Hi Trent,
The previous LnLP owner use to make expansions that required one or sometimes two other games to play. These expansions games could even require different games from different time periods, a Modern expansion could need WW2 game, etc. One of the first things the current LnLP team decided to do was end this practice.
Going forward we decided to make any expansion game require only one game, in the same time period. We also decided that any expansion that could be turned a complete game would be.
So since Hell Frozen Over can work using all the counters already available in Heroes of the Pacific, we decided to make it an expansion. This helps in keeping the prices down of our expansions and expand games you already have purchased at a lower price. I posted this before but I feel this is a good place to post it again. A core game is any Lock 'n Load Tactical game with the word Heroes in the title. A core game is a complete game and requires nothing else to play.
We are going to release additional core games and expansions games in the Pacific for LnLT in the coming months. Our bottom line is we want LnLT to be the best looking and most supported tactical game series available.
David