North Africa's desert battles of World War II come alive in this strategy simulation. Players command forces in a brutal push-and-pull across harsh terrain from Egypt to Morocco, pitting Italian paratroopers and Rommel's Afrika Korps against the British Eighth Army, Free French, and Americans. Scenarios span 1940 East Africa clashes to El Alamein and Operation Torch in 1942.
Fluid, impulse-based turns drive squad-level tactics and individual heroics, with heavy armor and desert-specific rules adding grit. This indie title on PC packs the series' most components yet, fueling intense simulation gameplay. Fans of detailed tactical combat thrive on these 10 authentic scenarios.
Heroes of North Africa Battle Pack 1
Heroes of North Africa Battle Pack 1 takes you to the harsh and unforgiving desert terrain in North Africa. As World War II unfolded, Mussolini and Italy’s colonial expansion in Libya and East Africa were at stake, as well as the Axis’s desire to control the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. In the beginning, only Britain and her Commonwealth Allies could stop them. From 1940 to 1943 a relentless, bloody push and pull of forces across the desert, from Egypt to Morocco, ensued.
Heroes of North Africa Battle Pack 1 contains 10 scenarios that feature everything that makes the award-winning Lock ’n Load Tactical Series stand out—fluid, impulse-based turns; squad-level and individual heroics—plus lots of armor and unique rules to bring desert combat to life. Italians, including paratroopers from the rugged Folgore Division, and Rommel’s vaunted Afrika Korps take on the resolute British Eighth Army, Free French and the Americans also get into the action. The battles start in 1940, with a few in East Africa, and Sidi Barrani, Egypt, and continue up to El Alamein and the Americans’ first taste of combat during Operation Torch, in November of 1942. Heroes of North Africa has the most components of any game in the series to date, so find a pair of goggles; the dust and sand of the desert are going to fly!
