Going to try to pull the wool over our eyes?

[Krieghund]

@Adlertag:

And that is the “official” answer, I presume ?

Implying what, exactly?

If you look at the credits in the Rulebook, you’ll see that there are “internal playtesters” and “external playtesters” listed.  The internal playtesters are employees of Avalon Hill, so I suppose that, in a sense, they get paid to playtest, insofar as they are being paid to do their jobs (which involve much more than playtesting).  The external playtesters, however, are all volunteers who were not compensated monetarily.

I am not an employee of AH.  However, the work that I do requires me to be (legally) bound by confidentiality.  As a result, there are many things that I am not allowed to reveal, but I do tell you what I can, when I can.  You will never find me telling you things because they’re the “company line” from AH.  I don’t lie to you guys.  I believe that my past record shows this.

[Panzer Leader]

Hey if AH ever is looking for volunteer play testers, we have a highly experience A&A group ready to take on any new game designs. I think it would be a blast being part of the development of our favorite game. 8-)

[Gargantua]

Amen, i second that motion! i’ve got warm bodies ready to roll fof playtesting!

And good on you KH, for volunteering to make the game and community great! :)

[frimmel]

@Gargantua:

Here’s what I’m thinking…

1. The game is only going to be $35 or whatever…

“Newly sculpted playing pieces and all new packaging will position this game as the cornerstone of the Axis & Allies game line for years to come.”

all of the over 350 plastic playing pieces are country-specific - Quote from Axis and Allies Europe

I’m noting they are not saying that AA1942 will have Country Specific Playing pieces… and I’m thinking with the low (lowest ever) cost… that they may return to the days of original A&A where all countries had EXACTLY the same pieces (barring infantry)

Any thoughts?  Why bother with “New Scuplt’s” If you want to keep the costs down, just use the old ones!!!

You’ve got me wondering if they’ll be smaller pieces.

New and nation specifc sculpts to be sure but perhaps not the same scale?

One would assume that there are one or two primary reasons for making the new sculpts

1)Would be they won’t get us back to the well again without them since in the short term the market for this game is the people who already have sets.

2)The new sculpts create savings in time and/or material. Smaller scale would fit both.

Just speculating and wondering of course.  :|

[Imperious Leader]

It would be a total disaster if they were in a different scale. OMG dont say such things.

[frimmel]

@Imperious:

It would be a total disaster if they were in a different scale. OMG dont say such things.

Make with the ‘positive waves’ eh?  :lol:

Did you mention something about the new pieces having less flash?  It seems that would also reduce cost probably requiring less handling after being cast.

Of course smaller pieces and reduced flash would seem to add up to more savings as well.  :-P

But of course since AH isn’t sharing any infor and Funagain games has been unable to land a scoop we wait.

[eaglex72]

Consider me anxious.

Maybe i am in the minority, but i am really looking forward to this version, despite AA50 being probably better overall.

I feel i will have a better shot at getting friends to play this version more so then AA50. Because of the smaller scale.

Add the AA50 rules, cruisers, new sculpts, new artwork, i am very anxious for this version.

[LuckyDay]

@frimmel:

You’ve got me wondering if they’ll be smaller pieces.

oh dear…and i was ready to pre-order several copies…

“It’s gonna be a beautiful bridge!”

[Joe Cold]

@Panzer:

Hey if AH ever is looking for volunteer play testers, we have a highly experience A&A group ready to take on any new game designs. I think it would be a blast being part of the development of our favorite game. 8-)

HERE HERE!
Truly, my friends and I would be willing and able for free to be involved. Only one needs to ask.

[Panzer Leader]

@Joe:

@Panzer:

Hey if AH ever is looking for volunteer play testers, we have a highly experience A&A group ready to take on any new game designs. I think it would be a blast being part of the development of our favorite game. 8-)

HERE HERE!
Truly, my friends and I would be willing and able for free to be involved. Only one needs to ask.

I think AH needs to look no further then right here at AxisandAllies.org as there seems to be alot of A&A fans that know ALL the previous games quite thouroughly and would be willing for free to play test any new versions or revisions. 8-) Just played a Pacific version yesterday for the first time in a while as we have been playing AA50, but still really enjoyed it and as Japan I managed to kick butt out of China and India. :-D :-D

[Flashman]

It should be noted that the official site says the game will contain refreshed sculpts.

My interpretation of this is that they will be slightly more detailed versions of the old ones, possibly the same moulds with a little more definition etched into them.

[Imperious Leader]

These will be the same types of units, except a new master mold will be redesigned to include much more detail than before. So for example the Soviet tank will still be a t-34, but it will look MUCH better like a plastic version of GHQ. I don’t think any of the pieces will be a new type except perhaps the artillery for the allies and whatever piece is redundant.