Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War (1990)

This game was published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #139.

Arabian Nightmare : The Kuwait War (ANKW) was designed and published while the late 1990 events in Kuwait were still unfolding, so in effect it was a near-future game which became an historical game within a few months.

The game has one map and 300 counters. The map covers the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the eastern part of Iraq and its border with Iran. Scale is 1-3 per Military Action Segment and 4-6 days per Political Action Segment (a full turn is 2 MAS and 1 PAS, so 6-12 days total). Units are ranging from battalions to corps, naval squadrons and air wings.

The game may be played using only the Military rules, the Political rules or both sets. There is an Introductory Game as well. There are 7 scenarios including the full campaign.

An expansion kit for ANKW called Desert Sword was published separately in 1991, adding a new map covering the western part of the Middle East to the shores of the Mediterranean plus 200 counters. The kit includes the historical Coalition offensive vs. Iraq.

This is a medium-high complexity game with many creative mechanisms and special rules. For the experienced wargamer.

The first edition was released in an expanded newsstand version, which included rules for the political game and an introductory game, with a cover price of $16.00 (instead of the usual $13.75).

Subscription issues did not include the political game rules; instead, subscribers were offered these rules and a sheet of errata for an extra $8.00.

A second edition was released as a stand-alone folio in 1991 with a price of $25.00. This version included the introductory and political rules, the Desert Sword expansion and updated articles and orders of battle.

ARABIAN NIGHTMARE: THE KUWAIT WAR ARTICLE LIST

MOVES Magazine

Moves #63 - Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War:

Matthew Caffrey, Jr. (Analysis)

A Replay of Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War:

Matthew Caffrey, Jr. (Replay)

The Gulf War Anthology: Matthew Caffrey, Jr. (Review)

Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War; New Rules and

Variants: Keith R. Schlesinger (Variant)

Moves #75 - Updating the Nightmare: James E. Meldrum (Variant)

STRATEGY & TACTICS Magazine

S&T #139 - Arabian Nightmare: The 1990 Crises in the Persian

Gulf: Austin Bay (Historical)

Gamer's Guide: Tom Lehmann (Strategy)

Designer's Notes: Austin Bay (Design Notes)

S&T #141 - Update: US, Allied, and Iraqi Forces Order of Battle

for Desert Storm (Historical)

FIRE & MOVEMENT Magazine

F&M #72 - Media Notes: Strategy and Tactics #139 (Arabian

Nightmare: The Kuwait War): Joseph Miranda (Review)

F&M #74 - Current Affairs: Predictions and Hindsight in Game

Design: The Arabian Nightmare Experiance:

Keith R. Schlesinger (Review)