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Grenadier
World War II Tactical Combat
Panzer Grenadier, the most popular game series produced by Avalanche Press, 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.
A great place to start is with the five-minute rules, that you can download here. And if you want to try the game out for free, you can download everything you need right here.
Here's a look at all of our Panzer Grenadier products:
Boxed Games
Boxed games are the heart of the Panzer Grenadier game system. Each of them is a "core" game: it has everything you need to play, and you don't need any parts or rules or anything else to play every scenario (complete game situation) in the box.
Elsenborn Ridge
A great starting point for new players, this game has 35 scenarios from the "northern flank" of the Battle of the Bulge. U.S. Army, German regular army and German Waffen SS forces. $39.99
Battle of the Bulge
Fifty scenarios from the "southern flank" of the Battle of the Bulge, as American and German troops fight in and around Bastogne. $49.99
Eastern Front
The 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union is shown with a whopping 112 scenarios. German and Romanian troops fight the Red Army of Workers and Peasants. $74.99
Road to Berlin
The last days of the Third Reich, with 75 scenarios from the 1945 battles in Poland, Hungary and Germany. German regular army, Waffen SS and naval ground troops face the Red Army and Soviet Guards. $74.99
Operation Citadel
Eighty scenarios from history's largest tank battles in and around Kursk in the summer of 1943. German army and SS troops and tanks face the Red Army and Soviet Guards. $74.99, coming in 2009.
Afrika Korps
The opening battles of war in the North African desert, with 50 scenarios from 1940 and 1941. British, Italian, Australian and German troops and tanks fight on extra-large desert maps. $64.99
Desert Rats
Fifty scenarios of the desert war, including several from the East African campaign. British, New Zealand and Indian troops (including Maoris and Gurkhas) face Germans and Italians (including Italian Colonial forces) on extra-large desert maps. $64.99
1940: The Fall of France
German panzers roll into France, to be met by fierce resistance. It was no roll-over on the tactical level, and these 50 scenarios show why. $64.99, coming in 2009.
Guadalcanal
U.S. Marines battle the Japanese on "historical" maps of the island showing the actual terrain, in 24 scenarios. $49.99
Beyond Normandy
British troops face the Waffen SS in the brutal struggle for Hill 112, on "historical" maps showing the actual terrain. 44 scenarios. $64.99
Cassino '44
Four epic battles displayed in 30 scenarios,
with British, American, Indian, New Zealand
and Polish troops assaulting the famous
abbey held by German paratroopers, on a
huge "historical" map of the
actual battlefield. $99.99, coming in 2009.
Books
These scenario books usually include playing pieces, and anywhere from 30 to 40 new scenarios plus background articles on the campaigns and the armies that fought them. They are not playable by themselves, but require pieces from one or more boxed games (see the individual product pages for listings).
Campaigns and Commanders: The King's Officers
Three
campaigns featuring the British Army — War
in the Desert 1940–1941, War in the
Desert 1941–1942, and War in the Hedgerows
1944 — bring British and Italian officers
through the war. $19.99.
Kodoka Trail
Australian and Japanese troops clash in the jungle-covered mountains of New Guinea. Forty scenarios, two new map boards, $24.99.
White Eagles
Polish troops resist the 1939 German invasion. Forty scenarios and 165 new pieces. $24.99
Sinister Forces
The men that made World War II the most brutal in human history, the Waffen SS and Soviet NKVD, fight in 35 new scenarios ranging from 1939 to 1942. 165 new pieces. $24.99
Fronte Russo
Battles of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, with 41 scenarios from 1941 and 1942 and 165 new pieces. $24.99
Arctic Front Deluxe
Finnish troops fight the Soviets and the Germans in the Winter War. Continuation War and the Lappland War. 40 scenarios, 176 new pieces. $24.99.
Secret Weapons
The weird weapons and giant tanks that barely — or never — reached the battlefield in World War II. Thirty scenarios, 154 new pieces. $24.99
First Axis
Slovakia was Germany's first ally, and fought alongside the Nazis in 1939 and 1941 before turning against them in 1944. Thirty scenarios and 88 new pieces. $24.99
Jungle Fighting
The Marines weren't the only ones to fight the Japanese on Guadalcanal. This supplement adds 42 new scenarios focusing on the U.S. Army's sacrifices during the campaign. $19.99
Downloadable Supplements
These are available immediately, right off our website: just buy them and immediately download them. Scenario booklets and playing pieces are in .pdf format; you'll have to assemble the pieces yourself. Like the books, they're not playable by themselves but require parts from one or more boxed games.
