Desert War 1940-1942 PC Game is a new WEGO turn-base war Game. That covers the campaign from the early war in North Africa through to the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. You will probably need to check the manual quite a few times before mastering the game’s style and flow. This was the theatre that saw the true principles of blitzkrieg, and armoured warfare in general, put into action.

The result is a somewhat complex system that takes a bit of time to learn. But is well worth the time you invest it’s quite interesting. And even though it borrows concepts from both board. And computer games it manages to combine them in a new and quite unique way. Sure, the German tank formations are of course the strongest and the Italians the weakest. What really matters though are not the strength points, but how well you do your planning.