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RE: El Alamein and the Pursuit
Of course I would buy it as the 2nd battle of El Alamein was the turning point of the desert war. As far as play being static I believe the appropriate SSRs would bring enough into it to make it more than a bunch of repetitive trench assaults; I imagine a lot of potential ammunition and fuel supply shortages for Germany and Britain using many hidden or decoy units. I don't think any new maps would be needed between the 5 from both 'Afrika Korps' and 'Desert Rats'; parts of both battles of El Alamein were covered loosely with 'The King's Officers' using maps 4 and 5. A book with a small countersheet containing the needed armor units such as the lend-lease Shermans and even a handful of Tiger I tanks in desert scheme. What would irk me is if the ownership of 'Beyond Normandy' or 'Liberation 44' were needed for the armored units. I've about had it with PG books requiring the ownership of more than two different boxed sets and/or additional books to complete all the given scenarios. But then there's the new ultra-thick counter issue and the question of if AP intends only producing those in the future. From what I've heard they aren't very compatible with the standard ones. It wouldn't surprise me for the sake of sales that AP would wait until after the release of 'An Army at Dawn' and release a scenario book requiring the ownership of three boxed desert war games to complete it.
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