
- BGG rank
- BGG #589
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Undaunted: North Africa
- 2 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2020

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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.
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"
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.
Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz has a complexity rating of 2.6 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light 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.
Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation. 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 Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz are: Tom Oleson and Philip S. Kosnett. 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 Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz 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.