A year ago, TalonSoft came to the marketplace with the first of the Battleground series, Ardennes. We are still looking to release the game early next year, although we do not have a date for that. Middle East highlights the heroic military engagements of all three conflicts. Phased combat is conducted on a hex-based field with or without the grid.
Turns progress through a series of six phases where the men move first in turns then fire in turns.
Each turn can last an average of 30 minutes, with an entire battle lasting an entire week-end or even a week. Each game disk includes 24 variant battles saved to disk that can be played over and over again. Each battle takes a different view of what both opposing commanders should have done. The individual character based system and rich graphics give the game a most realistic feel. The graphics start at 640x480 pixels in 256 colors.