Game: Midway

 Publisher: Avalon Hill


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Article ID: 414 Date: 6/7/2026 7:02:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 [November 6, 1965] Turns, Turns, Turns (Avalon Hill's Midway and Battle of the Bulge)
Gideon Marcus heads the Galactic Journey Wargaming Society, a group that travels back in time to play war games. In this edition, the club ventures back to 1965 to play and review Midway and The Battle of the Bulge from Avalon Hill.
Article ID: 413 Date: 4/26/2026 7:22:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Questions tagged [midway]
You can ask questions about war games at the Stack Exchange and usually get answers. Here the subject is Midway from Avalon Hill.
Article ID: 411 Date: 7/26/2025 7:51:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 VASSAL Module for Midway
Here is a module for Midway from Avalon Hill courtesy of Harald Fair, Jeff Wise, and Joel Eckelman. There are both standard and double-blind versions of the game. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the VASSAL web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.
Article ID: 412 Date: 9/19/2023 10:00:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt
 An Overview of Search Capacity in Carrier Games
"...I discovered that this is actually an excellent vehicle to compare how the search systems for such games work even if the games themselves are at wildly different scales and levels of abstraction." Markus Stumptner takes an insightful look at search capacity that gives some interesting perspective on the issue.
Article ID: 409 Date: 1/9/2022 12:32:00 PM Poster: Pat L.
 C64 Midway Campaign (sp) [1980, Avalon Hill] - full gameplay, with US win.
In this video play through from Poland, Syntax Error plays this computer version of Avalon Hill’s Midway and wins decisively. The Commodore 64 was an 8 bit microcomputer popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could generate 16 colors, limited graphics, and somewhat sophisticated sounds and music. Avalon Hill published several games for the Commodore 64 including Midway Campaign based on their Midway board war game. The game was nominated for the Charles Roberts Award for Best Computer Game of 1980. War game sounds and graphics have come a long way from 1980!
Article ID: 410 Date: 1/9/2022 12:29:00 PM Poster: Pat L.
 VIC-20 - Midway Campaign (1983)(Avalon Hill)[16k] (Video)
Here is a short video showing the screen display for Avalon Hill’s Midway Campaign for the Commodore Vic-20 computer. The Commodore Vic-20 was an 8 bit microcomputer with 5 KB of internal memory that was popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could display 22 characters per line in color and could generate rudimentary sounds.
Article ID: 408 Date: 11/27/2021 8:16:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Battle for Midway (a.k.a. Midway Campaign) Download (1983 Strategy Game)
Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). Here’s a quick description and a DOS based download that can run under Windows. Home computer graphics and capabilities were primitive in 1983 but the game still has some appeal.
Article ID: 407 Date: 11/21/2021 8:33:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 TRS-80 Manual: Midway Campaign (1980)(Avalon Hill)
Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). Archive.org has posted the rules for the Radio Shack TRS-80 computer version of the game. Our thanks go to Archive.org and their Wayback machine for preserving this document.
Article ID: 406 Date: 11/21/2021 8:18:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Midway Campaign DOS – 1983 (Midway computer version)
Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). ”HOTUD” gives a quick review of this game available for download here. Home computer graphics and capabilities were primitive in 1983 but the game still has some appeal. This web site offers versions written for DOS on the personal computer, the Apple II, and for two of the computers from Commodore, the VIC-20 and the Commodore 64. Coders may want to try their hand at enhancements as the programs were written in BASIC!
Article ID: 405 Date: 11/7/2021 8:34:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Tabletop Simulator Module for Midway
Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s Midway for their Tabletop Simulator. The Tabletop Simulator allows you to make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created modules with players in the Steam community.
Article ID: 404 Date: 10/16/2021 9:52:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Midway Campaign by Avalon Hill (Commodore 64 version)
The Commodore 64 was an 8 bit microcomputer popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could generate 16 colors, limited graphics, and somewhat sophisticated sounds and music. Avalon Hill published several games for the Commodore 64 including Midway Campaign based on their Midway board war game. The game was nominated for the Charles Roberts Award for Best Computer Game of 1980. This link allows you to see an emulated Commodore 64 screen and play the game. Our thanks go to Archive.org for preserving this early computer game.
Article ID: 403 Date: 10/10/2021 10:17:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Midway (free game kit supplement – zip file)
The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. Scroll down to the World War II section to download the Midway zip file. While there you can also see 2 more Game Kits: one based on variants published in Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, and a simpler Kit that lightly tweaks the original Midway game.
Article ID: 402 Date: 10/10/2021 9:12:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Midway (Game information)
The Wargame Academy maintains a comprehensive directory of information for older war games. This is their entry for Avalon Hill’s Midway.
Article ID: 401 Date: 9/8/2021 7:07:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt
 Midway by Messenger
"How was I going to go about the project of taking Midway and destroying the American carriers?" Prufrock recounts a replay of Avalon Hill's Midway with an old friend. The game has some twists, though "…fortunately for me a bit of skullduggery threw Pat off the scent…". But does that clinch it? "It could have gone either way, and the game was tense throughout."
Article ID: 400 Date: 1/30/2012 Poster: Mark D.
 Midway: The Game
Johnny Big Bird aka ostrichjo posted this review of Avalon Hill’s early air/sea battle game. The review includes an overview of the components and game play. Overall, the reviewer rates the game at 6.5 on a scale of 10 noting some problems with the rules and game play but concluding that the game is “…well done and is a forgotten classic.” Interesting comments from five other Midway players follow the review.
Article ID: 399 Date: 1/9/2009 Poster: Mark D.
 Blind Man's Bluff with 1,000 lb bombs
Steve Mizuno reminisces about his early war gaming days and posts this positive review of an early Avalon Hill classic. Mizuno praises the game, especially for its having “A beautiful hidden movement system” and he likes how “The force pools and victory conditions are incredibly balanced.” Several commenters chimed in to add to the conversation concerning other games based on the battle of Midway and some of the computer versions of the game.
Article ID: 398 Date: 7/16/2008 Poster: Mark D.
 Incredible Victory, Incredible Game
Sean Chick gives a mostly positive review of Midway. While he doesn’t give the game high marks for historical accuracy, the reviewer calls the game “…a simple and fun wargame that can satisfy the itch for carrier combat without being too time consuming.” Unlike other air/sea battle games that stress complexity in search of realism, the reviewer feels that Midway “remains in a comfortable and respectable middle ground”. Commenters added information about tactics and variants.
Article ID: 397 Date: 11/21/2007 Poster: Mark D.
 Midway First and Still A Favorite
Seth Owen recounts boyhood days with his first war game, Midway. Comments include expansion modules and variants.
Article ID: 392 Date: 11/20/2007 Poster: Mark D.
 Midway Article Index
Here is a list or articles for Midway from Avalon Hill.
Article ID: 393 Date: 11/21/2006 Poster: Mark D.
 Midway Variant (Zip file)
The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. This zip file contains variants for Midway published in Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General.
Article ID: 395 Date: 8/6/2006 Poster: Mark D.
 new USN operations cards (PDF files)
mhoyt created these enhanced USN Operations Cards for Avalon Hill's Midway.
Article ID: 396 Date: 8/6/2006 Poster: Mark D.
 Enhanced IJN operations cards (PDF files)
mhoyt created these enhanced IJN Operations Cards for Avalon Hill's Midway.
Article ID: 394 Date: 11/20/2005 Poster: Mark D.
 Enhanced counters for 'General' variant (Zip file)
The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. This zip file contains enhanced counters for Midway.