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Revision, re-package, reissue
So far, in the years since PG has been out, we have seen the revision of PG into PG Deluxe East Front, 4 iterations of Edelweiss (I think), 3 versions of Airborne, and 3 versions of Arctic Front. We are about to see a kind of redesign of Beyond Normandy covering some of the same battles plus (if I'm correct) operations before and after.
Just wonder what your opinion is on the issueing of new titles replacing old ones. So far Dr. B. has managed to keep everything in stock except a few books and books with counters that would require re-composition for the new outside printer. An 8 mapper now has risen in price to $119 and maybe will be more with the new laser cut first print second means of production that we will shortly see in the new games I suspect we are at the breaking point in price for boxed game packages, and it may be necessary down the road to issue truncated versions of earlier games, or else abandon old games altogether (something that has occured over at Critical Hit with Tobruk, the core game of the ATS system which is now permanently out of print and being replaced by a series of new titles).
What are your cogitations on this issue, and could you accept Avalanche downsizing he product in order to keep coming out with new releases. An example would be dividing Deluxe Eastern Front into 2 boxed sets, one covering June 41 to May 42, a second covering June 42 to May 43. There'd be old scenarios, new scenarios, borrowed scenarios from other books, but fewer counters and 3 mapboards apiece, or even 3 in the first volume and 2 in the second. This is not something being considered by Avalanche by the way, just my speculation.
Are you interested or not in repackaging the product?
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