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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.
The Panzer Leader map boards are interchangeable with the PanzerBlitz maps, and one could combine the two sets to make a larger battlefield. The scale is the same with the two games. The German units are interchangeable, and if one wanted, players can try a "what if" scenario with American/British forces vs. Soviet forces.
Jim Dunnigan founded the small publisher wargame publisher Poultron Press in 1969, and changed the name to Simulations Publications in 1971. The new company produced a series of wargames of approximately the same scale and using similar rules, all designed by Dunnigan: Tactical Game 3 (sold to Avalon Hill and republished as PanzerBlitz), Combat Command, Red Star/White Star, Kampfpanzer, and ...
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 Freeman also thought the game system was outdated, saying, "The main problem is that the system is ...
PanzerBlitz [3] 1970 Panzergruppe Guderian: 1984 First published by SPI in 1976 Panzerkrieg: 1983 Originally published by OSG Panzer Leader: 1974 Past Lives: 1988 Patton's Best: 1987 Paydirt: 1979 American football: Pennant Race: 1983 Baseball: Perilous Lands: 1985 A Powers & Perils adventure, published as a BookCase Game The Peter Principle: 1981
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In 1970, that game's designer, the legendary James F. Dunnigan, sold the rights to the game to Avalon Hill, who quickly released PanzerBlitz. This was the start of the so-called "Second Generation" of wargaming. PanzerBlitz eventually sold 250,000 copies, though it was not without critics (including Dunnigan himself).
The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week. In the spring of 1944, U.S. Army ...