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Lock 'N Load Named Recipient of International Gamers Award

Lock 'N Load Named Recipient of International Gamers Award

Lock 'N Load has been named as the recipient of the 2004 International Gamers Award in the Historical Simulation category. The International Gamers Awards was created to recognize outstanding games and game designers, and to help promote the board game industry throughout the world.

"This is an exciting time for people who enjoy board games," said IGA Chairman Greg J. Schloesser. "Board gaming is becoming more and more popular with families, and the public has more exciting, challenging and high-quality games available to it now than ever before."

To be eligible for the 2004 International Gamers Awards in the Historical Simulations category, a game had to be released during the 2003 calendar year. The winners were announced on June 6, 2004.

Lock 'N Load is from new game designer Mark H. Walker and is released by Shrapnel Games. The first game in the series, Forgotten Heroes: Vietnam, focuses on the pre-1970 conflict, with scenarios taking place in the mid to late '60s. The game is easy to learn, but presents players with the myriad of tough choices and tactical decisions facing the platoon leader in the jungles of Vietnam. The result is a fast-paced, tension-filled game that is never short on excitement.

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