They wouldn’t even need to send out full kits, just post the rules and an outline of the map. For God’s sake there were even spelling errors on the box! You don’t need to play the full game to notice that.
I was able to point out numerous errors in the Richard III rulebook without ever having been sent a test copy of the game, merely by carefully reading through the rules and referring to the printouts I’d seen of the map and pieces.
I don’t buy the plea that a few misprints and oversights are acceptable in A&A games, why shouldn’t they be as polished as any other professional product?
The fact that the Dutch East Indies roundel should be an inverted black-edged orange triangle matters to chaps like me. To others, only vague historicity is needed, such as a compass and square to represent the USA.
But too few pieces and confused rules are more serious; would Monopoly ever be published with the need for an on-line errata sheet to play the game?
But complaints are hardly going to change things as long as people pre-order 50 copies without even seeing the finished product….
Just by way of contrast, here’s an invitation to contribute to the Iron Sky video game:
http://www.wreckamovie.com/ironskyoperationhighjump
