The Campaign for North Africa (generally referred to as CNA by wargamers), was an unprecedentedly detailed military simulation game of the North African Campaign of World War II. It was designed by Richard Berg and published by Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1978.

Depth
Though some fans of war simulation games appreciate detail, The Campaign for North Africa offered more detail than any board wargame before or since, leading to the ambivalent reaction with which the game is regarded. Even gamers who were initially fascinated with the idea of an extremely detailed war game might have been chagrined when they opened the box to discover 1,800 counters, maps large enough to cover several tables, and a three-volume rulebook of considerable weight and density. The rules cover logistics in extreme detail, far more so than the combat simulation. It is recommended that each side be played by a five-person team, including a Commander-In-Chief and four subordinate commanders, making a total of ten players needed for a game, although it can be played with the usual two. According to SPI, a complete game can run over 1,500 hours. However, the logistics of keeping a ten-person group together for fifteen hundred hours of gaming was a feat beyond even most hardcore wargamers, and completed full games of The Campaign for North Africa are rare.

Wow. That’s all I can say.

Notable Changes and Fixes:
- Changed the way resources are handled. Players begin experiencing resource shortages when they have less than 25 of a resource, and get bonuses if they have an excess amount of resources. The bonuses increase population growth and production rates.
- Fixed an issue with the rulesets - if some of the “Combat Unit Type” data is setup incorrectly it was causing problems.
- Rules Editor: Added feature to the City-Improvement window: it now displays a list of units it enables.
- AI: Made some adjustments to how the AI chooses whether or not to construct city-improvements. This was to fix a bug where the AI wasn’t building city-improvements in some cases.
- Fixed bug: sometimes units inside cities would appear to be elsewhere when selected.
- Unit Images: Added the M3 Tank and AWAC Aircraft to the update. These images can be used in player-created rulesets.
- Unitbar Interface: Added “rank” icons to indicate each units’ combat level.
- Ruleset Crash: Fixed a crash in the rules editor. This happens when selecting Combat: Attack Vs: City/Resource/Airfield
- EOS Messenger: Added a countdown timer, ability to customize the frequency of updates, and ability to press a button and check for updates.

I’m trying to move towards a more generalized resource system so that new and different resources can be added to the game.