
- BGG rank
- BGG #1,290
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Second Edition)
- 2–4 players
- 60–180 min
- Complexity 3.3/5
- 2012

Expansion for PanzerBlitz
Rules assistance for Polish Legions
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Polish Legions is an expansion for PanzerBlitz for 1–2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Mike Sanches and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Hexagon Grid.
Polish Legions is a PanzerBlitz variant with 10 scenarios from the 1939 German invasion. It includes 240 mounted, pre-cut counters, a small, mounted map, and plastic overlays portraying railroad lines. A copy of PanzerBlitz is required in order to play. Six of the scenarios are based on historical actions, all of them Polish successes(!), including a couple of cavalry victories (but no charges into the barrels of tanks). Two of the four hypothetical scenarios are designed to show the superiority of combined arms tactics over uncoordinated assaults. One interestingly pits panzers against an armored train. The last features a German spearhead operating deep in Polish territory. The game was published in Issue #1 of VAIPA Quarterly, an undated periodical apparently sold only through eBay. The issue includes other articles about Poland in World War II.
Polish Legions 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 Polish Legions 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.
Polish Legions belongs to these categories: Wargame and World War II. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling 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 Polish Legions are: Mike Sanches. 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 Polish Legions as an expansion for PanzerBlitz. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need PanzerBlitz to use it. Check that your edition of PanzerBlitz is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.