Games on Iran-Iraq War

[monniker]

Hello and good day,

I recently read Pierre Razoux's translated book on the titular war, and I got to wondering if anyone's ever found a wargame on the subject. Given how very little territory changed hands I'm not sure it'd be a popular conflict for a game, but I certainly found it interesting to read about.

If anyone knows about any games on (or with some scenarios on) the subject matter, I would certainly appreciate hearing about them.

Happy holidays, regardless!

[Grim.Reaper]

Middle East game has a number of scenarios

http://schwerpunkt.wargamer.com/MdEscen.html

[76mm]

I just finished reading the book; while the book was very interesting, I agree that any wargames on the topic might not be.

CMANO has a few scenarios based on some of the air raids described in the book.

[monniker]

Thanks for the reply! Never heard of Schwerpunkt games, but I'll look into it!

[redcoat]

WinSPMBT covers ground combat at a tactical level. The free version of the game can be downloaded from here. There are some ready-made scenarios for the Iran-Iraq war – and you can easily create random battles using Iraqi and Iranian OOBs for the 1980-88 period.

[demyansk]

I have this game on my list from Steam, Steel Armor, Blaze of War.

It's a tank SIM, deal with the t62
http://store.steampowered.com/app/286280/

It has a dlc called Basra 86

The game is hard though

[Rosseau]

I'd be very cautious about Schwerpunkt. This comes from one of their best customers [;)]

Matrix new Campaign Series Middle East might do with a little modding. Great game on a tactical scale.

[monniker]

Thank you all for the replies! I must confess my google searches had not yielded any results on the subject. I appreciate having places to look.

[Magpius]

I own the Schwerpunkt Middle East Wargame, and it's covers all the critical conflicts.
The game system IS an acquired taste, and takes a little getting used to.
good hunting.

[rhondabrwn]

Victory Games... "Gulf Strike" with "Desert Storm/Desert Shield" expansion. Covers the Iraq/Iran War plus lots of possible scenarios.

Not a computer game, of course, but very detailed and quite complex.

It's almost mint... I'd be willing to part with it if someone wants to buy it.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2076/gulf-strike

[Grim.Reaper]

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Victory Games... "Gulf Strike" with "Desert Storm/Desert Shield" expansion. Covers the Iraq/Iran War plus lots of possible scenarios.

Not a computer game, of course, but very detailed and quite complex.

It's almost mint... I'd be willing to part with it if someone wants to buy it.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2076/gulf-strike

Actually was made into a computer game for the Commodore 64 platform, I owned it and was one of the first wargames I bought for a computer. However, I ended up being very disappointed in the computer version, just didn't seem to work well. It was actually the board game that got me interested in it, I didn't play the actual board game, but in one of my other board games it had a very detailed insert about Gulf Strike which really intrigued me at the time.

Probably could still find it on some C64 emulator software...but not worth the time:)

[demyansk]

Oh Man, thanks for bringing that Gulf Strike game up. I loved that game for my Commodore, I wish I had saved them. By the way, was that Gulf Strike Solitaire? I can't remember?

[Grim.Reaper]

ORIGINAL: demjansk

Oh Man, thanks for bringing that Gulf Strike game up. I loved that game for my Commodore, I wish I had saved them. By the way, was that Gulf Strike Solitaire? I can't remember?

Pretty certain it had a single player mode, I don't recall ever playing it with other people. For me it was one of those games that sounded great and the material was awesome, but the gameplay was pretty tedious if I recall correctly.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: monniker

Hello and good day,

I recently read Pierre Razoux's translated book on the titular war, and I got to wondering if anyone's ever found a wargame on the subject. Given how very little territory changed hands I'm not sure it'd be a popular conflict for a game, but I certainly found it interesting to read about.

If anyone knows about any games on (or with some scenarios on) the subject matter, I would certainly appreciate hearing about them.

Happy holidays, regardless!

Not sure but you might want to check into Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985. Maybe someone has or could create a mod for the Iran/Iraq war. Just a thought.

[Grim.Reaper]

Campaign Series Middle East is a good game and the developers support it well....but don't believe any Iran/Iraq war scenarios exist in the base game and don't recall any customized scenarios released yet.

[Rosseau]

The Operational Art of War III has an Iran/Iraq '84 scenario under "classics" Folder.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: rosseau

The Operational Art of War III has an Iran/Iraq '84 scenario under "classics" Folder.

Sounds like we have a winner. [:)]