Combat Mission Fortress Italy

Real-time and WeGo WW2 tactical wargame where you assign missions and fight in Sicily during the July–August 1943 campaign with American, Italian, and German forces.

It brings wargamers to the Sicilian campaign from July through August 1943, a neglected theater of war and the first test for newly reorganized American forces. The setting includes arid terrain and combat against German, Italian, and American forces.

The combat forces include historically available units such as Italian Bersaglieri, American Rangers, and the German Herman Göring Division. It also features four campaigns, 17 stand-alone battles, 38 vehicles, and many weapons, including some unique to this title.

Missions can be played in Real Time or in WeGo, a hybrid turn-based mode where each player plans 60 seconds of combat and then watches both sides act simultaneously. It also supports PBEM, hotseat, TCP/IP play, a Quick Battle system, and a map and scenario editor.

Units are shown in 1:1 scale with high-resolution polygon 3D models, articulated suspensions, animated hatches, and detailed damage modeling. The game also emphasizes experience, morale, leadership, weather, lighting, terrain, and other soft factors at the individual soldier level.