
- BGG rank
- BGG #7,482
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Eastern Front: A Panzer Grenadier Game
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 2.8/5
- 2005

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Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge is an expansion for 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game released in 2021 for 1–2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Michael Bennighof and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Modular Board, and Hexagon Grid.
World War II began when German tanks rolled across the border of Poland on September 1st, 1939. The Poles fought back courageously, blunting several attacks, but the force of numbers and superior weapons drove them back toward Warsaw. Once the Soviet Union launched its own treacherous attack, the Polish state was doomed. The Deluge is a Panzer Grenadier expansion book focused on the battles of September 1939 between Poland's defenders and the German and Soviet invaders. There are 40 new scenarios featuring battles of cavalry against cavalry, a couple of tank battles, and best of all World War Two’s only fight between opposing armored trains. Plus of course background articles on the armies and weapons involved. You’ll need Fire in the Steppe and 1940: The Fall of France to play all of the scenarios.
Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Modular Board, and 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 Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge are: Michael Bennighof. 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 Panzer Grenadier: The Deluge 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.