Shrapnel Games Sale!

[Grim.Reaper]

I have no idea how this was overlooked, but Shrapnel Games typical MAJOR sale is going on for the holidays!  Of course I say this in jest, since they typically offer $5 off on games, which to at least me is not even worth considering since $5 would never hold me back throughout the year:)


The 2016 Shrapnel Games Holiday Sale!
Holiday Savings On All In-Stock Titles thru December 15th!

Wilmington, NC, 02 December 2016

Shrapnel Games is kicking off the silly season with a special Holiday Sale Event that starts today and runs through December 15th! Whether you want ships, tanks, space bunnies, or radar screens Shrapnel Games has something for almost everyone. Enjoy the very best in independent strategy gaming. Check out our complete list of games and sale prices to decide what titles need to be under your Christmas Tree this year.

Air Assault Task Force ($33.95): Firmly places you in the boots and saddles of the air cavalry, commanding forces across decades of helicopter operations. Modern day real-time simulation spanning four decades of modern warfare, highlighting three pivotal battles.

Air Command 3.0 ($24.95): Proving that not every strategy game has to be one of conquest, Air Command 3.0 is a cunning game of air traffic. Featuring real world airports and all the problems faced by actual air traffic controllers, this is a game playable in quick bites and featuring metric tons of replayability.

Approaching Infinty ($32.95): Take your Asteroid Miner into the far reaches of outer space and look for the ancient artifacts of an alien race you don't understand. Or, hell, just mine some asteroids for fun and profit. The desisions are all yours in this intergalactic space adventure game.

ATF: Armored Task Force ($19.95): A ProSIM simulation focusing on land combat around the world. A great survey sim and as with all ProSIM titles features real world maps, realistic results, and full control of how one plays. Pure magic in wargaming!

Battle Group Commander ($9.95): A lot of simulation for a little bit of money. Whether you're new to conflict simulation gaming or looking to expand your Air Assault Task Force experience, Battle Group Commander, Episode One is a perfect addition to your electronic arsenal.

BCT Commander ($14.95): The predecessor to ATF: Armored Task Force and Air Assault Task Force, combined arms warfare at a brigade/regimental level. If you like tanks, then BCT Commander is your game.

Bronze ($22.95): A fast paced game of land conquest set during the birth of civilization. Fiendishly clever scenarios, along with survival and custom modes will keep you playing long after the ziggurats crumble to dust.

The Falklands War: 1982 ($33.95): ProSIM does historical. Not many games have tackled the Falklands War. Focusing on the ground actions, this is a perfect example of the flexibility of the ProSIM engine. Instead of commanding platoons of tanks players command platoons of infantry, with fidelity right down to individual bayonet charges.

Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War ($33.95): The next potential war in Korea featuring an exciting mixture of scenarios providing players with numerous challenges. As with other ProSIM products, Raging Tiger is compatible with other ProSIM titles.

Salvo! ($32.95): High adventure on the seas! Turn based tactical naval combat during the Age of Sail. Run out the guns! Prepare for boarding actions! Don't give up the ship! And most importantly, hope that no one forgot to bring a case of limes on board.

Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa ($14.95): You are Rapius, mighty farm laborer. The blood of the Gods do not flow in your veins. You were not prophesized about a thousand years prior by three blind crones. Yet it is you, Rapius, that will seek out and destroy the source of evil. A mixture of dungeon creation kit and dungeon crawling.

The Star and the Crescent ($33.95): For anyone interested in exploring the Arab-Israeli conflict, The Star and the Crescent is a superb simulation by ProSIM on past and possible future battles. Featuring plenty of armor clashes and air to ground action, this is a very detailed look at contemporary warfare.

War Plan Pacific ($32.95): Pacific is derived from Tepre Pacificum, meaning "peaceful sea". From 1941 until 1945 there was a Pacific War. Peaceful sea war? How ironic in an Alanis Morrisette kind of way. Refight the good fight in a single session in this game of grand strategy.

winSPWW2 and winSPMBT Enhanced Editions ($33.95 each): Classic wargaming is not dead! Enjoy turn and hex based tactical combined arms wargaming with these titles. Between these two games you'll be able to play any scenario you can think of from the early 1930s until the 2020s. Turn based wargaming at its finest.

