Panzer Leader (game)

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Panzer Leader is the sequel to Avalon Hill's Panzerblitz game. Like its predecessor, it is a tactical level hex and counter board wargame depicting WWII tank and infantry combat on the Western European front. It features 4 geomorphic map tiles, which can be put together in a variety of ways to play the provided scenarios (which are printed on cardstock, showing all the necessary info for a scenario) or home-made scenarios.

[edit] Anticipation

It is easy to miss at this distance in time the electrifying effect that Panzerblitz had had on the wargaming community (as well as the people who discovered wargaming through it). At the time, it was something of a revolution, and people wanted more.

Beyond merely coming up with additional scenarios for the existing game, the idea of a new game featuring the western front, was an obvious one and the merits of different approaches were debated outside of Avalon Hill during the early '70s. As an example of this fervor, a proposal in Panzerfaust No. 51 inspired three different articles in response in No. 53.

[edit] References

• A Western Panzerblitz Trilogy, Paul Mills and Roy Easton, Panzerfaust No. 53 (Panzerfaust Publications, May-June 1972)

[edit] External link

• Panzer Leader at BoardGameGeek