Panzer Grenadier series

The "Panzer Grenadier" series of Board wargames is Avalanche Press's series of World War II tactical land combat. The first game in the series was released in 2000.

eries Summary

Unlike "Squad Leader" and other squad level wargames, which "Panzer Grenadier" is commonly compared to, "Panzer Grenadier" is based at the platoon level. The game is played on a hex grid game map. Units and other markers are made out of 2/3" × 2/3" cardboard counters.

Boxed Games

Boxed Games contain a rulebook, scenarios, counters, and one or more maps. They are playable by themselves and do not require any additional games.

Eastern Front

"Eastern Front" was the first "Panzer Grenadier" game and is set in 1941. It is currently in a deluxe edition and features 112 scenarios.

Road to Berlin

"Road to Berlin" is set in 1945 and features 75 scenarios.

Beyond Normandy

"Beyond Normandy" covers British forces fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy.

Airborne Introductory Edition

"Airborne Introductory Edition" is a $19.99 game that is intended to introduce players to the "Panzer Grenadier" series. The game covers American paratroopers during the D-Day landings.

emper Fi! Guadalcanal

"Guadalcanal" is the only boxed game in the "Panzer Grenadier" series set in the Pacific theater at this time. It consists of Japanese forces defending the island of Guadalcanal from U.S. Marines, including Raiders and Paratroopers, in 1942.

Afrika Korps

"Afrika Korps" covers North Africa in 1940-1941. It contains German, Italian, British, and Australian forces.

Desert Rats

"Desert Rats" is the sequel to "Afrika Korps" and is set in 1941-1942. It contains British, Indian, New Zealand, German, Italian, and Italian colonial troops.

Battle of the Bulge

"Battle of the Bulge" covers the battle of the same name. It has 51 scenarios and many tanks on each side.

Battle of the Bulge 2: Elsenborn Ridge

"Battle of the Bulge 2: Elsenborn Ridge", called simply "Elsenborn Ridge" on Avalanche Press' website, is the first boxed "Panzer Grenadier" game in 2008. It covers the northern half of the Battle of the Bulge and was designed at the same time as "North Wind".

Book Supplements

Book Supplements are generally 64 pages of scenarios and historic background information and usually include additional counters. They do not include any maps and require other games to play the scenarios.

inister Forces

"Sinister Forces" adds Waffen SS and NKVD units to the series and is set on the Eastern Front.

Fronte Russo

"Fronte Russo" is designed by Ottavio Ricchi and Lorenzo Striuli, and covers the Italian Expeditionary Corps operations on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.

Jungle Fighting

"Jungle Fighting" is a scenario-only book for use with "Guadalcanal". It has 42 scenarios and another map printed on the back of the book.

Arctic Front

"Arctic Front" is a module that covers the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland. Modules are not playable by themselves -- "Arctic Front" requires "Eastern Front" for most of the scenarios.

Edelweiss

"Edelweiss" is another module and adds German mountain troops to "Panzer Grenadier". "Edelweiss" also includes four 1 1/3" counters, twice the size as regular counters. These include two German Karl mortars and two Soviet river monitors.

piral-Bound Supplements

Iron Curtain

"Iron Curtain" is a fictional supplement covering a war between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1945 and 1946.

outh Africa's War

"South Africa's War" covers the operations of South Africa's military between 1940 and 1942 in Somaliland, Ethiopia, Egypt and Libya.

Blue Division

"Blue Division" covers the Spanish "Blue Division" on the Eastern Front.

Red Warriors

"Red Warriors" adds Soviet Guards forces to "Panzer Grenadier". The now out-of-print "Heroes of the Soviet Union" supplement contained the counters and half of the scenarios, all of which have been rewritten for this supplement.

cenario Booklets (no counters)

Scenario booklets are add-ons with 10 scenarios. They do not have any counters or maps, therefore requiring the ownership of other games. Avalanche Press intends to release a scenario booklet every month that does not have another "Panzer Grenadier" game launching.

North Wind

"North Wind", released in August 2007, is the first of the scenario-only booklets and covers the German Operation Nordwind.

Alaska's War

"Alaska's War" covers the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands and the American missions to recapture them. It was announced on November 16, 2007 and is said to be shipping by the end of November.

March to Leningrad

"March to Leningrad", announced on March 24, 2008, is a new scenario booklet covering the German offensive towards Leningrad in the summer of 1941.

iege of Leningrad

"Siege of Leningrad", announced along with "March to Leningrad" on March 24, 2008, is based on the later part of the siege of Leningrad and the Red Army's attacks in 1943 and 1944.

External links

* [http://www.avalanchepress.com/line_Panzer.php Avalanche Press' "Panzer Grenadier" page]
* [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/metasearch.php?searchtype=game&search=panzer+grenadier&B1=Go "Panzer Grenadier" series] at BoardGameGeek