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Theme: Deserts

Rapid Fire!: Auchinleck Attacks Rommel – Tel el Eisa, Operation Bacon and Operation Splendour: First Alamein 1942

Rapid Fire!: Auchinleck Attacks Rommel – Tel el Eisa, Operation Bacon and Operation Splendour: First Alamein 1942

boardgameexpansion

Players:
2–10
Time:
240 min
Min. Age:
14
The Dark Sands: War in North Africa, 1940-42

The Dark Sands: War in North Africa, 1940-42

boardgame

Players:
1–2
Time:
90–1500 min
Min. Age:
14
True Messiah

True Messiah

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
60–120 min
Min. Age:
13
1001 Karawane

1001 Karawane

boardgame

In 1001 Karawane, players traverse the desert searching for three magical artifacts to win. Water and protection are essential. In cities, players trade gold to acquire these artifacts and succeed.

Players:
2–5
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa  1940-1943

Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa 1940-1943

boardgame

Shifting Sands is a card-driven, point-to-point movement game covering the WWII North African campaigns from 1940 to 1943. It includes one map, rules, scenarios, counters, and two card decks for the Allied and Axis sides.

Players:
1–2
Time:
240–300 min
Min. Age:
12
Nassor: La Ciudad Dorada

Nassor: La Ciudad Dorada

boardgame

Players:
3–4
Time:
60–90 min
Min. Age:
10
Sahara

Sahara

boardgame

The goal is to deliver two loads to oases and return to the start. Movement depends on loads and wind. Dunes shift and mirages appear. Water canisters are required to overcome obstacles, and losing all of them can lead to elimination or a restart.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
5
Rommel at Gazala

Rommel at Gazala

boardgame

Rommel at Gazala is a wargame simulation depicting the military operations around the fortress of Tobruk in May and June 1942. It was originally published in Command magazine 34.

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
12
Samarkand: Routes to Riches

Samarkand: Routes to Riches

boardgame

Players:
2–5
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
Eldritch Horror: Under the Pyramids

Eldritch Horror: Under the Pyramids

boardgameexpansion

Players:
1–8
Time:
180 min
Min. Age:
14
El Zorro del Desierto: Norte de Africa 1941-1942

El Zorro del Desierto: Norte de Africa 1941-1942

boardgame

This wargame simulates the historical North African campaign of the Afrika Korps from 1941 to 1942. It depicts the strategic conflict between commanders Montgomery and Rommel and includes 480 individual counters for tactical play.

Players:
2–4
Time:
180 min
Min. Age:
12
No Retreat 2: The Africa Front 1940-1942

No Retreat 2: The Africa Front 1940-1942

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
50 min
Min. Age:
14
Rommel's Obsession

Rommel's Obsession

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
0
HEXplore It: The Sands of Shurax

HEXplore It: The Sands of Shurax

boardgame

Players:
1–6
Time:
60–180 min
Min. Age:
14
Loot&Roll: Deadly Desert

Loot&Roll: Deadly Desert

boardgameexpansion

Players:
1–4
Time:
20–40 min
Min. Age:
8
GOBi: Destination Desert

GOBi: Destination Desert

boardgame

Gobi is a fast card game for families combining memory and bluffing. Players collect camels carrying various goods into caravans. The first to own three caravans of the same color wins. An advanced tactical mode with special cards adds deeper strategic gameplay for everyone.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Desert War

Desert War

boardgameexpansion

Desert War is an expansion for Up Front. It introduces a new theatre for skirmishes, new hand capacity limits, and unique national traits for the existing factions, requiring components from the base game.

Players:
2
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
12
Through the Desert

Through the Desert

boardgame

In this strategic tile-laying game by Reiner Knizia, 2 to 5 players control nomad tribes. They form camel caravans to control oases, dominate the desert space, and strategically block rival paths.

Players:
2–5
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Gulf Strike

Gulf Strike

boardgame

Gulf Strike is a modern military simulation of land, air, and naval warfare in the Middle East. Featuring seven scenarios covering the Gulf Wars and regional crises from 1983 onward, it includes comprehensive orders of battle for numerous nations to simulate complex conflicts.

Players:
2
Time:
360 min
Min. Age:
12
Nomadi

Nomadi

boardgame

A tactical desert game where players try to race their camels to the finish line. No camel may ever be isolated, always remaining adjacent to another. Dice rolls dictate movement across a board featuring oases and a gorge. Bonus points for early milestones and final positions determine the ultimate winner.

Players:
2–5
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Desperate Oasis

Desperate Oasis

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–25 min
Min. Age:
8
Kemet: Rise of the Gods

Kemet: Rise of the Gods

boardgameexpansion

Players:
1–6
Time:
90–150 min
Min. Age:
14
Kemet: Blood and Sand

Kemet: Blood and Sand

boardgame

Players:
2–5
Time:
90–180 min
Min. Age:
13
El desafío del desierto PARIS-DAKAR

El desafío del desierto PARIS-DAKAR

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0