Axis Endgame in Tunisia

Axis Endgame in Tunisia (Kasserine Pass) is a turn based strategy game set on the Mediterranean Theater during the Second World War. From Joni Nuutinen: by a wargamer for the wargamers since 2011. Patched on September 2026.

The Allies are regrouping after the failed run to Tunis; the British 8th Army is still far away; and the Allied stranglehold on the Axis supply routes from Europe to Tunisia is only just starting to collapse the flow of resources.

This is the perfect chance for the Axis units concentrating in Tunis to try to flank and encircle a handful of the most advanced Allied divisions by attacking via the Kasserine Pass to take on the inexperienced Americans, seizing the Allied fuel depots located behind the city of Tebessa, and using that extra fuel to drive Panzer Divisions all the way to the city of Bone (northwest corner).

If successfully carried out, this difficult maneuver might, once again, turn the tide of war in North Africa and maybe even prevent the notorious collapse of the Axis armed forces in Tunisia.

Not only will you face tough decisions about the motorized attack—how many spearheads to use, when to turn north, how to make the meager fuel last to the targets—but also about the wider strategic situation in Tunisia: will you take an offensive or defensive posture vs. the eventually coming attack by the British 8th Army, and how will you handle northern Tunisia, where more and more infantry and some special units will eventually become available as the desperate last reinforcements from Europe arrive before the Allied stranglehold of the Mediterranean supply routes starts to reduce the amount of fuel and resources available?

Logistics: Fuel and ammo trucks, plus fuel depots, can be refilled from any Axis supply city (marked with the letter "S" and a yellow circle around them). Exceptionally in this particular campaign, each Axis supply city holds a certain amount of fuel (show adjacent to city), that slowly builds-up. Meaning, at times your fuel trucks/depots need to maker longer trips to refuel.


FEATURES:

+ Historical accuracy: Campaign mirrors the historical setup as much as possible within keeping the game fun and challenging to play.

+ Competitive: Measure your strategy game skills against others fighting for the Hall of Fame top spots.

+ Thanks to all the countless tiny built-in variations there is a huge replay value - after enough turns the flow of the campaign takes a fairly different one compared to the previous play through.

+ Settings: A ton of options are available to alter the look of the gaming experience: Change difficulty level, hexagon size, Animation speed, choose icon set for units (NATO or REAL) and cities (Round, Shield, Square, block of houses), decide what is drawn on the map, and much more.

+ Good AI: Instead of just attacking on straight line towards the target, the AI opponent has various strategic goals and smaller tasks like encircling any nearby units.

+ Inexpensive: The classic strategy game campaign for a cup of coffee!

Recent changes:
+ Option to replace sand-pattern with solid sand color (visibility issue on certain displays/densities)
+ Hall of Fame excluded the most dated high scores