was a huge success both in comics and TV series.

The trick now is to get the creators to joke about an A&A Mediterranean game  :-D :mrgreen:

[Imperious Leader]

A&A Mediterranean Zombie game

[robert t]

sure, why not, and then we can bin the zombies and play a regular A&A game.

win-win situation

[Caesar-Seriona]

Who knows what they have on the table, they said they have more AnA ideas.

[Midnight_Reaper]

For my semi-serious take on where they got the idea to mash zombies into A&A, have a gander at this post from http://axisallies1940.blogspot.com from back in November of 2013:
http://axisallies1940.blogspot.com/2013/11/new-axis-allies-pieces.html

I think we may have our culprit now!

-Midnight_Reaper

[Flashman]

Surely Axis and Allies and Aliens would have been more interesting, with the humans gradually adapting alien tech and reluctantly co-operating against them but with a view to ultimate victory.

And I’ve got zombies already; I want little green aliens with ray guns.

I also want Axis and Allies and Apes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfrS1bkI4Y

But I like the infantry only production in China and India. Always advocated this, but should be Australia as well.

[zooooma]

@taamvan:

call of duty

My first introduction to WWII/Nazi Zombies was from Heavy Metal: The Movie (1981).

@robert:

The trick now is to get the creators to joke about an A&A Mediterranean game  :-D :mrgreen:

I feel like the Mediterranean is too large for a tactical game (D-Day, BoB, etc), but too small for a “theatre” game.

[robert t]

True it has size issues. Maybe that is what is needed though. The battle games didn’t work as hoped so maybe a change of scale is needed.

What is needed is new ideas/scale/eras to make the continuing of the series viable.

[zooooma]

@robert:

What is needed is new ideas/scale/eras to make the continuing of the series viable.

• The name ‘Axis & Allies’ refers specifically to WWII

• I like variety.  When I play Diplomacy, Supremacy 2020, Conquest Of The Empire, Shogun, etc, I actually enjoy that the core rules and mechanics are fundamentally different than A&A.

players

[Locke888]

@Flashman said in Where WOTC got the idea for this game…:

Surely Axis and Allies and Aliens would have been more interesting, with the humans gradually adapting alien tech and reluctantly co-operating against them but with a view to ultimate victory.

And I’ve got zombies already; I want little green aliens with ray guns.

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&q=Worldwar:+In+the+Balance&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLQz9U3SDIoSFPiBLHSjEwN87SkspOt9JPy87P1E0tLMvKLrEDsYoX8vJxKAOnTGj4zAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje7dWnqvfeAhUIKnwKHXqzClsQgOQBMBR6BAgMEH4&biw=320&bih=523

Harry Turtledove is an author who writes alternative history books. I enjoyed this one. You may already know about him though.