PanzerBlitz is a tactical-scale board wargame of armoured combat set in the Eastern Front of the Second World War. The hex-grid map comes in several pieces to be fit together for various scenarios. As the board edges are mutually compatible, the three sections can be placed in 48 distinct arrangements. Different scenario cards gave the players specific missions to carry out in order to achieve victory.
PanzerBlitz was designed to simulate a clash...
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PanzerBlitz is a tactical-scale board wargame of armoured combat set in the Eastern Front of the Second World War. The hex-grid map comes in several pieces to be fit together for various scenarios. As the board edges are mutually compatible, the three sections can be placed in 48 distinct arrangements. Different scenario cards gave the players specific missions to carry out in order to achieve victory.
PanzerBlitz was designed to simulate a clash between two company, regiment or smaller (never as big as a division) sized forces with units that represented either Soviet companies or German platoons. This scale of simulation had never been done before. Nearly all previous war games had focused on larger units such as brigades, regiments, and divisions. PanzerBlitz was published by Avalon Hill in 1970.
Designed by Jim Dunnigan, an early version was published in Strategy & Tactics #22 (1969) as Tactical Game 3. As such, PanzerBlitz is the very first tactical wargame in the history of...
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