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?
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.
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?
I mean, what is there to drive the selection of AA50 over The Wargame: WWII by Pegasus Hobbies?
As far as being obsolete or unbalanced-LOL really, we don’t even have a completed game, yet. We have speculation and some rules, partial map. It might be prudent to wait until you have a game or someone has a game. So we can fill in the missing information. Then, play the game maybe twenty times. Then, maybe a statement like this thread, proclaims, would carry weight. I have enough information to find a favorable review, but would be premature to proclaim it. Guilty I am of a soft pedal.
@Admiral:
AA Religion = Larrism
I’m a strict adherent.
Game Dynamics, offered to young college kids;
When I was in college mid eighties, the Classic game never rested. It was in action in some ones Dorm room every night. It would return to my aparttment for our Saturday night game. Any other time, I attempted to get it back for a pick up game, someone else, had a group scheduled to play. It was cheap entertainment and social and often facilitated discussions on History, current political events and personal experiences, ( lots of vets. )
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