@tkroll:
Missed out on AA 50. I was wondering for those of you who have tried both AA50 and Pac 1940 which game was more fun to play. If you could pick up either Anniversary or the two new theatre games which would you pick and why?
Basically I am torn between picking up the new Pac and Europe theaters or just saving up and picking an overpriced version of the Anniversary Edition.
I like most of what I have read about both games. The only thing I don’t like about the new Pac version is the apparent attempt to cut corners. The only thing I don’t like about the Anniversary edition is the current price tag.
I wouldn’t worry too much about missing on the AA50 game, the A40 games have and will supercede that one by a mile once all the kinks get worked out (FAQs and Errata). AA50 is tons better than the AA42 game though- to me the AA50 game is the “real base” game to start out with.
AA42 is for beginners,
AA50 for the intermediate and
AA40 games for the intermediate/advanced or deluxe gamers.
With that being said, I’m still pulling for the confirmation of the promised reprint of AA50- I’m hoping by late 2010.