Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II
BGG rank
BGG #30,325
BGG rating
5.2

Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

1979

Rules assistance for Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 120 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.9/5

Rules assistant for Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

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Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II is a board game released in 1979 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Tom Walczyk and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II, is a tactical level game of three World War II armored battles: Between German and American forces near Arracourt, France, in September 1944; between German and Soviet troops on the Berlin Highway in March 1945; and between German and British tanks in North Africa in May 1942. Emphasis on command control and doctrine for each nationality. Orders are selected by the player for his companies. Available orders: Bound, overwatch, bounding overwatch, withdraw and rally. Published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #73, March/April 1979. Uses the MechWar 2 system. Game Scale: Turn: 5 minutes Map: 200 meters per hex Unit: Platoon Game Contents: One 22 x 34" map One countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 16 page rulebook

Questions and answers

Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II 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.