Showing posts with label PanzerBlitz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PanzerBlitz. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Could (the old) PanzerBlitz actually be the ONE?

One from the dusty alcoves of the loft. Avalon Hill's PanzerBlitz is "as old as the hills" (my edition says published in 1970, so that at time of writing this post PanzerBlitz is 53 years old - but it still plays as a complete coherent system. PanzerBlitz stands as a potent influencer on many of the newer board games in the 2000+ era (even if it is as a marmite love-hate relationship, to stimulate a different approach than PanzerBlitz). PanzerBlitz can be seen as answering the same tactical questions still asked by newer games, even crossing into the post 1945 to the modern era. Consciously or unconsciously it has a palpable [direct or lingering trace effect] on modern game mechanisms. PanzerBlitz still has a basic intrinsic value and there is good merit in playing it. PanzerBlitz a recreational game, but one that bears more than a passing reference to tactical WWII scenarios that gives historical results. So could the "old one", be "the one"? I have a wargaming friend who would like to test this thesis out with me (see below, the iconic logo of a platoon of JagdPanthers, not good news if you are in a T-34): 


For a guide to play PanzerBlitz, take a look at the following informative videos from Legendary Tactics.

I am working my way through them.

Footnote(1): Board Game Geek reverence - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2238/panzerblitz

Footnote(2): Extension Counter Site - http://gregpanzerblitz.com/19401943_north_africa.htm

Footnote(3): Pico Armour - PanzerBlitz 3D - https://picoarmor.com/

Footnote(4): Fixing PanzerBlitz: - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1167422/fixing-panzerblitz

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