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PanzerBlitz is a tactical-scale board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1970 that simulates armored combat set on the Eastern Front of World War II.The game, which was the most popular board wargame of the 1970s, is notable for being the first true board-based tactical-level, commercially available conflict simulation wargame.
In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman thought "while if in not in some ways as successful or as satisfying as its preeminent forefather [PanzerBlitz], The Arab-Israeli Wars is nonetheless a good tactical game." Freeman also thought the game system was outdated, saying, "The main problem is that the system is ...
First published by Games Research in 1961 Dispatcher: 1958 [3] Doll House Game: 1963 Down With the King: 1981 The Dr. Ruth Game of Good Sex: 1985 [5] A Baltimore distributor said: "I'm going to have to compare this to Trivial Pursuit. The orders overshadow anything we've had in our company's 100-year history." [7] Dragon Pass: 1984
The major disappointment with the three major Avalon Hill games (Panzer Leader, PanzerBlitz and Arab-Israeli Wars) was the obvious sequential nature of the whole situation. A shoots, A moves. B shoots, B moves. With a little opportunity fire thrown in. In situations like the Battle of Kursk in Panzer Blitz confronting the enemy meant possible ...
List of wargame publishers is an ... such as Squad Leader, Third Reich, and PanzerBlitz, ... using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters. Compass Games ...
In the first years of its existence, SPI produced several tank combat wargames, including PanzerBlitz (1970), Combat Command (1972) and KampfPanzer (1973). SPI game designers Jim Dunnigan and Redmond A. Simonsen took elements from each of the three previous games and produced Desert War, [2] a non-historical game of desert combat, which was published in 1973.
Panzer Command (board game) Panzer General: Russian Assault; Panzer Grenadier series; Panzer Leader (game) PanzerArmee Afrika (board game) PanzerBlitz; Panzergruppe Guderian (game) Patrol (board game) Patton's 3rd Army; Patton's Best; Piercing the Reich; The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (game) Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk; Proud Monster
Like its predecessor, it is a tactical platoon level hex and counter board wargame depicting World War II 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 information for a scenario) or home-made scenarios.