Europe's Liberation On Your Dining Room Table! WWII Tabletop Grand Strategic Warfare To Be Published By Shrapnel Games!
Mud splattered tanks fight the enemy viciously on the Eastern Front for every foot of ground advanced. Fighters dance in a deadly ballet in the clear blue skies, tracer rounds crisscrossing the heavens. In the Atlantic death lies beneath the cobalt waves, as another merchantman sinks beneath the sea, wrapped in a shroud of oil and flame. Across Europe armies await their final commands. Some will march for conquest, others for liberation, and some simply for survival. This is war. Chaos. Armageddon. Welcome to the ETO, or European Theater of Operations, and it's all happening in the comfort of your dining room…
Shrapnel Games is extremely pleased to announce the latest addition to our lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed war and strategy games, NEPPAGames: ETO (European Theater of Operations).
NEPPAGames: ETO is a multiplayer boardgame of grand strategic Second World War warfare developed by NEPPAGames, soon to be published by Shrapnel Games. A hybrid of classic area-based gameplay like Axis and Allies, combined with all the intricacies of deeper games such as The Rise and Decline of the Third Reich, NEPPAGames: ETO is an easy to learn historical wargame chock full of the open gameplay options armchair generals love. Command the full military and economic might of the Axis or Allied nations during this pivotal era. Will history change with you in command?
"While there are many strategic World War Two games on the market," Tim Brooks, founder and president of Shrapnel Games commented, "NEPPAGames: ETO stands out for being truly a player's game. While other systems bog down in rules minutiae, or go in the opposite direction and end up being more about luck than strategy, NEPPAGames: ETO hits the sweet spot between the two extremes. Anyone looking for a challenging and fun boardgame about the Western and Eastern Fronts will love this game. We're thrilled to have NEPPAGames join Shrapnel, and hopefully gamers around the globe will be too."
Chet Makuch, co-founder of NEPPAGames had this to say: "We are very excited about our relationship with Shrapnel Games. This partnership will allow NEPPAGames to focus on our game design efforts, and we look forward to bringing additional high quality game designs to market. Shrapnel Games is clearly recognized worldwide as a leading publisher and distributor of award-winning computer war and strategy titles. We look forward to working with Tim Brooks and the rest of the Shrapnel team."
For anyone already familiar with NEPPAGames: ETO (it was originally self-published by NEPPAGames) this is a newly revised and updated second edition version. Some of the changes found in this version include a completely reworked manual with tons of excellent play examples, simplified strategic warfare rules, additional counters, and an updated map.
More information on NEPPAGames: ETO will be available on the Shrapnel Games website soon. Be sure to stop by www.shrapnelgames.com frequently for all the latest happenings of everyone's favorite indie strategy publisher.
About NEPPAGames: NEPPAGames was founded three years ago by Chet Makuch and Pat Merkel, two Pennsylvania natives now maintaining offices in their home state and New Jersey. Chet is a graduate of the Naval Academy and Pat holds a MBA from Wilkes University. NEPPAGames: ETO was the direct result of their love of WWII strategy games, yet their frustration at the current state of the genre.
About Shrapnel Games: Shrapnel Games was formed in 1999 by Tim Brooks, a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in Business Administration. Tim, who always had a passion for war and strategy gaming, had grown frustrated with the mainstream world of computer game publishing. Wargames were slowly becoming extinct thanks to the infatuation of publishers with glitzy but shallow titles. Rather than see his passion turned to memories Tim pulled himself up by his bootstraps and did something about it. Shrapnel Games is now recognized worldwide as one of the finest publishers of award-winning computer war and strategy titles on the market.
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