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Asmodee Entertainment has announced that Aconyte Books has secured a multi-year agreement with CMON – Cool Mini or Not for long-time fans – to create brand new novels set in the worlds of their acclaimed Zombicide range of games.

Debuting in 2012, Zombicide became the first of a wildly popular series of tabletop games that pit players against the nastiest walking dead the game can throw at them. With incredibly detailed miniatures and fast, action-packed gameplay, the games have picked up legions of fanatical players. As well as the modern day original, CMON have also set recent variants back in medieval times (Zombicide: Black Plague) and far out in the depths of space (Zombicide: Invader) – and Aconyte plans to publish novels based in all three settings. The first Zombicide novel is expected to hit shops for Halloween 2021.

Aconyte publisher Marc Gascoigne commented: “We love Zombicide, for the all-out mayhem of the game, the passion of its dedicated following – and the lovingly detailed  (and incredibly deadly) worlds that its designers have created. There are a whole bunch of stories we want to create, to explore their secrets further.”

CMON’s COO David Preti said: “We designed the Zombicide games to tell exciting stories populated with iconic characters who had unique personalities that came through in the gameplay. We wanted each play session to feel like its own pulp novel. We’re so happy to have a great partner in Aconyte, who understands the world and tone of the game, and is going to put these stories in prose for the first time.”