I am by no means an expert in AA as you all seem to be, but spending much time here and reading about the house rules proposed and about the concerns of many of how “broken” this new AA50 may be, isn’t there some merit to suggest that the most innovative AA out there may be the AA clones, esp the Pegasus Hobbies edition which has already implemented many rules that are discussed here as fixing the “shortcomings” of AARevised and the anticipated AA50?
This is not the case at all. WE enrich the playing experience by adding a few trinkets of chrome, much like you buy a steak dinner and some people like it with peppercorns, while others like grilled onions ( or both), some like to salt it. Its a matter of personal taste. Its not a Broken or Fix thing, but some measure of historical reality to make the game more possible and realistic w/o making it boring.
It occurs to me that many of the innovative changes to AA Revised were inspired or driven by “alternative” AA’s such as Xeno’s and by Pegasus Hobbies’ editions.
Actually most of the changes are from rules from AAE and AAP which for some reason are not given a second chance, but were great ideas. Nobody uses Xeno for anything. That game is overboard with its national exceptions and exemptions its wack.
There are 1939 scenarios, rules about the invasion of neutrals, additions of France and other nations, diplomacy etc etc. Huge solid mapboards too. Perhaps, but I don’t know, the issue of subs has been resolved?
Xeno basically took AA and made house rules around the core game but added more territories just to make it different.
I mean, what is there to drive the selection of AA50 over The Wargame: WWII by Pegasus Hobbies?
nothing. These are different games entirely.
I do not say this just be provocative or heretical especially in this forum, but as a non-expert why buy AA50, when there appears to be wonderful innovative alternatives?
well i guess you should throw away all your clothes except one of each. Can their be not room for more than one? Who said you can only buy ONE game, when they offer alternatives. I am buying 6 copies of the same game. I own every AA related game and i own 24 copies of AAE. I like more than one philosophy.
I own 2 copies of the wargame, plus 2 additional much older maps.
Or is there a place for both?
now you get it. GO and buy 10 copies of each and be happy.