Before I say anything let me clarify this topic’s title, when I say “A&A Production” I don’t mean the production of units in game, I mean production of the game itself. As such I have no idea where my thread here should go, so I have posted it in the A&A E1940 because it was the threads in this section that brought up this question in me.
I’ve been reading the forums for a while but have never actually gotten involved, I used the forums mostly to just keep up with any upcoming A&A games. Lately however, mostly in connection with the new 1940 editions coming out, I’ve kind of been getting the impression that even though new editions of A&A get all kinds of publicity and are heralded as the best thing since the first A&A itself, the makers of A&A already have another game being put together which will be better than the one(s) that just came out.
For example, there was a huge hype over the 50th anniversary edition, but about a year later they’ve released part of a new game and announce the release of the other half to be 8 months later (the 1940 editions) which is better than the anniversary edition in every consievable way (at least from my perspective, feel free to disagree with me but pls don’t make an arguement out of it, that is not what I want to be doing in this thread). So really it was a waste to buy the anniversary edition except for collectors value, this concerns me as I have no interest in collecting but only in playing the games.
So far the above example is really a one time occurence but some of the things that I’ve been reading in the forums has concerned me that the same thing is going to happen with the 1940 editions. I’ve been reading about how the designers plan to incorperate Italy better in the future or fix some rules in the future etc. etc. and so even though it has only happened once I am afraid that it might happen again and so I suppose I wanted to say something before “things got out of hand” so to speak. :|
Therefore I wanted to post a thread asking about this development, and I guess the question is…Is that what is happening? Are the designers releasing games when they’ve got something better just around the corner? :?
Let me be clear, I am not accusing anyone of anything, I just can’t really find any other way to ask what I want to ask. Perhaps I am just misunderstanding what I am reading and by the “future” they mean further away than I thought. So pls post your thoughts, your opinions, and anyone who actually knows what’s going on-I’d appreciate any information that you have.
Addendum: I am terrible at articulating myself, and so I realise that my post here may be a little incoherent, if this is the case and you have questions about any part of my post or need clarification pls post that you do and I will attempt to explain.