Panzer
Grenadier:
World War II Tactical Combat
The Panzer Grenadier series launched
in the year 2000, with the original edition
of Eastern Front. It has become the
most popular game series produced by Avalanche
Press, with close to a dozen boxed games published
or in preparation, several add-on modules,
and at least one planned sister series.
Panzer Grenadier is built on a
number of principles. First and foremost,
as the name implies, infantry is a key component
of the combined arms approach to war. The
infantry game is an integral part of Panzer
Grenadier, and many exciting scenarios
include only foot soldiers. Infantry uses
direct fire (rifles and machine guns) to attack
other “soft” targets, but does
most of its damage via assault combat, up
close and personal.
 
Unlike some games oriented more toward movies
than history, Panzer Grenadier acknowledges
that artillery is the god of war. Rifle fire
by itself will not destroy many enemies. Artillery
fire does, and is very important to prepare
the way for tanks and infantry to advance.
But of course the game revolves around tanks.
We know what gamers want. Tanks can both attack
“soft” targets with direct fire
(machine guns and high-explosive rounds) and
one another with anti-tank fire.
 
The most important pieces are leaders. Leaders
incite troops to move forward, and rally them
when they become demoralized. The side with
better leadership has a decided advantage.
 
Each game in the Panzer Grenadier series
has a huge number of scenarios (game situations),
with the deluxe edition of Eastern Front
boasting 112 of them. Almost all are
for two players. Scenarios are based on historical
actions, in which players are given the same
forces and objectives of the actual commanders
on the scene.
The series will continue its expansion,
with many new games on the schedule. All of
the games currently available stand alone:
no pieces from other games are required to
fully enjoy them. Just choose the topic that
interest you most, and jump right in!
 
A great place to start is with the five-minute
rules:
Learn
to play Panzer Grenadier
in just five minutes!
If you’ve never played Panzer Grenadier,
you can download everything you need right
here.
We also add new content to the Avalanche
Press site every day, and a number of
these pieces have focused on Panzer Grenadier:
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