Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

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Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

Score
5.1
Players
2
Time
120
Recommended Age
12+
Difficulty
normal
Official Website
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Type
game
designers

Description

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