Does anyone remember Panzer Leader or Panzer Blitz?

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Does anyone remember Panzer Leader or Panzer Blitz?

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Hey how many of you guys remember these two games? Panzer Blitz & Panzer Leader

Man were they a blast!!.. (For me ) They were by fare the most exciting & fun Board Wargames I ever played. Friday nights melted into Saturday mornings, I mean whole Saturdays were set-aside and devoted to them! New guys that had never even played wargames before found theses games compelling and easy to learn.Friendships were made and sometimes almost broken. We would made extra maps so we could have Big 2 VRS 2 games with most of the counters on the boards! O Man was it was great!.. You could be kicking ass one minute only to have the Dice go against you the next or for your opponent to out maneuver you.
Man was it fun!!...
Then you get older and time goes by.Friends move, work takes over, the wife has a cow if you leave map boards with counters on the dining table for more than a day.
Time just evaporates before your eyes. Now if I'm lucky I play 1 game a year.

Hey has Matrix ever thought of doing a wargame like Panzer Leader &/Or Panzer Blitz ? I don't mean close-to or kind-of like or it sort-of reminds me of . I mean just like it but with out the name of corse its a Avloan Hill trade mark I think. Maybe if "WE' email them they will think about it. Its a thought.
I do thank Matrix for all the hard work that they do for us old wargamers!..
Hope this brought back some good memories for you guys.

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Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader were ok.

Way back in the old days (the 70s) I was part of a small group of gamers and we had more fun playing AH's Stalingrad, Waterloo, Africa Korp, D-Day etc.

Those were the days.

I would pay $200.00 for a PC version of any of these. How I wish Avalon Hill was still functioning like the old days. They were simple but I loved those old Combat Results Tables (CRTs). And no Axis & Allies just doesn't cut it for me.

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Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader were ok.

Way back in the old days (the 70s) I was part of a small group of gamers and we had more fun playing AH's Stalingrad, Waterloo, Africa Korp, D-Day etc.

Those were the days.

I would pay $200.00 for a PC version of any of these. How I wish Avalon Hill was still functioning like the old days. They were simple but I loved those old Combat Results Tables (CRTs). And no Axis & Allies just doesn't cut it for me.

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PanzerBlitz 'never put infantry on top of a tank, if the enemy has any motars'

That, and the game 'Anzio'. Also '1914' The only good game about WW1 until Frank Hunter's.

Then there was 'Jutland' crawling around the floor and irritating my fiancee.

Was fun.
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ORIGINAL: Sardonic

PanzerBlitz 'never put infantry on top of a tank, if the enemy has any motars'

That, and the game 'Anzio'. Also '1914' The only good game about WW1 until Frank Hunter's.

Then there was 'Jutland' crawling around the floor and irritating my fiancee.

Was fun.

..Anzio ?..SPI ? a nice game, well balanced..

..dunno for WW1 boats, we were playing them on the cricket field, ranges in yards...

..geat days tho, and yes, it annoyed the then fiancee
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ORIGINAL: Sardonic

PanzerBlitz 'never put infantry on top of a tank, if the enemy has any motars'

That, and the game 'Anzio'. Also '1914' The only good game about WW1 until Frank Hunter's.

Then there was 'Jutland' crawling around the floor and irritating my fiancee.

Was fun.

I loved AHs Anzio, that was fun game. I never played 1914.

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Ah Panzer Leader!  I first cut my teeth on that game............man I played and played and played it till the counters become scuffed and warn.
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I still have panzer Leader and Panzer Blitz up in the attic [:D] 

It was my ambition to turn the attic into my war room, but I am the only guy in the house, so My wife and daughters vetoed the idea..

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MMP, the guys who produce ASL have had a PB/PL remake in the works for a few years now.I don't know the status of the project but they released a few screenshots recently.

edit: Just checked their site, they have it on pre-order[:)] http://www.multimanpublishing.com/preorder/viewGame.php?id=38
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A couple of screenies:
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I happened to cut my teeth on tactics II. Never did much with PB or PL but how many of you guys remember:
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I have those and anzio[X(]
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The good old days.




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http://hometown.aol.com/ssbtdoom/pbone.htm

This is old link I had for panzer leader site.
Have only glanced at new site after checking the link before posting.


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The Plodder is correct!
 
MMP is doing a remake of the game called Panzer Blitz II. As can be seen in the above screen shots it has been updated to some extent. The counters have a bit more information on them and the first module is a historical one that will be played on a hex covered actual terrain map. I belive that this module is just to test the waters so to speak. If this sells well they may put out a general module with 3 or more nationalities represented with more module to follow depending on sales. Failing that, they may just continue to produce historical modules. Basicly what I'm trying to say is that the original intent was to produce Panzer Blitz II in much the same way as Advanced Squad Leader with multiple modules.
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Toyko Express was my first war game, the second and third were these two, Panzer Leader and Panzer Blits, I used to play them aganst my dad, then I went on to SL and ASL.[:)]
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Toyko Express was my first war game, the second and third were these two, Panzer Leader and Panzer Blits, I used to play them aganst my dad, then I went on to SL and ASL.[:)]

Good memories are NICE.

I tried but couldn't get interested in SL or ASL. I like Operational or Strategic games for the most part.

New Plan: Matrix puts on hold most current projects and encougaes all good developers to buy the rights to ALL the old Avalon Hill classics and Matrix will release them one at a time every other month.

YEAH BABY!!!

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The Kursk scenario from PanzerBlitz was my favorite........
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