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Year
1974
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Description
Panzer Leader is a tactical platoon level hex and counter board wargame depicting WWII tank and infantry combat on the Western European front.
It features 4 geomorphic map tiles, which can be put together in a variety of ways to play the provided scenarios (which are printed on cardstock, showing all the necessary information for a scenario) or home-made scenarios. The 20 provided scenarios cover various battles on the Western Front, with most of the scenarios involving the Normandy campaign or the Battle of the Bulge. Two scenarios cover the amphibious assaults on Omaha and Gold beaches and include special rules for naval fire. While based on PanzerBlitz, the rules were cleaned up and included additional mechanics such as for air attacks and engineers, as well new spotting rules to prevent PanzerBush tactics - units could no longer fire from concealment without revealing themselves to enemies. Several optional and experimental rules are provided, including one for opportunity fire to further nullify PanzerBush maneuvers.
The Panzer Leader map boards are interchangeable with the PanzerBlitz maps, and one could combine the two sets to make a larger battlefield. The scale is the same with the two games. The German units are interchangeable, and if one wanted, players can try a "what if" scenario with American/British forces vs. Soviet forces.
Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 7
Sister game to PanzerBlitz and The Arab Israeli Wars.
Components
384 (including 7 blanks) British, US, and German counters
4 geomorphic boards
20 scenarios
Terrain Effects Chart (two-sided)
Combat Results Chart
Rules of Play and Designer's Notes booklet
1 six-sided die
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Analysis at 2:24 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Too complex for beginners
- Components were disappointing
- Rulebook was overwhelming
Thematic elements
- World War II
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Mentioned in the context of comparing it to other games.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- to me that was a very simple game easy to learn but kind of recreated what really happened during that time
- if y'all ever seen a GMT rule book They're they're not pretty books with glossy pages and big images and very few words per page they're double column they're they're numbered almost like a contract a legal document that's just how they're formatted
- it's basically the conflict between uh uh basically the US and and that region of the world between China and us trying to influence and control that area
- this is coming from somebody who complained I did a 45 minute history lesson on Cuba Libra when I taught it to you
- I knew nothing about how Castro took over CU I I knew he did it how he did it and why I don't know but playing that game three or four times now I have a I'm not a master by any means but I have a much better understanding of what really happened during that time
- I am learning about stuff that happened during the Vietnam war knew nothing about super excited as I play through this game learning about that
- you do learn as you're playing the game how the forces had to build towards that final battle of waterl you learn the players that took place
- yes I have that one I've never play amazing historical game from Marton Wallace yes I had some Muro stuff in it but I actually learned a lot about that from Lincoln
- we got access and allies coming up talking about jumping to the deep end we'll jump straight into that
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Analysis at 1:59
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Pros
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Thematic elements
- military
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- our taste have changed over the years
- getting older sucks
- I think I finally at my old age settled into a rut of things that I really like and now by scope of games that I like that I must have must play want to play is really small
- I've gone from one thing to another thing to another thing
- the length the duration of the game
- the theme of the game is not what's really doing it for me but some of the mechanics in the game is what I really like
- oh I like the strategy of a spreadsheet
- I started diving in to mechanisms
- I realized wait a minute you mean it's possible for me to have a theme I really really like and the mechanisms of the game I really enjoy
- I need theme and I need something fun to play
- there are a lot of Euro style games where the theme you see is pasted on pasted on themes
- as my mental state deteriorates over time
- my ability to comprehend rulebooks my ability to teach games
- these very simple Ticket to Ride type games to complex thought-provoking engine building
- what games will I when I want to get to gain to the table with people what do I need to have on my shelf
- I've always lik history and there are some really cool themes games out there that's really interesting to me but there's some really brilliantly designed games that are a lot of fun to play
- I found that I've always liked games that have told me how I can change history
- it's not just the stor games heck
- I am super hyped for that and it has nothing to do with history
- I don't have a steady group to game with to do that
- my shelves shifted a little bit
- I'm a Star Trek fan I know that what's some of my favorite episodes anything to deal with changing time time jumps
- the theme meshed so well with what we were doing in the game
- those experiences stick with me when I can apply the theme with the game
- my taste changed over time it's beginning to be structured around events in my life more than anything
- the theme just isn't grabbing me
- it's just that's personal preference at that point
- theme really drives well me personally into stuff that I like
- it's got to be both or I'll play it once twice and maybe never again
- what what mechanic is there what mechanic do I enjoy the most
- our requirements of what's going to stay on our Shelf probably is getting narrower and narrower over time
- it'll probably be towards the one with a theme that I like the most
- I really will
- the brain has saturated the gray matter has soaked up as much as it can
- I Just Want to Have Fun and now my my window of fun is kind of narrow to what I see what I what's going to fit that hole
- give me a good game mechanic get me some dice on the table for an hour and a half I'll be a happy camper
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Zilla Blitz Top List at 14:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Liked the US inclusion
- Appealed to sense of place in history
- Slightly preferred over Panzer Blitz
- Tons of pieces
- Could make scenarios
- Lots of fun gameplay
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Tactical World War II combat
- Western Front for Western Front combat in World War II
Comparison games
- Panzer Blitz
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- scenario-based play — Includes specific scenarios like the Normandy beach landing.
