Wars and Battles: October War

Very beautiful game in which you can learn quite a lot about the Yom Kippur war of 1973. It gives background information if you want to. I came to realize so many Arab countries supported the Syrians and Egyptians. The graphics are superb and it immerses you into believing you command the Israeli or Arab forces. Unfortunately some of the introduction texts suggest you are simply playing a game but then again, this is a great game to teach about this conflict. Thumbs up for that. Negative is the AI. I've succesfully defeated the Israeli forces as the Arab coalition only because the Israeli computer opponent didn't take any risks. That's ironic because the Israeli's won because of risk-taking, while the Egyptians lost because of their risk-aversion, at least that's one major reason. The game does show that the AA/SAM umbrella was necessary to defend against the superior Israeli air force. The graphics give you the immersion, the feeling that your Arab soldiers are being pounded from the skies and there's nothing to do about it. The Arab AI is somewhat better, it seems. I just witnessed Egyptian reinforcements cutting off my supply lines. Smart move. I can therefore recommend th…

I own Wars and Battles: Normandy and found that game superior to the October war. The map here is much smaller and less interesting with few tactical placements compared to the Normandy map. I played the Israeli campaign one time and had no problem to win a decisive victory over the Arabs. They where pretty passive in the late part of the game and I didn´t feel any tension or worries of the outcome. I bought this on sale for less than 6 euro but I would actually not recommend it even for that. I do however recommend you to check out the Normandy version which gave me much more enjoyment despite that the rules are pretty much the same. But I feel like the A.I in normandy was even better.

Good interesting game. Very fun.

It may not seem like much at first but this series is actually quite good. Worth checking out.

Port is kinda lazy, no manual, no turn indicator, AI is straight bad. In spite of that the game itself is quite decent and the gameplay surprisingly fun. Also, it's nice to see something else than another Normandy in '44 cookiecutter.

addictive and enjoyable...good use of free time.