I have updated the "PzTp variants" file located in the Files section of the Panzertruppe Yahoo group web page. It now has the additional mortars and vehicles...
I just want to remind everyone that I welcome submissions of variant rules. I'll add them to the variants file. I'm always interested to hear about additional...
I have been meaning to post an AAR on this game for some time, especially since I ran the game at the beginning of October. I have to go watch my brother...
Hi, I finally got a copy of the rules. All it took was me ordering them from Amazon and picking them up from my sister's when I got to California. Much less...
Hi Jim, Welcome to the group, and thanks for picking up a copy of the rules. Good questions. Two of the close-assault modifiers only apply only to infantry...
I meant to say that "early in the war AFVs had a greater PSYCHOLOGICAL impact" I spelled "psychological" wrong and then I clicked on the wrong option that the...
How to ward off a tank with a pistol: The following from W. C. Cavanagh's 'The Battle East of Elsenborn & The Twin Villages' (published ) describes an...
Did anyone get anything interesting for the holidays? I got a copy of the 1975 Milton Bradley game Tank Battle. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2598 I had...
Chris, that is a really cool game. There was a new version which came out a few years ago that I got for my boys. It added attack helicopters and patriot...
I got Wings of War (Famous Aces) and Ticket To Ride (Railroad game). We will have to get together with our stuff for a round robin gaming session. Thanks for...
It looks like they really increased the complexity of the game with the new version. From the pics I can see cards, dice, and the new unit types that you...
The US armored car you could not place looks like a White scout car. The tank you wanted to call a Patton looks like a M60a2. "Chris P." <cpagano@...>...
Actually, after looking at the photo below the one where the photographer (which isn't Chris Pagano by the way) says "Can't go wrong calling it a Patton... or...
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that they were my photos, but thanks for the id. I am very poor at identifying post-WWII AFVs. In fact, I must admit that when I...
Someone recently wrote this to me offline: "We had a game last week, starring Manchuria in 1945. This gave us a chance to work with indirect artillery and...
The following is a nice example of an "errant turn." The incident occurred during the defense of Dom Butgenbach, Belgium, Decemender 21, 1944, and the exerpt...
The Siege of Augusta was this past weekend (in Augusta, GA, USA), and as usual it was a great time. There were two Panzertruppe games, one by myself and one by...
Chris, I will pass on the compliment to the boys. Thank you for it, and for running the game and allowing them to play. I purposely played something ...
Hi Chris Turning obsolete tanks into bunkers was common in Europe during the Cold War. I also saw T34/85s bunkerized like that in Syria in the 80s. Doug Lefler...
Here are a couple of recent news stories about these buried tanks. It seems people are digging them up and selling them to collectors. (You may need to copy...
http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/springfever.html We have a new gaming convention coming to the Raleigh, NC area. It is a miniatures wargames convention....
I have been mulling it over lately. I might be able to make an appearance, but it would just be for Friday and Saturday. I guess I will need to talk to the...
Unfortunately I won't be able to make it because of a work conflict. I plan to go to the Tank Extravaganza at the Danville Armor museum and to Southern Front...