Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East Arrives This April from Nuts! Publishing

An interesting looking card driven, modern era wargame is arriving soon from Nuts! Publishing and designer Pierre Razoux. Players will be able to dive into ten scenarios in Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East, beginning with a 2012 Syrian civil war tutorial. The game is for two to six players, ages 14+, plays in 90 to 240 minutes depending on the scenario, and will carry an MSRP of $68.00 when it arrives in April.

About the game:

Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East is a two to six player grand strategic level card-driven wargame depicting the military confrontations in the Middle East since 2012, up to the near future. Among 10 historical and hypothetical scenarios, players can simulate the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdish Rebellion, the Sunni versus Shia confrontation as well as Russian, Turkish, Israeli and Western intervention in the region. ISIS troops are activated through Event cards.

This wargame allows you to have a clearer view of the local protagonists’ goals and a real understanding of what is going on in this chaotic area. This is why it is used by experts and analysts of the French Ministry of Defence to test prospective scenarios, as the iconic “Gulf Strike” used to be by US experts to plan the Gulf War.

Each turn represents two months of real time and is divided into several phases allowing players to play events, to take reinforcements, to check supply, to spend operational points, to move units (mostly brigades and divisions) and to launch offensives. Each player gets 4 cards in hand allowing him or her to use them carefully either for creating events, spending operational points or supporting battles.

The 10 scenarios are:

· “The civil war in Syria: 2012-2013” (tutorial for 2 players / 6 turns)
· “The fight against ISIS: 2014-2015” (2-4 players / 6 turns)
· “Russian intervention in Syria and the PKK rebellion in Turkey: 2015-2016” (2-4 players / 6 turns)
· “ISIS’ collapse: 2017-2018” (2-3 players / 9 turns)
· “Iraq invades Kuwait again” (2 players / 6 turns)
· “Turkish military intervention in Iraq and Syria” (2-3 players / 9 turns);
· “The struggle for Kurdish independence” (2-4 players / 9 turns);
· “Limited war between Iran and Saudi Arabia” (2 players / 9 turns)
· “Israel attacks Hezbollah: Regional war in Syria” (2-5 players / 6 turns);
· “Fitna: the global war in the Middle East” (2-6 players / 12 turns)

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