A Friendly Collab on Midway Day : Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal Key Giveaway!

First of all, because it's Midway Day - decades ago, sometime around this very moment (don't cringe, I am not very good with time zones), dozens of SBDs were hurling themselves down at the Kido Butai, altering dramatically the balance of power in the Pacific and inspiring generations of wargamers and history nuts since then. I am ready to bet that every single person reading these lines has seen a movie or a documentary about the battle, and we will all agree that it was iconic enough a date to deserve some special love.

Secondly, because it's the day we chose to give a big shout - and a big hug - to Cyril Jarnot's own carrier wargame, the much awaited Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal. A bit of context, if you please.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1163340/Carrier_Battles_4_Guadalcanal

Cyril is a very hard-working, brave French wargame designer (like us - at least, the part about him being a French wargame designer that is) who is passionate about the Pacific War, and especially them carrier battles, and decided to roll up his sleeves and make his own dream game - another trait we share, as you might have guessed by now (you clever lot).



After releasing his first version of the game on iOS years ago, he undertook the great journey that is bringing him now to the doorstep of your desktop or laptop computer with a new version improved in every single way. Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal is as strong an offering in the genre as it gets, and I am not ashamed to claim that it is perhaps the most advanced carrier wargame in existence in 2020.

Yeah, it's that good.

And if you don't believe me, just go check the videos on Youtube and see for yourself (Waz has a few great videos on-going, be a chomp & pay the good man a visit!).



What does it have to do with us, you might ask? Well, we're not being published by the same guys that's true, but in baguette country that doesn't matter much anyway - the perks of living in one small place, I'd say. More seriously though, it's not like carrier wargames were exactly aplenty and pouring out there these days. These are rare enough a commodity to warrant all of us to find ways to work together rather than face off in a silly and self-destructive manner.



That's the reason why we humbly lent a hand in the making of Carrier Battles - an offer which Cyril kindly welcomed to our greatest pleasure and honour. Rizki, our 3D artist, provided Cyril with our very own 3D models, which are now part of the background images of the in-game air ops screen. It's that simple - and now, it's profit time for you all, lucky bunch.



To mark this important day in carrier history, and knowing we're 24 hours away from the release of Carrier Battles, here's your chance to get a piece of the action by joining this special draw for the community of Task Force Admiral.

[h3]All you need to do to enter this contest is to post under this announcement some cheering, some joke or any other sort of sentence containing the words "carrier battles". [/h3]

Five winners will be drawn from all the participants and will receive a key of Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal which will allow them to redeem the game the moment it will go online tomorrow.

No other rule - although, of course, you are only allowed to enter this once, and any double post will automatically disqualify you, so be nice!

At any rate, you are allowed to enter this contest until tomorrow 8 AM EDT (New York Time). Ladies & Gentlemen, thanks for joining us and good luck!