The Campaign for North Africa
8–10 players • Simulations Publications, Inc. • 1979
- Publisher
- Simulations Publications, Inc.
- First published
- 1979
- Players
- 8–10 players
- Genre
- Wargame
How it plays
The Campaign for North Africa plays 8–10 players.
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Where it came from
The Campaign for North Africa was developed by Richard Berg and published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1979 during the height of the hobby's enthusiasm for extreme simulation. It was conceived as a magnum opus of wargaming, designed to model the North African theater of World War II with an unprecedented level of granular detail, including logistics like water consumption and vehicle breakdown rates for individual units.
The game is widely recognized for its extraordinary complexity, featuring a map spanning over ten feet and a rulebook that reached hundreds of pages. While it was a technical marvel for the hardcore simulation community, its immense play time and steep learning curve made it a polarizing title, eventually cementing its status as a legendary curiosity in board game design history rather than a standard commercial success.
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The Campaign for North Africa is a game in the Board Games catalog on collecto.rs. 8–10 players • Simulations Publications, Inc. • 1979. It's filed under wargame. Catalog data is sourced from Wikidata. No public games collectors track this one yet — adding yours would make you the first on collecto.rs.
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The Campaign for North Africa is a board game for 8–10 players, filed under wargame. collecto.rs catalogues the game, not its rules — for the full rulebook, use the copy in the box or the publisher's own site.
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The Campaign for North Africa is built for 8–10 players. That count comes from this catalog entry alone — nothing from an expansion or a spin-off is folded into it.
Who publishes The Campaign for North Africa?
The Campaign for North Africa is published by Simulations Publications, Inc.. The catalog gives its publication year as 1979.
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