Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz
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7.6

Expansion for PanzerBlitz

Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz

1976

Rules assistance for Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz

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

  • 2 players
  • Complexity 2.6/5

Rules assistant for Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz

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Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz is an expansion for PanzerBlitz released in 1976 for 2 players. It was designed by Tom Oleson and Philip S. Kosnett and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation.

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About the game

The Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz contains articles that examine various aspects of Avalon Hill's classic wargame side-by-side with variants and a host of new scenarios. It appears that a few of these articles originally appear in The General. Articles Include: Pieces of Panzerblitz (a unit by unit examination of pieces: both their historical context and how best to use them in game.) Beyond Situation 13 (More Panzerblitz scenarios - outlines Scenarios 14-25) Another Situation 13: Parablitz (Airmobile Panzerblitz) Panzernacht (Night Panzerblitz Rules) Blind Panzerblitz (Refereed-hidden-movement rules) Chopperblitz (Helicopters in Panzerblitz) Panzer Situation 13 (Another Panzerblitz Situation) More Panzerblitz Variants (As the title suggests) Commander's Note Book - Analyzing the 12 Scenarios (An analysis of the 12 Situations from PanzerBlitz) Championship Situations (Covers the Tournament Situations used for PanzerBlitz games at GenCon 4 - The GenCon where PanzerBlitz was the only game officially played) Panzerblitz Concealment (Variant to reduce the effectiveness of concealment) Incremental PanzerBlitz (Alternate movement rules). Pages: 36 Book measures: 8.5x11x.18"

Questions and answers

Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz 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.