Time sure does fly. It’s already been five years since the official release of Tannenberg! The Maneuver game mode was a big departure from the gameplay we knew from Verdun, and the Early Access period really helped us nail that down. With several content updates during EA and after the full release – including new maps like Dobrudja and new squads like the Latvian Riflemen – plus all the feedback from you, Tannenberg has been the complete Eastern Front experience for the past 5 years.
To celebrate the occasion, we invited some very special guests. Just a word of warning though: they always get a bit grumpy when they’re hungry, and we’re all out of cake.
The wolves are back on the prowl
As if one enemy isn’t enough, another one bares its teeth. A temporary ceasefire is set in place between you and your usual enemy, so you can both focus on dealing with the new threat: a hostile pack of very hungry wolves.
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If you manage to fend off the wolves while respecting the ceasefire, everyone will receive a special Wolf Truce medal. Break the ceasefire however, and you’ll be fighting in a one versus one versus (ca)nine battle of life and death. You won’t even receive a medal to show for it!
The Wolf Truce event will be available from February 13th (right now) until February 19th.
A desperate winter
The winter of 1917 was an especially cruel one. Harsh conditions and extensive battles between the Germans and Russian resulted in issues with supply lines and serious food shortages. Hunger was rampant and many perished from malnourishment.
The corpses of the fallen provided a prime opportunity for the locals, however. The wolves too were hungry this winter and were attracted to the bloodshed of the war. Exact numbers are unknown, but the wolf attacks may have been so fearsome at one point that the German and Russian troops called for a temporary ceasefire to join arms in fighting off this new threat.
To what degree these stories are true remains a debate to this day however, as the only sources are a handful of US newspapers.
Good luck out there!
Remember – don’t try to pet the dogs…
