Field of Glory Goes Digital!

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<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #4f6228">Award winning series of wargames rules become a videogame</span></strong></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Last year saw the arrival of the hugely anticipated Field of Glory© set of wargames rules. Now translated into all major European languages, the rules have appeared on the shelves of bookstores across the world. To date sales have exceeded 200.000 copies and FOG releases comprise 9 additional Companion Books, with 4 more in production to complete this popular series. </span></p>
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<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Fans worldwide have praised the quality and realism of this production which is created by Wargames specialists Slitherine and distributed by military history book specialists Osprey Publishing. Over 50,000 posts on the FOG forums and an ever growing community of fans have built on the success of the original system and now Forum members are contributing towards FOG’s expansion into the Renaissance and Napoleonic eras.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The Field of Glory brand has become so popular within the wargaming community, that the brand is now supporting a range of wargaming products such as specially designed FOG terrain from manufacturers Miniature Worldmaker.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine is therefore proud to announce the Field of Glory videogame, specially created with figure gaming fans in mind. This is the latest production coming from the Kameleon Project talent incubator. The Field of Glory strategy game is made by wargamers specifically for wargaming fans. </span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Developed by UK Developer Hexwar, the games is turn based and set during the Rise of Rome, from Zama in North Africa to the battles of Boudicca’s revolt in Britain.</span></p>
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<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The game's main features are:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt -0.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• Gameplay that allows key decisions to decide the results of historical battles</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• Detailed and accurate depiction of ancient warfare</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• 12 historical battles with hundreds of units to control </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt -0.05pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• Play as Rome, Carthage, Gaul, Germanic Tribes and the Spartacus Slave Revolt and even the Roman civil war</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• Single and 2 player head to head modes</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">• Comprehensive scenario builder included</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Later releases will include additional battle packs and an army designer where players will be able to choose their favourite armies and match their skills against opponents of their choice, on an almost infinite selection of battle fields.</span></p>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%">[<strong>About Slitherine</strong>] - Slitherine is a privately funded and independent UK developer and publisher. Slitherine is dedicated to bringing highly playable and approachable strategy games to the mass market with a specific dedication to history of all ages. Slitherine Software is uniquely placed to deliver due to its experience within the industry and also the wider gaming community.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 8pt">[<strong>About HexWar.com</strong>] -</span><span style="font-size: 8pt">HexWar.com is owned by HexWar Ltd. and was formed in 2002. On 10th April 2004 they launched HexWar.com. Until now this has primarily been a subscription based gaming service aimed at the 'fanatic’ board wargamer. Forty-one computer games have been developed and released by HexWar Ltd.They are Pc and Apple Mac versions of successful board war games. Field of Glory is the first game to be developed by HexWar outside of its subscription service. Based in Fortrose, just North of Inverness, HexWar is comprised of a small team of four and a small army of part time and volunteer helpers. Inspiration for HexWar also comes from the fact that the HexWar office overlooks Fort George and the edge of the Culloden battlefield.</span></div>
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[<strong>About The Kameleon Project</strong>] - The Kameleon Project is the brainchild of Slitherine Software, itself an independently funded developer. It has been created to assist other independent developers to bring their games to market. Slitherine supplies marketing and PR support, external production (music, sound effects, box art etc), game design, technical support, pro-forma documentation, sales and negotiating expertise and in fact anything needed to progress the development of the projects, allowing the development team to concentrate on what they do well, make great games. The first release from the Kameleon Project is ‘Commanders – Europe at War’ from Firepower Entertainment and DoubleThink Studios.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%"> For Press Enquiry, please contact: <strong><span style="color: #002060"><a href="mailto:press@slitherine.co.uk"><span style="color: #002060">press@slitherine.co.uk</span></a></span> </strong></span></div>
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[Keith]

No play by email ????

[IainMcNeil]

Yes you can play by mail - why would you think not

[anguille]

mmmh...i may buy it....

Please, don't let the game ask for admin rights...otherwise i won't be able to play during my business trips...

[Keith]

Yes you can play by mail - why would you think not

Ok cool
I must have missed it in the blurb ?

[IainMcNeil]

We didnt actually go in to detail, we just said multiplayer

[antipasta]

Excellent news - will there be a requirement for beta testers!?

[cothyso]

of course they'll be needed. I'm signing up for this too.