WEll look at it this way you can play entrichment anytime you buy it, and when you buy it you also get to test it, which means even if you dont have the final you still able to play it, regardless and the final date well maybe it will be but it depends on what others want out of the game, by about that stage in the game, so just keep watching the forums and im sure youll get an understanding closer to the final date as to what is happing.

Will the final version of Entrenchment be separate and playable from the original SoaSE? I would like to be able to play either the original game or the expansions separate rather than like it is now where if you uninstall Entrenchment you kill the original and have to reinstall from scratch. Just wondering if the expansions and the game will be more compartmentalized like say Galactic Civilizations II.

Good to know. Thanks for the reply. Sins is a great game.

Go back to Impulse under MyGames and there is an Uninstall option for Entrenchment.  After uninstalling you will need to reinstall Sins.  Just don't install Entrenchment again. 

Update on final release Feb. 25th  https://www.stardock.com/about/newsitem.asp?id=1186