Titles

Seven simulations

Listed newest first. Each of these is a real-time simulation of land combat at battalion or brigade level, built on the same command model: you give orders and standing procedures, and your subordinate leaders carry them out. All are Windows downloads sold through Shrapnel Games, who set current pricing.

Battle Group Commander: Episode One
BGC · Salisbury Plain

Battle Group Commander: Episode One

A British battle group against a Soviet-style enemy on Salisbury Plain. The best place to start.

Released February 2009Details →
Air Assault Task Force
AATF · 1965 – present

Air Assault Task Force

Air cavalry operations across four decades, from the Ia Drang Valley to Mogadishu and Afghanistan.

Released November 2006Details →
The Star and the Crescent
TSATC · Middle East, 1956 – 2009

The Star and the Crescent

The Arab-Israeli wars, from 1956 through the Yom Kippur War, plus two hypothetical modern battles.

Released October 2005Details →
The Falklands War: 1982
TFW · Falklands, 1982

The Falklands War: 1982

Ten weeks in the South Atlantic, fought on the same topographic maps the British carried ashore.

Released June 2005Details →
Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War
RT · Korea, near future

Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War

A near-future campaign on the Korean peninsula, fought with next-generation weapons and hard political constraints.

Released August 2004Details →
ATF: Armored Task Force
ATF · Contemporary

ATF: Armored Task Force

Command a combined arms battalion task force in command real time, at a level of fidelity built for professional trainers.

Released 2002Details →
BCT Commander
BCT · 1973 – near future

BCT Commander

The title that started the series: brigade-level modern land warfare, simulated rather than balanced.

Released 2002 · originally 1998Details →

Which one first?

New to the series? Start with Battle Group Commander: Episode One, the smallest and least expensive, or BCT Commander. Want the deepest version of the engine? Air Assault Task Force. Want history? The Falklands War: 1982 or The Star and the Crescent. Not sure? Every title has a free demo.