The Star and the Crescent — ProSIM Company

On 6 October 1973 Israel was attacked simultaneously in the Sinai and on the Golan Heights. In the Golan fewer than two hundred Israeli tanks faced roughly fourteen hundred. Along the Suez the numbers were worse still.

The Star and the Crescent lets you refight the key battles of that war, and of the wars that led to it. Fifteen scenarios cover the October War alongside actions from 1956, 1967 and January 1973, and add two hypothetical battles set in 2009. Massed armour, close air support and the air defence systems built to deny it are all modelled in detail.

Developed by ProSIM Company with PanClan Game Design on an enhanced version of the ATF engine, it is the most heavily armoured fight in the catalogue — tank warfare at the scale it was actually fought.

Features

Fifteen scenarios across the Arab-Israeli wars
Key battles of the 1973 October War, in the Sinai and on the Golan
Additional actions from 1956, 1967 and January 1973
Two hypothetical modern battles
Massed armour, close air support and integrated air defence
Full scenario and data editing, plus head-to-head multiplayer

“Players who want to learn instead of clicking here and there will gain insight into how field officers plan and fight war.”

Jim Cobb, Strategy Zone Online