World Supremacy ($22.95): Who says it's wrong to hate your neighbors? Blow them up with nukes and take their stuff in this game of global conquest. Tasty pretzels and cold beer not included.

Remember, the sale runs thru December 15th! If ordering physical products as gifts please keep in mind the holiday shipping rush and order early.

Be sure to stop by www.shrapnelgames.com for complete information on any of the above games, or to download demos. To purchase any of our titles visit our e-store, the Gamers Front, at http://www.gamersfront.com/store/index.php to take advantage of this special sale.

[DennisS]

Shrapnel Games needs to go away. $35 dollar games that have a 35 MB footprint, and are worth, AT MOST, $2. Hell..they run on platforms that have long since been abandoned.

[bbmike]

Don't we jest about this every year?

[Grim.Reaper]

Shrapnel Games needs to go away. $35 dollar games that have a 35 MB footprint, and are worth, AT MOST, $2. Hell..they run on platforms that have long since been abandoned.

I don't know I would go that far...although I don't think I will pay their current prices since I won't get much play out of them, games like War Plan Pacific, winSPWW2, and winSPMBT seem to still get reasonably good press and contain a lot of content (at least the last two).  They could entice me with a reasonable sale, but $5 off is not my personal price point....but I would pay more than $2 :)

[weateallthepies]

Some really interesting looking stuff. Approaching Infinity looks like the sort of thing I could lose myself in but I'm just laughing at that price. Plus limited activation DRM by the looks of it and bloody paying for "extended downloads" of stuff I've bought. It's like going back in time.

They could do really quite well if they priced this stuff reasonably and left the 90s.

[Tuna]

Don't we jest about this every year?

Yes this a fondly thought of tradition.

[panzerde]

The ProSim games are interesting (I own most of them), but not at that price these days. Shrapnel just seems to be riding a dying horse into oblivion at this point.

[-budd-]

It must drive some sales, else why would they keep doing it. There's a few I have an I interest in but the sale never pushes me to buy them. Have they put out anything new? Can't remember but seems like the same stuff. I always go look once the traditional mocking thread starts.

[Nefaro]

I picked up War Plan Pacific a few years ago, on a sale. 

They must've been blowing the doors off because it was some crazy Shrapnel sale... something like 20% off!   :o  Was in shock.  Had to be listed wrong.

Anyway, I started it up twice.  Said, "meh" both times after about 10 minutes.  Probably a bit too "lite" for my tastes.  Plus the flat-colored graphical symbols for the aircraft just rubbed me the wrong way.  A little extra artwork effort on this $35-$40 game, in such circumstances, would be appreciated.  Felt I'd rather just go wrestle with WitP:AE's godawful UI instead.

Dunno if I'd purchase any of their other titles, even if they somehow managed to offer them at 40% off.

[WYBaugh]

I'd like to grab Bronze but $30 is just too much.

[demjansk1942]

I agree, old games that look good but not for $30

[sandman2575]

Yup -- I'd buy War Plan Pacific right now if it were in the $15-19 range. On 'sale' at $33?  Pass.

[Micha]

Its really strange to sell this old games for such a price. But shrapnellgames is not the only one who do this. For exemple, old john tiller games costs 40 dollars and more.

[panzerde]

Its really strange to sell this old games for such a price. But shrapnellgames is not the only one who do this. For exemple, old john tiller games costs 40 dollars and more.

Except the JTS games are regularly updated, supported, and have new games in the various series coming out regularly. Tiller is a developer, where Shrapnel is just a publisher. Comparing the two makes no sense at all. You might not want to pay what JTS is charging, but JTS games are far from the abandonware that pretty much everything Shrapnel publishes is.

[GJK]

I enjoy WPP for what it is - basically the old AH "Victory in the Pacific" on the computer (but adds emphasis on having the Japanese obtaining oil as a requirement to sustain the war).  I think the graphics are just fine personally however this should not be a $35 game at this point; it's around 10 years old now I believe.  This game would make a great Ipad port in the $9.99 range...I bet they'd sell 5 times the copies that they did of the PC game.