What Would you Like in a Remake of the Land Game?

I have thought long and hard on this subject and literally have pages of notes I'll try to be brief and spare you somewhat from my madness!

Regarding distribution, my favorite thing about the old way was having pre-painted, durable miniatures of reasonable quality in 1/100 scale. Random boosters or not doesn't really matter to me -- that's a business decision, I'd have to leave that to the money guys!

I'd like it if infantry models had 3-4 men to a base. That would emphasize that each model represents multiple people, and also make infantry "feel" more valuable, if for no other reason than by weight! Maybe that would open some doors for putting more infantry into Rare slots.

If random boosters have to be a thing, I think it would be great if some thought were put into drafting as a style of play. Whether that means ensuring each booster has an equal number of Axis and Allied units, or having separate boosters for each side, I'm not sure. Using drafting as a mechanic to "make do with what you've got" would be an exciting way to create some more interesting lists for tournament play.

Other thoughts for list building might be a more in-depth way to select units than just by points. Maybe decide what unit forms the core of your side, and what support is available, and pick only from those lists. A campaign system where you build a roster, deploy subsets in each match, and tally up experience and upgrades would be marvellous.

From a rules perspective, I'd like to see some more done to make light vehicles (trucks, cars, halftracks, recce) more useful. I've seen some interesting things done by Zvezda's "Art of Tactic" and even by Draco Ideas' card game "2GM Tactics" regarding supply lines, ammo, and deployment. Also I like the morale systems in Bolt Action and in Band of Brothers better than AAM, so it would be interested if something could be applied. Infantry should have flanks, no?

curtm1911 sounds awesome! Makes me think that most of my thoughts could (and maybe should?) be addressed using house rules.

If we can get WotC to do a new edition:

Edit the current rules to one book(let) (including all faq and errata) and possibly integrate the air game rules.

Pick a scale for the maps and reprint all the maps to that scale. Possibly selling maps in various map packs.

Correct all the cards of all existing errors; make cards for each nation for units that were usable by multiple nations. Then make nation decks of cards for every nationality or just one big deck of all the cards.

Scenario books.

WotC can license miniature production to some one like Wizkids. No more random boosters. You would do starter armies by year; that would give new players all the essential units they need to get started. You could then do nation packs, battle packs, or packs of all one unit type (say all basic infantry) or squad packs (say several basic infantry, a machine gun or SMG and a commander).

If WotC wants nothing to do with the miniatures:

Edit the current rules to one book(let) (including all faq and errata) and possibly integrate the air game rules.

Pick a scale for the maps and reprint all the maps to that scale. Possibly selling maps in various map packs.

Correct all the cards of all existing errors; make cards for each nation for units that were usable by multiple nations. Then make nation decks of cards for every nationality or just one big deck of all the cards.

We would have to decide if we’re going to scrape the WotC cards and replace them with homebrewed cards or keep the WotC cards and add some more homebrewed units to the mix.

Scenario books.

No miniatures.

As a startup made up of current players the name of the game is cash. After crowd source funding the cost to license from WotC, and the start up costs, the initial stock offering to players who are interested, the company would then have to move product out the door to get going. The fastest way to do that is to just print the rules, maps, and unit cards. Let everyone just buy whatever miniatures they want to use for the near future.

The best example of this is when SFR Inc. got the rights to Dragon Dice from WotC to produce. from WotC to produce.

If it wasn't for AAM and those shiny minis, I would never have started playing hex-and-counter games. AAM was a great gateway.