Panzer Grenadier series
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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.
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[edit] Series 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Road to Berlin
Road to Berlin is set in 1945 and features 75 scenarios.
[edit] Beyond Normandy
Beyond Normandy covers British forces fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Semper 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.
[edit] Afrika Korps
Afrika Korps covers North Africa in 1940-1941. It contains German, Italian, British, and Australian forces.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 2007. It covers the northern half of the Battle of the Bulge and was designed at the same time as North Wind.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Sinister Forces
Sinister Forces adds Waffen SS and NKVD units to the series and is set on the Eastern Front.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Spiral-Bound Supplements
[edit] Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain is a fictional supplement covering a war between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1945 and 1946.
[edit] South 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.
[edit] Blue Division
Blue Division covers the Spanish "Blue Division" on the Eastern Front.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Scenario 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.
[edit] North Wind
North Wind, released in August of 2007, is the first of the scenario-only booklets and covers the German Operation Nordwind.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Siege 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.
