Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein app for iPhone and iPad
History and turn-based strategy collide in Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein!
The award-winning team behind Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow asks: Can you outwit the Desert Fox?
Take control at the turning point of the battle for North Africa in this WWII strategy game. Will you hold the line as the Commonwealth or capture the Suez Canal as the Axis?
Command a grand campaign, making key decisions and controlling the final engagement. In the oppressive heat of the desert, supplies are running low. Do you wait for more, or make a desperate attack now with tired troops? Use mines, ridges, and depressions to your advantage in desert warfare against challenging AI or online opponents. Desert Fox, designed from the ground up for iPhone and iPad, is a thrilling wargame experience for both casual and veteran players.
Key Features:
•Command tanks, recon units, flak guns and more in strategic desert warfare
•Call the shots and decide when to attack or defend in campaign mode
•Learn the ropes through quick, guided tutorials
•Face off against distinct AI opponents, local friends, or players online
•Battle through two stand-alone scenarios in addition to the grand campaign
•Relive victories with replays, leaderboards, and achievements
•Improve your strategy with full rules and charts and tables
•Discover history with extensive historical photos and commentary
•Designed by Mark Herman, award-winning inventor of Washington’s War
“Its very easy to learn, has a great tutorial, but also offers up a huge amount of strategic possibilities, ensuring that no two games will play out quite the same way.” -Touch Arcade
“…this is turn-based strategy for everyone.” -Pocket Gamer
“If you’ve ever had even a passing interest in historical wargames, Desert Fox is the one to try.” -Pocket Tactics
Pros and cons of Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein app for iPhone and iPad
Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein app good for
...making WW2 Games pls.
this is one of the best strategy games i have ever played in my life. It is deep, stylish, innovativ, and much fun to play like chess with tanks.
I also have Bulge, Moscow and now Desert Fox and i realy enjoyed them all. Best Strategy series.
pls never stop making ww2 games like this...
what about operation market garden ;)
Just finished my first campaign. With all of the new tweaks, this is the most fun to play of series to date. Great work. It was worth the wait.
Another great one! If you loved the previous games you will love this. The basics are still there but new rules put a whole new spin on things. Thank you Shenandoah!
This game is an excellent sequel to “Battle of the Bulge” and “Drive on Moscow”. The new supply rules and the addition of minefields make this a fresh experience, quite a different feel than the earlier games. Between the two sides, the three scenarios, the different AI opponents, and the multiplayer support there is huge replay ability. Highly recommended!
Nearly perfect series from Shenandoah Studios and this third one has all the user interface polish, superb strategic design, historical simulation and streamlined multiplayer experience of its previous 2 games. Well done
Some bad moments
To random to be a good strategy game. Unclear rules regarding unit strength, random resuply and battle outcome makes it impossible to plan anything.
If this release had been only just as good as the initial releases of Bulge and Moscow, I would have been ecstatic. But rather than just take the previous designs and mix with sand in the treads, the developers continue to evolve the system to new design heights. The new Supply rules alone will make veterans of the previous two fronts realize they’re raw recruits again in North Africa. For me, Desert Fox is the best of the trilogy - and absolutely not one to miss.
The changes in this game from the previous titles are great and bring a whole new level of strategy. I love it
I’m not a war-gamer expert at all but I found this deep yet easy to learn. The tutorials are not very smooth but still useful. Desert Fox continues the very high quality of the Crisis in Command series but also includes new gameplay features and structures that produce a very different experience from the first two and are not just superficial. The AI seems better than the first two though it is still flawed at the lowest level, and too slow at the highest. But all these games are really meant to be played vs humans not the AI.
Battle of the Bulge? Bold and beautiful. Drive on Moscow? Brash, and yes, even brilliant. Ive played them both many dozens of times and enjoyed every minute. Desert Fox... well, its a bit of a snore.
Dont get me wrong, this is a wonderfully well crafted effort. The mechanics are fluid, the game plays smoothly and it is indeed lovely to look at. But in the end, I find myself yawning. (And, I admit, the whole Refit vs Offensive machination leaves me cold.)
Its sort of like building a game about the German invasion of France but only doing the part after Dunkirk. Why bother?
When I think of how engaging it would have been to play the WWII African campaign from start to finish with Rommel desperately driving on Alexandria before Malta can tighten its deadly strangle hold and Commonwealth forces build up their inevitable overwhelming strength - I just cant help wishing Shenandoah had rethought the games basic premise.
Good effort over all, but a fatally flawed concept. Looking forward to their next.
Ive been a wargamer for over four decades and am a former Armor officer. This game brings back very fond memories of Avalon Hills "Afrika Korps" and the phenomenal "Tobruk". The execution is simply outstanding and the level of realism re: supply and the fluid, unpredictable nature of the war in North Africa make this the most addictive of Shenandoah Studios games to date. My wish list: France 1940, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Guadalcanal.
