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Expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game
Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book
2010
Rules assistance for Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book
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Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book is an expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game released in 2010 for 2 players. It was designed by Mike Perryman and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
Black SS is a book supplement for the Panzer Grenadier series, with 30 new scenarios by Mike Perryman depicting the actions of Waffen SS divisions in the last years of the Second World War. There are also 165 new die-cut and mounted playing pieces depicting all of the SS playing pieces found in Elsenborn Ridge, Road to Berlin and Beyond Normandy games with a black background requested by many fans, rather than the camouflage pattern used in those games. A note regarding the use of black to depict SS units; from the AP website: "...many gamers have asked for them in that pattern, and my views have altered. For one thing, these are just little squares of colored, laminated cardboard. The black scheme has little to do with Nazi Germany; it's a game publishing idea. German situation maps made during the war do often use black ink for SS units (with blue for regular Army, red for enemies, green for allies). Otherwise, it's a tradition out of the dawn of wargaming. When we asked for feedback on new counter sets, the black SS units were far and away the leading choice. And so we have the Black SS set, 176 die-cut and mounted pieces in a new color scheme. It reproduces every SS unit and leader from three games: Elsenborn Ridge, Beyond Normandy and Road to Berlin. If you don't like the black scheme, you don't need them. If you like it and want to see the SS get crushed in the most visible form possible, it just plugs right in. It's an extra, and a fairly inexpensive one at $9.99." Read the full article here: http://www.avalanchepress.com/Black_SS_Pieces.php
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Avalanche Press Ltd.
Questions and answers
Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book are: Mike Perryman. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Black SS: Combat in Normandy, June-August 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book as an expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game to use it. Check that your edition of 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.