No excuse to not buy a classic.

[caravel]

Creative Assembly ripped off the American market by refusing to sell the MI expansion (which cost $15) in the USA.

I didn't know that. So MI was not sold at all in the US?

[Gregoshi]

I didn't know that. So MI was not sold at all in the US?

Yes it was. I bought a copy at Electronics Boutique (Gamestop nowadays), I think, right when it came out. However, it must not have been available for very long before they went to the WE because I can't recall ever seeing MI on the shelves very much at the time.

[Monk]

Yes it was. I bought a copy at Electronics Boutique (Gamestop nowadays), I think, right when it came out. However, it must not have been available for very long before they went to the WE because I can't recall ever seeing MI on the shelves very much at the time.

I remember MI was pulled from retail shelves very quickly, it became impossible to find a short time after it was released.

[Martok]

I didn't know that. So MI was not sold at all in the US?

At the very least, it almost certainly wasn't sold in South Dakota or Minnesota. I visited nearly 20 different game stores in the 2 weeks following MI's release looking for it -- in both Sioux Falls, SD, and all over southern Minnesota (including Mankato, Willmar, Rochester, and Minneapolis-St. Paul) -- and didn't find a single copy. I ended up having to wait until WE was released.

[Puzz3D]

I never saw the MI add-on in the Boston area. I remember paying $40 for WE/MI at Electronics Boutique, and thinking at the time "I'm paying $40 for an add-on when I only paided $30 for the original game.".

SHOGUN TOTAL WAR GOLD EDITION is not the original SHOGUN.