Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War

Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War 1990

5.1 /10
BGG rating
#29936
BGG rank
3.6
Weight
2–3
Players
2
Best at
360
Minutes
12
Age

Location

Sign in to see where your copy sits: the shelf, drawn, and how the box sits on it.

My Copy & Notes

Sign in to see your copy here: the edition, when you added it, and what you paid.

My Notes

Notes are private to their writer. Sign in to keep yours here.

My Prints for Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War

All 0 on LayerUp

Sign in to see the prints you marked Printed for this game, the insert in the box first.

Expansions & Promos

1 on record

About the Game

Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War, was designed and published while the late 1990 events in Kuwait were still unfolding, so in effect it was a near-future game which became an historical game within a few months.

The game has one map and 300 counters. The map covers the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the eastern part of Iraq and its border with Iran. Turn/Time Scale is 1-3 days per Military Action Segment and 4-6 days per Political Action Segment (a full turn is 2 MAS and 1 PAS, so 6-12 days total).

The game may be played using only the Military rules, the Political rules or both sets. There is an Introductory Game as well. There are 7 scenarios including the full campaign.

This is a medium-high complexity game with many creative mechanisms and special rules. For the experienced wargamer.

This game was published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #139.

Game Scale: Turn: 1-3 days for Military Action Segments (combat units), 3-6 days for Political Action Segments Hex: 30 km Unit: Battalion to Corps, Naval Squadrons, Air Wings

Game Inventory: One 22" X 34" mapsheet Two countersheet (300 1/2" counters) One 28 page Military Game Rules booklet One 12 page Political Game Rules booklet (2nd Folio Edition only) One 8 page introductory Game Rules booklet (2nd Folio Edition only) One 12 page Summary Sheet Rules booklet

Filed Under

Categories
Mechanics
BGG ratings
107 · geek rating 5.48
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

Matching filament