(Recidivist @ May 02 2007,11:46)
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Yes, I suppose its a fair point about there never being a perfect wargame, and thats why there's new editions being brought out.
I guess I just preferred it when the older versions of games were still current, and rather than bring out a whole new rulebook, updates and supplements appeared in WD. That way you could build up a folder of all the latest stuff without having to rush out and buy the latest version.
Star Fleet Battles used to do this where after you got the Commanders(?) edition of the rule book you had to buy copies of Nexus magazine and Captains Log to keep up with all of the errata. It made so many players mad to have to buy stuff to keep up with the rules that after a bit they stopped calling it errata and started calling it addenda. Eventually they stopped, but the joke then became that the end of the world would come about before they would print a comprehensively redone and corrected rulebook.
Hence the reason why when Amarillo Design Bureau did produce a comprehensive rulebook it was called the "Doomsday Edition."
Living Rulebook is a much better solution, but updates should be kept to about once a quarter or twice a year unless there are some really bad errors found.
I guess this is a bit of an exercise in subjectivity really, we all have our preferences!
