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Axis & Allies & Zombies
28 Jun 2018 06:42 #276458
by Josh Look
Replied by Josh Look on topic Axis & Allies & Zombies
I’m not a fan of either A&A or zombies, so yeah, I think I get to say that I’m not trying it.
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28 Jun 2018 08:13 #276464
by Black Barney
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I really hope that both the Axis and the Allies can set aside their differences to deal with their common enemy, the zombie horde
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28 Jun 2018 10:47 - 28 Jun 2018 10:47 #276471
by jeb
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Dang, Barney. That makes this really interesting. Zombie tropes explore the psychology of the breakdown of shared humanity; the same shared humanity Nazism denies as it exterminates Jews, Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, &c. The zombie motif makes comfortable, well-off people confront their fears of change—"If my child/spouse/neighbor becomes One Of Them, could I kill my own child/spouse/neighbor?" In the setting of WWII, would Nazis continue the liquidation of untermenchen when todmenschen become the threat?
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28 Jun 2018 11:06 #276472
by Black Barney
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yeah it has all sorts of moral ramifications that could be taken into account. The Allies could sell their souls and decide to look the other way about what's happening in Poland in order to back solid Axis support against this new threat. Has a very Game of Thrones-feel to it, on how waring houses need to band together against the army of the dead.
Churchill: Listen...Germany... we need to band together against this threat to our way of life.
AH: nein.
Churchill: We think the zombies are gay.
AH: ya...ok then.
Churchill: Listen...Germany... we need to band together against this threat to our way of life.
AH: nein.
Churchill: We think the zombies are gay.
AH: ya...ok then.
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28 Jun 2018 11:17 #276474
by ubarose
It's the casualties that become the zombies, so it's your brothers in arms that become the zombies. That's pretty interesting. Also, interesting, you could win a battle against your opponent but if there were to many casualties on either side or both, you may have to abandon the area to the zombies. On the other hand, you might do that on purpose to create a barrier of defense.
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jeb wrote: Dang, Barney. That makes this really interesting. Zombie tropes explore the psychology of the breakdown of shared humanity; the same shared humanity Nazism denies as it exterminates Jews, Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, &c. The zombie motif makes comfortable, well-off people confront their fears of change—"If my child/spouse/neighbor becomes One Of Them, could I kill my own child/spouse/neighbor?" In the setting of WWII, would Nazis continue the liquidation of untermenchen when todmenschen become the threat?
It's the casualties that become the zombies, so it's your brothers in arms that become the zombies. That's pretty interesting. Also, interesting, you could win a battle against your opponent but if there were to many casualties on either side or both, you may have to abandon the area to the zombies. On the other hand, you might do that on purpose to create a barrier of defense.
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28 Jun 2018 11:22 #276475
by Black Barney
Replied by Black Barney on topic Axis & Allies & Zombies
putting a bunch of parachutes on zombies and dropping them into Dresden instead of firebombs seems like an absolutely brutal tactic as well. Actually, i don't even think you need parachutes.
"ok, deal with this now"
"ok, deal with this now"
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28 Jun 2018 11:35 #276476
by SebastianBludd
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I'd like to see a deck of event cards in the game, sort of like the decks in Risk 2210 AD. Something to shake things up to keep the zombie behavior unpredictable and allow the players to sic zombies on each other, move them away, things like that. You wouldn't want to make the game too fiddly (it is A&A, after all) but it would be nice if the way the zombie faction behaves has wrinkles beyond "casualties become zombies".
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28 Jun 2018 11:51 - 28 Jun 2018 15:55 #276478
by Erik Twice
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Interestingly enough, there are more train games than there are zombie games. Not kidding.
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28 Jun 2018 11:52 #276479
by ubarose
There's going to be some kind of spawn deck for the zombies, so some will spawn spontaneously in territories. The zombies prevent production, so if a couple appear in location that you need for production, you'll have to go deal with them. Technical advancements include zombie mind control, and a convoy than can be used to transport zombies to your opponent's territories.
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SebastianBludd wrote: I'd like to see a deck of event cards in the game, sort of like the decks in Risk 2210 AD. Something to shake things up to keep the zombie behavior unpredictable and allow the players to sic zombies on each other, move them away, things like that. You wouldn't want to make the game too fiddly (it is A&A, after all) but it would be nice if the way the zombie faction behaves has wrinkles beyond "casualties become zombies".
There's going to be some kind of spawn deck for the zombies, so some will spawn spontaneously in territories. The zombies prevent production, so if a couple appear in location that you need for production, you'll have to go deal with them. Technical advancements include zombie mind control, and a convoy than can be used to transport zombies to your opponent's territories.
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28 Jun 2018 12:08 #276481
by Shellhead
There will inevitably be a zombie train game.
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Erik Twice wrote: Interestingly enough, there are more train games than there are zombie games. No kidding.
There will inevitably be a zombie train game.
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28 Jun 2018 12:27 - 28 Jun 2018 12:28 #276484
by Colorcrayons
Awwwww sheeeeeeeiiiiitt.
Erik is straight up, dunkin' on foo's. All net, yo!
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Erik Twice wrote: Interestingly enough, there are more train games than there are zombie games. No kidding.
Awwwww sheeeeeeeiiiiitt.
Erik is straight up, dunkin' on foo's. All net, yo!
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28 Jun 2018 13:26 #276494
by fightcitymayor
Answer the question, sir!
I have no further questions, your honor. The defense rests.
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Ahhh... but do you have chainsaw tanks ON THE EASTERN FRONT ?!?!?Michael Barnes wrote:
ubarose wrote: You're wrong. It sounds awesome. It's got chainsaw tanks.
I collect and play Warhammer. My “games with chainsaw tanks” quota is full.
Answer the question, sir!
I have no further questions, your honor. The defense rests.
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28 Jun 2018 13:28 #276495
by Cranberries
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"There will inevitably be a zombie train game."
We need a board game theme generator.
The different variables could include:
1. Mechanic (dudes on a map, pick up and deliver etc.)
2. Core setting (medieval Europe, business world, space)
3. Special twist: (zombies, cannibals, Plague)
We need a board game theme generator.
The different variables could include:
1. Mechanic (dudes on a map, pick up and deliver etc.)
2. Core setting (medieval Europe, business world, space)
3. Special twist: (zombies, cannibals, Plague)
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28 Jun 2018 14:00 - 28 Jun 2018 14:01 #276496
by the_jake_1973
Replied by the_jake_1973 on topic Axis & Allies & Zombies
Card Drafting, Business Setting, Zombies.
Dead Island: Zombie Resort The Game
Dead Island: Zombie Resort The Game
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28 Jun 2018 14:13 #276499
by Shellhead
It's interesting that we have so many zombie games and movies, and so few cannibal games and movies. Many zombies in the media could easily be replaced with cannibals. I guess there is just something too threatening and taboo about sentient human flesh-eaters.
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cranberries wrote: "There will inevitably be a zombie train game."
We need a board game theme generator.
The different variables could include:
1. Mechanic (dudes on a map, pick up and deliver etc.)
2. Core setting (medieval Europe, business world, space)
3. Special twist: (zombies, cannibals, Plague)
It's interesting that we have so many zombie games and movies, and so few cannibal games and movies. Many zombies in the media could easily be replaced with cannibals. I guess there is just something too threatening and taboo about sentient human flesh-eaters.
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