Sniper Elite's Stealth-Filled Board Game Pre-Orders Start This Month

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The long-running Sniper Elite series is getting a stealth-filled, tactical board game later this year, with pre-orders now available for the game and its expansions. Video games and board games have often crossed over in the last few years, thanks to crowd-funded efforts like The Witcher: The Old World and Deep Rock Galactic — The Board Game as well as options based on hit franchises like Far Cry and Rainbow Six. The popularity of tabletop adventures like Dungeons & Dragons has left many fans excited about board game formats for favorite games, and the new Sniper Elite tabletop could be a great change from digital gameplay.

Sniper Elite is a surprising and unlikely choice for a board game adaptation, as the video games are a series of third-person tactical shooters largely set during World War II. In contrast to more adrenaline-fueled military action titles like Call Of Duty, Sniper Elite puts its emphasis on stealth, with players keeping their distance from enemies as they line up the perfect kill shot from afar. Over the past few years, earlier installments like 2012’s Sniper Elite V2 and 2014’s Sniper Elite III have been remastered to modern systems like the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, as have the Zombie Army Trilogy spin-offs that task players with gunning down hordes of the undead.

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According to Rebellion’s official website, Sniper Elite: The Board Game will launch on July 1, 2022, with pre-orders for the game and its expansions available as of May 18. Designed for 1 to 4 players ages 14 and up, Sniper Elite: The Board Game puts those participating in the role of either elite Allied forces sniper Karl Fairburne or the defending Axis soldiers tasked with