GAJO Games

Our mega game for October was a different take on the Arab-Israeli Wars. The game was based on the Syrian invasion of northern Jordan, during the Black September fighting between the Jordanian government and the PLO in Jordan.

This gave us a chance to pit two very different Arab armies against each other, the Jordanians with western equipment and organization versus a Syrian force very much organized on Warsaw Pact lines. Also unique was the Jordanian air superiority, as the Syrians did not commit their air force to the invasion, just ground forces.

The game turned out quite historically - the Jordanian forces on the ridge lines were quite effective, but where the Syrians got up close on level ground they gained the upper hand. The Jordanian Hawker Hunters were quite effective, as historically, and we wound up with a narrow Jordanian victory. Great fun.