‘ Guns of August’ new scenario will immerge you in an era where artillery was still the queen of the battlefield, and trenches disfigured the landscape as millions of soldiers and their officers found out that the war would be longer than expected. They would soon trigger an unstoppable chain of events leading to the bloodiest conflict the world had ever known. Tensions were already rising in the Balkans region, the powder keg of Europe. On the 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne and an advocate for increased federalism, visits Sarajevo with his wife Sophie. Yes, WiF now offers a WW1 playable scenario So we’re going back to where it all started. All formed the backbone of modern armies during WW2.