Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985

Campaign Series: Middle East is a new turn-based, tactical platoon-scale wargame that focuses on conflicts in the Middle East from 1948 to 1985.

Dec 03, 2025: v3.10.20 Remastered Edition available now! 

The series portrays battles spanning from 1948 to 1985. Each scenario is played on a unique, historical map with seven view modes. Scenario maps are based on topographic maps of from the period created on a hex grid; hexes are 250 metres across. Units in game are Platoons, with some Squad level units included as well.

Each scenario has a variable number of turns in which you and your opponent attempt to achieve the maximum number of victory points, usually by destroying your opponents forces or by capturing objective locations.

A wide variety of battle situations are represented in the game, from meeting engagements to trench defences, armoured breakthroughs, battles of attrition, mobile defences, and more!

There are four low-complexity Boot Camp scenarios, designed especially with the new player in mind, with step-by-step instructions on how to play. The remaining scenario vary in size from very short and small to long and large. They can be played against the computer, PBEM, head-to-head, hotseat, or real-time network play.

Conflicts covered

• First Arab-Israeli War in 1948
• Suez Crisis of 1956
• Six Day War of 1967
• War of Attrition
• October War of 1973
• Invasion of Lebanon in 1982
• Algerian War of Independence
• Egypt in Yemen
• United Kingdom in Aden
• Libyan – Egyptian Border War 1977
• Hypothetical conflicts in 1980s

Included Campaigns 

Getting Up To Speed

• Bootcamps
• Teaching Sets

Hypothetical Campaigns

• Golan 1985
• Sirte 1985
• Tournament scenarios

Historical Campaigns

• Aden Emergency
• Algerian War
• Egypt in Yemen
• Egypt-Libyan War
• Jordan-PLO Civil War
• Lebanon 1982
• Six Day War
• Suez Crisis
• War of Attrition
• War of Independence
• Yom Kippur

Previously as Linked Campaigns

• LCG – Radfan 1964
• LCG – Assad 1973
• LCG – Suez 1973

Additional Community Content (included as Mods)

• Ode to Divided Ground scenario set by Alan R. Arvold (78 scenarios)
• Ode to Arab-Israeli Wars scenario set by Alan R. Arvold (60 scenarios)
• Ode to October War scenario set by Alan R. Arvold (19 scenarios)

Historical Orders-of-Battle (1948-1985)

• Algeria
• Egypt
• France
• Iran (new)
• Iraq (completely revised)
• Israel
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Syria
• United Kingdom
• Pro-East faction set
• Pro-West faction set