Mother of All Battles recreates the decisive ground war against Iraq to liberate Kuwait in 1991. The single map depicts Kuwait, southern Iraq and northeastern Saudi Arabia.
Units represent divisions, and each game turn represents one day of real time.
For a game covering such a sophisticated modern war, DS is a suprisingly low-complexity game. Air power, so critical in bringing victory against Iraq, is abstracted in that most of the Iraqi units begin the game at half-strength. However, tactical air support is available for combat while a B-52 unit carries out strategic bombings of individual Iraqi units. Players can choose from several scenarios, each giving the Iraqis a better degree of preparedness for the Coalition ground assault. Given the historical outcome of this campaign, DS actually has a challenge to offer the Coalition player - the Iraqi player only needs to inflict a minimum of casualties on the Allies to tip the scales in his favor.