Panzer Grenadier: Saipan 1944

In June 1944, American Marines and soldiers stormed ashore on Saipan, a large island in the Central Pacific whose possession would put Allied heavy bombers in range of Japanese cities. Three weeks of savage fighting would finally see the island secured, as places like Death Valley, Hell’s Pocket and Purple Heart Ridge entered the U.S. Marine Corps’ lexicon. The campaign saw the largest tank battle of the Pacific war, and also its largest banzai charge as almost the entire Japanese garrison (and much of the island’s Japanese civilian population) chose death over surrender.

Saipan 1944 is a complete Playbook-format game in the Panzer Grenadier series based on these fearsome battles. We bring you 40 scenarios, played out on four new mapboards showing the jungles, hills, beaches and cane fields of Saipan. And 495 die-cut, silky-smooth playing pieces.

The U.S. Marines have awesome firepower – every third man wields an automatic rifle – and bring tanks, flamethrowers and heavy artillery to the battlefield. The U.S. Army is present, along with the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Navy’s elite Special Naval Landing Forces.

Stuff Included:

• Forty scenarios.
• Four rigid cardstock maps.
• 495 die-cut, silky-smooth playing pieces.
• Packaged in book format.

Links:
• Publisher's Preview
• Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
• Alligators at War
• Mapping Saipan
• Scenario Preview Part One
• Scenario Preview Part Two
• Scenario Preview Part Three
• Scenario Preview Part Four
• Scenario Preview Part Five
• Scenario Preview Part Six
• Scenario Preview Part Seven
• Scenario Preview Part Eight

Stock Code: APL0731

Retail Price: $90.99

Status: Available Now!

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No rules! You’ll need the Fourth Edition rules from another Panzer Grenadier game. Earlier edition rules will not work with this game.

Pacific Island Battles
Fight for Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Leyte, Luzon, and Mindanao: six maps, 671 pieces, 151 scenarios. One hundred and fifty-one scenarios. 
• Saipan 1944
• Pacific Armor
• Mindanao 1945
• Leyte 1944
• Marianas 1944
Retail Price: $211.95
Package Price: $180
Gold Price: $144

Storm the Beaches.

Add More Fun!

Marianas 1944
American Marines and soldiers battle the Japanese on Tinian and Guam in this expansion for Saipan 1944, with 30 new scenarios, 24 new die-cut, silky-smooth pieces and two new maps. $35.99

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Leyte 1944
Forty-six new scenarios for Saipan 1944 (you'll also need Marianas 1944 and, for just one scenario, Elsenborn Ridge) devoted to the American return to the Philippines: Japanese paratroopers, rocket-firing gunboats and more! Plus 88 new die-cut, silky-smooth playing pieces. $35.99

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Pacific Armor
Pacific Armor is focused on Japanese tanks and their battles on Saipan and Luzon. You get the tanks that fought these battles, and the tanks that could have done so. You get 64 new pieces, all die-cut and silky-smooth. And 24 new scenarios of Pacific tank action. You’ll need Saipan 1944, Elsenborn Ridge, and Marianas 1944 to play all of the scenarios. $32.99

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Mindanao 1945
Ten scenarios drawn from the bitter fighting for the southernmost large island of the Philippines during the last months of the Pacific War. You’ll need Saipan 1944 and Marianas 1944 to play the scenarios. $15.99

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