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Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II
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Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II (1979)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
12+
5.18
Average rating
133
Ratings
2.94/5
Weight
#30095
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Tom Walczyk
Artist:Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Publisher:SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.9, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.9
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameWorld War IIHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementScenario / Mission / Campaign GameMovement PointsLine of Sight

Overview

Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II, is a tactical level game of three World War II armored battles: Between German and American forces near Arracourt, France, in September 1944; between German and Soviet troops on the Berlin Highway in March 1945; and between German and British tanks in North Africa in May 1942.

Emphasis on command control and doctrine for each nationality.

Orders are selected by the player for his companies. Available orders: Bound, overwatch, bounding overwatch, withdraw and rally.

Published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #73, March/April 1979.

Uses the MechWar 2 system.

Game Scale: Turn: 5 minutes Map: 200 meters per hex Unit: Platoon

Game Contents: One 22 x 34" map One countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 16 page rulebook

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