SPI: the Campaign for North Africa, the Desert War 1940-43, Board Game Huge, & hugely detailed, game of managing the war effort in northern Africa, from the Italian invasion of Egypt in Sept 1940 thru the German surrender in Tunisia in May 1943 Empahsis is on the logistics of enabling warfare, with detailed supply & replacement rules Company/btln level, with a highly detailed order of battle More a collector's jewel than a playable game, this is still a sought-out "simulation" of the nuts & bolts of managing a war effort