Sunday, 17 June 2007
Another part of my hidden geek
The boardgame, war.
This is going to date me: Avalon Hill. Panzer Leader.
No question my favorite wargame. I owned quite a few Avalon Hill games back in my heyday, including Squad Leader and Panzerblitz. There was Blitzkrieg and Tactics (I and II) as well. Avalon Hill was one of the best. I enjoyed SSI too, but AH always had a special place.
I have my parents hunting for my copies of these games in their attic. There is real promise that they have one or all of them. Panzer Leader is the only one I hope they find though.
I was recently talking with my neighbor, 10 years my junior, so the interest--in Avalon Hill, their games, or game play--quickly waned. As a WWII history buff, there was my interest in military-in-scale to fuel my fire for such simulations. Truly, part of the attraction of Panzer Leader was the box art: two Tiger tanks approach along an anonymous European dirt road, the lead tank's commander scans the horizon for threats or targets. There is something even today about the minimalist design of the box art that is evocative of the game, the theater, and the war. It is box art that would hold its own even in today's market. The font is the perfect bold sans-serif, white on a field of black.
So I'm looking for my copy of the game, and thinking about eBay options just in case, even just foregoing it all and using the rules--available online--and making my own counters (using the Imaginative Strategist's outstanding counters and maps).
I love being a geek.
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I always preferred the Jagdpanzer on the cover of PanzerBlitz myself, but it was the awesome flavor text on the back that compelled me to play.
...Russian tank commanders shut the hatches of their dreaded T-34's...
...and there - topping the rise! ....a glint of dawn reflecting off the muzzle of the first German tank...
PanzerBlitz is about to begin!
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