SGS NATO's Nightmare

SGS NATO’s Nightmare reimagines a 1985 Cold War scenario where hardline Soviet leadership initiates a surprise invasion of Western Europe. Players command either NATO or the Warsaw Pact in a series of historically inspired and alternate-history scenarios.

The game emphasizes strategic depth, including logistics, diplomacy, and military tactics, with scenarios ranging from tactical engagements to full-scale campaigns.

Overview of SGS NATO's Nightmare

The game explores the possibility that the so-called Cold War turns hot around 1985, on one of the most emblematic fronts, Germany.

The starting assumption is that Gorbachov loses power to a group of hardliners who decide it is time for the Soviet Union (and its Pact allies) to strike first, while they still enjoy superiority in numbers and surprise.

The fear that the current advantage will vanish over time, and they know they can’t win the new technological arms race launched by the West. On NATO’s side, such an attack would for sure be the nightmare everyone fears, but the situation is slightly better than in the 1970s, when the advantage in morale, equipment, and preparation was much bigger in favour of the other side.

The Scenarios

The goal of the game is to explore different cases, from small engagements in limited sectors of the front to complete campaigns covering half or the whole map. The game will offer:

• FAR 1985: a 5-turns scenario exploring the Soviet invasion of Bavaria after the fall of Austria, and the reaction of NATO’s Force d’Action Rapide (FAR)
• Fulda Gap: a 4-turns scenario covering the expected Soviet breakthrough through the Fulda Gap towards the Rhine and Frankfurt
• Austria Invasion: a 6-turn scenario dealing with the invasion of neutral Austria by the Pact
• Fall of Denmark: a 6-turn scenario aimed at exploring the northern part of the conflict to take Denmark out and close the Baltic to NATO.
• BAOR 1985: a short 1-month (15 turns) campaign covering the northern part of the war, in the North German plain, with Soviet, Poles, and East Germans against British, West Germans, and Dutch-Belgians.
• CENTAG 1985: a short 1-month (15 turns) campaign focused on Central and Southern Germany, from Fulda to Bavaria
• NATO’s Nightmare European War Campaign: the whole war (15 turns) on the whole map, one month starting in May 1985.

Scale

The game scale is at the brigade or division level for land units of both sides, with smaller units (e.g., armor, AA, EW, special forces, or engineering assets) also present. Air units are in the form of squadrons. Naval units are also present, limited to the Baltic Sea sector. Other items such as fortifications, minefields, HQ’s, logistical depots or vehicles, or even refugees and stragglers are also present in good numbers.

The map covers all of West Germany, the Benelux, Eastern France, Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Western Poland. Parts of Denmark, the Baltic Sea, Italy, Hungary, and the Soviet Union are also presented (through off-map boxes). All natural types of terrain are present, with a difference showing the different levels of development in that part of Europe and its impact on military operations.

Players and Sides

Players will not only enter detailed military operations and battles (both on land and in the air) in the central sector of Europe, but also live some of the military, political and diplomatic aspects of the war elsewhere (the Balkans, Scandinavia, Middle-East, Far east), with most of those being handled through the play of cards or via the occurrence of events.

In the military field, you have to handle troop movements and maneuvers, organization of air, HQ, and all kinds of assets and supports, breakthroughs, exploitations, build-up of logistical networks, or defensive positions.

Many other aspects, such as special forces, chemical warfare, possibly tactical nuclear strikes, as well as popular resistance, training of troops, reconstitution of forces, management of unit rotation, or behind enemy lines warfare, are also represented.

Basic and Advanced Scenarios

Each of the scenarios will come in two versions: basic and advanced. In the basic ones, units number will be limited to the main ones (divisions and brigades, a few assets, air squadrons or ship flotillas), and the gameplay will be facilitated by the lower density. This will help players who want to discover the game and its environment without going into too much complexity.

In Advanced versions, dozens of new units are added (the game will have 2,000+ of them) to give all the chrome and flavour required by veteran players, who want to see how every detail of modern warfare (assets, electronic warfare, doctrines) is covered.

Look

Each unit has its unit look, with nicely drawn and accurate original pictures of soldiers, vehicles, planes, or ships. For those players who love the complete NATO atmosphere, an alternative look of units with the current NATO symbology will be available too.

Duration

Variable according to scenarios, from a few hours for the shortest scenarios to 100+ hours for the full campaign in the Advanced version.

Features of SGS NATO's Nightmare

• Using Maps
• Different Scenarios
• Different levels of the game
• Different battles
• 100+ hours of gameplay
• Realistic graphics
• Units & military structure
• Scenarios & campaigns
• Dynamic event system
• Map & geopolitical scope

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows 7/8/10+
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core or higher
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 9.0
• Storage: 2 GB available space
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
• Additional Notes: May be slow upon initial loading on small configurations

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows 7 (SP1+) or higher
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core or higher
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 4 GB available space
• Sound Card: DirectX 11+ Compatible
• Additional Notes: SSD Disk recommended for fast loading