I found this description on a couple sites that were updated in the past day; I don’t think the original mentioned 4 new sculpts - can anyone confirm that?
Yes:
http://wpn.wizards.com/en/products/axis-allies
Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
Release Date:
9/22/2017
Description:
The most celebrated Axis & Allies edition is back!
Upon its release nearly a decade ago, the Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition became an instant classic! Now this deluxe board game designed by Larry Harris (the original creator of Axis & Allies), returns with rulebook updates and streamlined gameplay.
With over 650 playing pieces, including the largest board ever created for an A&A game, this beloved board game is a must have for the strategy gamer enthusiast.
Age Range: Ages 12+
Players: 2-6 Players
Play Time: 6 hours
Contents:
Updated A&A rulebook, with errata and rules clarifications
6 country-specific storage boxes (USA, UK, Russia, Germany, Japan, and Italy)
2 common storage boxes
Game board (24 x 46 inches), the largest Axis & Allies board
Over 650 plastic miniatures, with 4 new sculpts
Additional components including game dice, tokens, paper bills, and plastic chips
UPC: A630509612710
SKU: C39720000
MSRP*: $100
*Applies to U.S. Only
Cool :-)
It is now available for pre-order on Amazon for $75.48
or you can get the original for the low price of $999
I’m thinking Cool Stuff Inc. will have a better price.
@CWO:
Release Date:
9/22/2017MSRP: $100
The only two things I needed to see, ty.
@CWO:
Additional components including game dice, tokens, paper bills, and plastic chips
It surprises me that we still get paper bills. I just assumed this was gone forever. :-)
@CWO:
Additional components including game dice, tokens, paper bills, and plastic chips
It surprises me that we still get paper bills. I just assumed this was gone forever. :-)
It would be nice if reprint also features The Return Of The Plastic Factories, since the original has plastic ICs. Those items looked gone forever too, as far as the most recent games were concerned.
Well, any true fan of A&A will probably already have his own currency (paper or chips), and a dozen or two factories… though I didn’t specifically see anything that said it did or didn’t have plastic factories… did the original 50th Anniversary have plastic factories?
As stated on page 5 of the rulebook:
Common Units (Light Gray):
24 Industrial Complexes (factories)
24 AA Guns
Would definitely like for AH to keep the status quo with the game. Although it would be understandable if they did make the original a bit better than the re-release
Although it would be understandable if they did make the original a bit better than the re-release
That makes no sense at all, if anything, the opposite should be true… it should either be the same or a little better, because its newer… you don’t “unimprove” a product you expect people to buy… once again, that sounds like a special snowflake statement that “my ‘original’ copy will always be better than yours”. There’s no reason to make a reprint or new edition any less than the original.
I never bought one originally because I was pretty sure this would happen…. SUCKERS! 8-)
I never bought one originally because I was pretty sure this would happen…. SUCKERS! 8-)
It’s not as though you are saving money buying the re-release new versus buying it new in 2009. They were/are the same price.
In 2009 I was raising babies and playing A&A was not on my radar (so I missed the initial release)… 8 years later, my babies aren’t babies anymore and are playing games themselves… time for me to get Anniversary Edition… lolz
Although it would be understandable if they did make the original a bit better than the re-release
That makes no sense at all, if anything, the opposite should be true… it should either be the same or a little better, because its newer… you don’t “unimprove” a product you expect people to buy… once again, that sounds like a special snowflake statement that “my ‘original’ copy will always be better than yours”. There’s no reason to make a reprint or new edition any less than the original.
Well thats not fair at all. I would like to mention the IPC’s, plastic moulded factories, and less detailed (although more country specific) pieces. Although the game play has gotten more complex, they have definitely been some short comings in the box to offset the “upgrades”
I never bought one originally because I was pretty sure this would happen…. SUCKERS!� 8-)
It’s not as though you are saving money buying the re-release new versus buying it new in 2009. They were/are the same price.
yeah, but it’s fun to have a new toy
Yeah, sure, I get it. But dude, they call it limited edition knowing that “limited” is going to spike sales on the upfront and cause after-market demand to skyrocket, so that a few years down the line…“Oh we’ll issue a reprint”… how F’ing convenient!
Come on, AA 42 2nd is basically the same game. G40 is way better, who cares about this garbage… they are bleeding us for every last dollar through marketing gimmicks! Am I going to buy it? Probably, but not out of obsequious reverence like a lot of you nerds… more out of professional dedication. I love the dice. It’s a way of life. But I revolt at getting jerked around by corporate honchos looking to make a buck!
Get it? :-P
Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary Edition is one of the greatest games in the whole entire franchise… that’s why I’m gonna buy one.
But I revolt at getting jerked around by corporate honchos looking to make a buck!
This is your chance to fight the power man. And you are giving in.
Yeah, sure, I get it. But dude, they call it limited edition knowing that “limited” is going to spike sales on the upfront and cause after-market demand to skyrocket, so that a few years down the line…“Oh we’ll issue a reprint”… how F’ing convenient!
I think you missed the entire point of Axis and Allies… it’s not a money-making investment… if you want a money-making investment, you’re better off playing the stock market not buying “limited edition games”… if you bought A&A 50th Anniversary Edition with the sole intent on selling it later to make money, you’re doing it wrong.
If you actually bought it to play and enjoy, then what difference does it make if its worth a penny or $500? If you keep it to play, its worth neither, because you’re not selling it, that’s all in your head. As I tell my friend, who saves all his money and never spends a dime, he’s the poorest person I know, because he has money but lives like a pauper.
Play A&A enjoy the game… if you bought it for an investment to make a buck, there are far better ways to invest money.
P.S.
It most certainly was a limited edition… if you’re upset about that term and think they lied to you… no, they didn’t… limited edition means you can’t just go to the store later and pick one up… I think waiting another 8 years to get your hands on one at the store is pretty freakin’ limited IMHO.
@Young:
Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary Edition is one of the greatest games in the whole entire franchise… that’s why I’m gonna buy one.
I couldn’t agree more Sir! I pre ordered mine today