- Tactical combat — Utilizes the Panzer Blitz system for Western Front combat.
- Unit diversity — Features American forces in addition to other WWII combatants.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So it felt like no matter how many times I played this game, every single time it was different.
- I think it captured operational level combat in a way that the other options in that period of time thinking about things like Africa France 1940 that I just didn't quite gravitate towards from a play level as I did with this one.
- So, it is easy and far away the number one game on my list of top 10 Avalon Hill war games.
- But first up, let me introduce the game to you. Midway Naval Air Battle Game.
- For for what it does, I think it captures that whole cat and mouse and strike first or be struck nature of naval warfare.
- But that whole idea of that being the first war game that I got, I remember think that you could have history in a box like this.
- I mean, paper time machines, right, is the the famous quote is what these are. That hit me so strong the moment I opened this box up and it's why I still play, right? Because it's history in a box.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 4:17
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Quotes (from this video)
- Undaunted 2200 which is a very good game. Tactics II, very very good.
- I've got all the Killforths.
- Nemo's War, great game.
- Defenders of the Realm, love that game. Love it.
- I got some BattleTech on painting. Going to start painting again.
- Ogre, great game.
- We're going to be back in business, folks. We're going to be back in business.
- We're going to be back to full strength again. Just like the old days.
- People that want to work with me, great. People that don't want to work with me, great. Don't care.
- Getting hacked, man. It was very It took a lot of wind out of my sails.
- I'll get us there. All right, we got the other cable coming within the next month or so. Uh, they're going to be running that up here, so we're going to have fiber.
- I got 10 videos I got to get done. I got more stuff coming.
- We're turning the old game around.
- I don't think I've ever been this busy. And I'm pretty happy about it.
- We'll come back and uh, next week we'll start we'll start doing nice little short live play. Maybe we'll do uh, Val Petra.
- Everything feels better. You know, everything feels good.
- It is your old pal Earl.
- This has been a long time coming and it's showing the subscriptions have gone up.
- It's been a rough 2 days. But don't worry about it. I'll shake it off. I'll come back stronger than ever.
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 6:18 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Came out in 1974, considered a significant early wargame.
Cons
- Host never actually played it, only messed around with the rules.
Thematic elements
- tactical warfare
- Western Front
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Wargame — A game of tactical warfare.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale, this is one of those expansions that I just missed.
- This is a big, grandiose game with a lot going on, and it's too slow and too boring for me to enjoy it.
- This is my least favorite Carcassonne game. I hate this game.
- This is one of the biggest, longest games I've ever played.
- It's the bad quality's bad.
- This one is fine. Um this one is not as bad as the other one I played was that you go around and you find stuff. It doesn't look very good though, does it?
- Leaders on the other hand are a great two-player game where you have a bunch of leaders and you're trying to capture your opponent's leader.
- Of all the games I talked about today, I think my favorite is actually Leaders.
- Leaders is a very, very excellent two-player game.
- This is a re-implementation of Survive: Escape from Atlantis.
- A little auction game. There was just some really neat like there wasn't many games like this. Now, there are many, many, many games like it.
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