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Expansion for Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
1977
Rules assistance for The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 10+
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
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The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming is an expansion for Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front released in 1977 ages 10 and up. It was designed by Nicholas Palmer.
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About the game
An overview of the field of board wargaming circa 1977. The chapters include: The Wargames Explosion, Basics of Wargaming, Strategy (chapters 3-5: The Forest and the Trees, Reserves and Build-Up, Political and Economic Affairs), Tactics (chapters 6-8: Defensive Terrain, Combined Arms, Waves and Skies) and Winning (chapters 9-10: The Short Cuts, The Broad Sweep). The final chapter is a four turn replay of SPI's Nordlingen. In addition, there is a 63 page section with capsule descriptions of over 275 wargames - a real blast from the past! There are four appendices: Answers to Problems (the book includes six wargame situations for the reader to analyze), Useful Addresses (no longer very useful due to their age) and PanzerBlitz and Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front free-choice selection unit values. 224 page hardbound book with dust jacket, black and white photographs. SPI's Strike Force One: The Cold War Heats Up – 1975 minigame is included as an insert inside the back cover. ISBNs 0213166461 (1977 hardback), 0722166672 (1980 paperback 2/ed)
Designers
Publishers
- McGraw-Hill Inc.
- Hippocrene Books
- Sphere Books Limited
- Ugo Mursia Editore (Mursia)
Questions and answers
The catalogue lists The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming for ages 10 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.
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming 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.
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming are: Nicholas Palmer. 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 The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming as an expansion for Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front to use it. Check that your edition of Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.