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Panzer: The Game Of Small Unit Actions And Combined Arms Operations On The Eastern Front 1943-45 box art
2012 Ranked #3,302

Panzer: The Game Of Small Unit Actions And Combined Arms Operations On The Eastern Front 1943-45

World War Two tactical wargame where commanders direct armored, infantry, and towed units from platoon to battalion scale. Each counter represents a vehicle or weapon, so every combined-arms decision must use the right force for the local fight.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Line of Sight

Players

2-4

Play time

120-300 min

Age

?+

Complexity

3.76/5

Rating

7.84

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Panzer is a complete game system designed for small unit actions from platoon to battalion-sized formations in World War 2. The primary focus is Armored Warfare simulation, but Leg (Infantry) and Towed units are also part of the game.

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Panzer is a complete game system designed for small unit actions from platoon to battalion-sized formations in World War 2. The primary focus is Armored Warfare simulation, but Leg (Infantry) and Towed units are also part of the game. Each 7/8” double-sided counter represents a single vehicle, towed gun or aircraft. The 5/8" double-sided leg unit counters represent squads, half-squads and sections, including their attached weapons. It's a modular rules system with Basic, Advanced and Optional rules, which the players can mix and match according to taste - you can keep it simple or make it as complex as desired. All Unit data is included on the full-color Data Cards. The streamlined chit-based command system moves the action along at a brisk pace. The base game comes with 10 Scenarios, some of which are aimed at new players and use only the Basic rules. Included Panzer units: German: 7.5cm PaK 40, 8.8cm FlaK 36, Marder II, Pz IIIM, Pz IVG, Pz IVH, Pz V Panther, Pz VIB Tiger II, Pz VIE Tiger I, SdKfz 7, SdKfz 10, SdKfz 11, SPW 251/1, STuG IIIG, Trucks; Leg Units German fliers: Fw 190 F-1, Hs 129 B-1/R-2 Soviet: 57mm M43, 76.2mm M39, IS-2m M44, KV-1S M42, Limber, SU-100 M44, SU-152 M43, SU-76M M43, SU-85 M43, T-34/76 M43, T-34/85 M44, T-70 M42, Trucks; Leg Units Soviet fliers: Il-2m3, Yak-9T Panzer includes rules for: 11 unique vehicle hit locations, armor angles and penetration charts for level, rising and falling fire Various ammunition types, e.g. AP, HVAP, APCR, HEAT, HE... Sighting effects Overwatch fire Rate-of-fire Indirect fire, both on-map and off-map Currently there are 4 published expansions for Panzer. Each brings additional geomorphic maps, new units and scenarios: Panzer: Game Expansion Set, Nr 1 – The Shape of Battle on the Eastern Front 1943-45 Panzer: Game Expansion Set, Nr 2 – The Final Forces on the Eastern Front 1941-44 Panzer: Game Expansion Set, Nr 3 – Drive to the Rhine: The Second Front 1944-45 Panzer: Game Expansion Set, Nr 4 – France 1940 A standalone Panzer box is also incoming in late 2023: Panzer North Africa Box contents: 3 full-color countersheets 22" x 34" map with 1" hexes 16 full-color double-sided Unit Data Cards (German on one side, Russian on the other) 2 Sumary Cards Full-color Rulebook (Basic and Advanced Game) Full-color Optional Rules book Full-color Playbook 5 Player Aid Cards 4 10-sided dice

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
120–300 min
Complexity
3.8/5
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Credits

Designers

1
James M. Day

Artists

5
Pascal Da Silva James M. Day Charles Kibler Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch

Publishers

1
GMT Games

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