@Canuck12:
Reaper,
I think the fact that you come to this site often enough to join (Welcome.) and pay enough attention to know that new editions are comming out, means you really like to play this game. We all do.
I played the original edition years ago, was introduced to Revised a few years back and was STOKED when the 1942 came out. After playing that one I knew I had to get my hands on AA50. So I got a good deal from a pal, (still very pricey) and picked up one of the out of print copies. I reserved AAP40 and had it the day of release and I’ll do the same with AAE40. (I’m not big on the micro games).
The message I’m trying to convey to you is why wouldn’t you want new editions of the game? I still play AA42 probabaly more than AA50 because they are both fun and challenging in different ways. The concept is what I like and the more ways you can apply it and tweak it the better! No one is forcing you to buy a new edition of the game (Many people beleive it will never get better than AA50) But if you feel like you’re missing out playing the newer more intricate edition of the game it’s probabaly because you love playing the game and are seeking an even greter challenge with it.
If this is the case then buy, play and enjoy the new one without feeling like you’re being ripped off.
If you’re happy with good old AA50 (and that could keep you happy for a long time) then play, enjoy and stop comming on here and torturing yourself with thought of how the new edition is bigger and better.
P.S. Lots of people here actually believe the Pacific 40 edition is inferior to AA50.
Perhaps I should clarify- I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy having new editions come out, but I don’t have a lot of money to spend on games, so I don’t like it when a developer releases a “new edition” (of whatever, it doesn’t have to be A&A) with all sorts of new features and then release another new edition relatively soon thereafter with even more new features that obsoletes the one that just came out. This really wouldn’t be a problem if not for A&A games’ high pricing and honestly it could have just been a one time thing that happened with AA50 and AA1940. What it looked like was that the developers released the anniversary edition knowing that the two 1940 editions would be better without telling anyone that the 1940 editions were coming up, it smacks of greed but like I said I did not want to sound accusitory but I guess there is no other way to describe it. So, I felt like I had to say something, maybe find out more information on the the subject, maybe to just reassure myself I don’t know, again like I said I don’t really know what I hope to accomplish with this thread but I don’t want to just sit back and do nothing and risk that this becomes a pattern with the developers of A&A. So to reitterate, I don’t mind new editions but I guess the best way to describe it would be: I don’t want a new edition coming out once a year when they could have waited a little while and put them all into one and save their customers money.
(Again I am having trouble putting my thoughts into words so this post is a little all over the board as I wrote it in peices. I’ll try to clarify tomorrow if anyone is having trouble understanding me.)