Edelweiss: A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book
BGG rating
6.8

Expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game

Edelweiss: A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book

2003

Rules assistance for Edelweiss: 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
  • 30 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

Rules assistant for Edelweiss: A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book

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Edelweiss: A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book is an expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game released in 2003 for 2 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Michael Bennighof and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Secret Unit Deployment, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

From the Avalanche Press website: German mountain troops fought on every front except North Africa, compiling an impressive war record (and a few war crimes as well). These elite “mountaineers of the plains” saw action in all sorts of terrain and in all weather. Edelweiss is a 64-page book supplement for the Panzer Grenadier series, based on the battles fought by German regular army and Waffen SS mountain troops. It is not a complete game: playing pieces and maps are drawn from the following Panzer Grenadier games and supplements: Elsenborn Ridge, 1940 - The Fall of France, Arctic Front, Road to Berlin, Battle of the Bulge, Sinister Forces, Eastern Front, Afrika Korps and Desert Rats. There are 41 (forty-one!) scenarios, each based on an actual battle or situation, plus historical background on the German mountain divisions and their exploits. Edelweiss includes 161 laser-cut and mounted playing pieces: 157 of them the standard 2/3-inch square pieces of the Panzer Grenadier series, and four of them double-sized monsters. Two are Soviet river monitors, and there are two versions of the giant motorized mortar "Karl."

Questions and answers

Edelweiss: 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.