Aachen 1944: Germany Invaded
American troops fight for the first major German city liberated by Allied forces. Ten scenarios; $4.99 .pdf; $9.99 printed.
Grossdeutschland 1946
Germany's best division wields weapons that never left the drawing board. 253 pieces, 10 scenarios, $10.99.
Hopeless, But Not Serious
Austria's army fights the Nazis in 1934 and 1938, with 16 new scenarios and 341 new pieces. $10.99.
Romanian Soil: Battles for Targu Frumos, 1944
Axis forces make a mobile defense against powerful Soviet armored forces. Ten scenarios from the battle still used as a training example by modern military academies. $4.99 .pdf; $9.99 printed.
Edelweiss
The German Army's mountain troops were among the best formations to take the field during the Second World War; the Waffen SS mountain soldiers were among the worst. This supplement has 32 (yes, 32!) scenarios of German Army and SS mountain troops fighting on all fronts. 165 pieces, 32 scenarios, $10.99 full .pdf package; $2.99 for just the counters.
Iron Wolves
Lithuania chose not to fight in 1939 and 1941; this supplement looks at what might have happened if she did. Ten scenarios and 165 pieces. $6.99
Divisione Corazzata
Italian tankers had no lack of bravery, but went to war in badly outdated machines. These 10 scenarios look at what might have happened had they used the better tanks that could have been available. $4.99
War on the Equator
In 1941, Peru used modern tanks, artillery and planes to invade its neighbor Ecuador. Six scenarios look at this unlikely war that really happened. 165 pieces. $6.99
North of Elsenborn
Ten scenarios of the U.S. VII Corps' September 1944 attempt to break through the Siegfried Line. Crack American divisions face stout German fortifications. $4.99 .pdf; $9.99 printed
Scenario Supplements
Just scenarios, each set centered on a particular campaign. These are not playable by themselves but require parts from one or more boxed games.
Panzer Lion: Grossdeutschland in Action, 1944
Ten battles of the Grossdeutschland Division in the spring of 1944. Ten scenarios; $4.99 .pdf; $9.99 printed
Army Group South Ukraine: Battles in Bessarabia, 1944
The Grossdeutschland Division holds off masses of Soviet infantry and armor in Bessarabia, Romania. Ten scenarios; $4.99 .pdf; $9.99 printed
North Wind
Ten scenarios from the German Operation Nordwind in December 1944 and January 1945, as German attackers crash into American divisions in Alsace. $9.99
Alaska's War
Japanese troops invade the Aleutian Islands, and the Americans throw them out in these 10 scenarios. $9.99
March on Leningrad
Ten scenarios by Mike Perryman look at the 1941 German advance on the Soviet Union's second city. $9.99
Siege of Leningrad
Leningrad held out for 900 days under repeated German assault. These 10 scenarios look at some of these battles. $9.99
Other Supplements
These are physically similar to our scenario supplements, but include their own playing pieces.
Red Warriors
Soviet Guards face the Germans in 1942. Twenty scenarios, 165 pieces. $17.99
Blue Division
The Spanish Blue Division fights on the Eastern Front in 20 scenarios. 77 new pieces. $17.99
South Africa’s War
South African troops fight in East and North Africa in 20 scenarios. 88 new pieces. $17.99
Iron Curtain
The giant tanks built by the United States and Soviet Union for use against each other in the late 1940's, with 20 scenarios. 154 new pieces. $19.99
Campaigns and Commanders
Guide your "personal" leader through a series of battles, in this new series that melds role-playing and tactical wargaming. Gain special skills and advance through the ranks.
War in the East
Three campaigns — Poland 1939, Barbarossa 1941 and Berlin 1945 — allow Polish, German and Soviet leaders to develop their warrior abilities. $19.99
More Extras
Additional parts to increase your Panzer Grenadier fun.
Woods and Hills
The four maps from Battle of the Bulge, plus the one from the now-extinct Airborne. $24.99
Winter Wonderland
The four maps from Elsenborn Ridge, but in a snow-covered scheme for that cold December feeling. $19.99.
And More!
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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