Panzerschreck #17: Wargame Journal

PANZERSCHRECK #17 (Fall 2020) is an award-winning journal focusing on military history and boardgaming. In addition to hobby articles and thumbnail game reviews, this 88-page full-color edition contains three complete wargames: DER TAG, 1916 (solitaire strategic level WWI naval), BATTLE OVER DUNKIRK (tactical WW2 aerial combat card game), and NAPOLEON IN ITALY 2nd ed (operational Napoleonic game). All three stress high playability along with solid historicity.This edition also has several game articles and short reviews of interest to wargamers. Game reviews include The Longest Trench (UGG), Sarajevo 28 June 1914 (Lamaca), Civil War (Avalon Hill), Enemy Coast Ahead: Doolittle Raid (GMT), Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-45 (GMT), Red Factories (MMP), and general articles on Game Ratings: Too Clever by Half?, Retro 5th Ed. Variant Counter Set, Synopsis of Games Published in Panzerschreck 1998-2020, plus the usual editorial pieces. Game components for each of the games are provided in the pages of the magazine and must be printed before play.Here's a brief summary of the games included in this edition.DER TAG, 1916 is a solitaire, strategic level game covering the North Sea campaign of World War I between the British and German fleets during the pivotal year of 1916. The player takes the British, and the game system handles the German side. The game does not posit that Jutland must happen. Rather, it allows for varied German activity by their High Seas Fleet, and the British Grand Fleet's response from their four main anchorages of Scapa Flow, Cromarty, Rosyth, and Dover. Ships are differentiated by type (2nd generation dreadnought battleship, dreadnought battleship, battlecruiser, pre-dreadnought battleship, and armored cruiser). Includes 17 page instructions, Action Cards, ship counters (60 British, 34 German), small game map, game tables, and Designer's Notes.BATTLE OVER DUNKIRK is a tactical WW2 strategy card game for two depicting dogfights between individual planes, and is part of the Battle over Britain game series. Includes 16 pages of rules, Dogfight Display, Reference Card, set of 32 airplane counters (German, French, British, and Belgian), four scenarios covering the Battle for France 1940 and Dunkirk, and campaign game. Planes are authentically rated in variety of categories. Fast and furious fun.NAPOLEON IN ITALY 2nd ed. is an operational level game of strategy based on the 1796 Italian Campaign between French and Austrian troops. This new edition contains revised rules and new components. Division level, turns represent three days. Includes 12 page rules, Roster Sheets, small game map, set of 16 counters, Designer's Notes. For two players.PANZERSCHRECK is chock full of gaming fun, aiming to capture the spirit of the golden age of wargaming, with a lot of bang-for-your-buck content. Editor & Designer: Gary Graber. Publisher: Minden Games. Read more