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Grenadier
World War II Tactical Combat
Panzer Grenadier, the most popular game series produced by Avalanche Press, is built on a number of principles. First and foremost, as the name implies, infantry is a key component of the combined arms approach to war. The infantry game is an integral part of Panzer Grenadier, and many exciting scenarios include only foot soldiers. Infantry uses direct fire (rifles and machine guns) to attack other “soft” targets, but does most of its damage via assault combat, up close and personal.
Unlike some games oriented more toward movies than history, Panzer Grenadier acknowledges that artillery is the god of war. Rifle fire by itself will not destroy many enemies. Artillery fire does, and is very important to prepare the way for tanks and infantry to advance.
But of course the game revolves around tanks. We know what gamers want. Tanks can both attack “soft” targets with direct fire (machine guns and high-explosive rounds) and one another with anti-tank fire.
The most important pieces are leaders. Leaders incite troops to move forward, and rally them when they become demoralized. The side with better leadership has a decided advantage.
A great place to start is with the five-minute rules, that you can download here. And if you want to try the game out for free, you can download everything you need right here.
Here's a look at all of our Panzer Grenadier products:
Boxed games
Elsenborn Ridge
Battle of the Bulge
Eastern Front
Road to Berlin
Kursk: North Flank
Kursk: South Flank
Afrika Korps
Desert Rats
1940: The Fall of France
Guadalcanal
Beyond Normandy
Cassino '44
Books
Winter Soldiers
Go For Broke
Black SS
Kokoda Trail
White Eagles
Sinister Forces
Fronte Russo
Arctic Front
Secret Weapons
First Axis
Jungle Fighting
Workers & Peasants
Supplements with counters
South Africa's War
Blue Division
Red Warriors
Polish Steel
DAK '44
Hopeless, But Not Serious
Iron Wolves
Scenario supplements
Divizione Corazzata
Alaska's War
North Wind
Carpathian Brigade
Little Saturn
March on Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
Romanian Soil
North of Elsenborn
Downloadable
supplements
Indian Unity
Waltzing Matilda
Grossdeutschland 1946
War on the Equator
Edelweiss
Campaigns and
Commanders
War in the East
The King's Officers
More extras
Woods and Hills
Winter Wonderland
German Hordes
Boxed Games
Boxed games are the heart of the Panzer Grenadier game system. Each of them is a "core" game: it has everything you need to play, and you don't need any parts or rules or anything else to play every scenario (complete game situation) in the box.
Elsenborn Ridge
A great starting point for new players, this game has 35 scenarios from the "northern flank" of the Battle of the Bulge. U.S. Army, German regular army and German Waffen SS forces. $49.99
Battle of the Bulge
Fifty scenarios from the "southern flank" of the Battle of the Bulge, as American and German troops fight in and around Bastogne. $59.99
Eastern Front
The 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union is shown with a whopping 112 scenarios. German and Romanian troops fight the Red Army of Workers and Peasants. $79.99
Road to Berlin
The last days of the Third Reich, with 75 scenarios from the 1945 battles in Poland, Hungary and Germany. German regular army, Waffen SS and naval ground troops face the Red Army and Soviet Guards. $79.99
Kursk: North Flank
Three German Army panzer corps assault the Soviets with new Panther tanks in history's greatest tank battles. This game is not yet available.
Kursk: South Flank
The German SS Panzer Corps challenges the Soviet 1st Tank Army in history's greatest tank battles. This game is not yet available.
Afrika Korps
The opening battles of war in the North African desert, with 50 scenarios from 1940 and 1941. British, Italian, Australian and German troops and tanks fight on extra-large desert maps. $74.99
Desert Rats
Fifty scenarios of the desert war, including several from the East African campaign. British, New Zealand and Indian troops (including Maoris and Gurkhas) face Germans and Italians (including Italian Colonial forces) on extra-large desert maps. $74.99
1940: The Fall of France
German panzers roll into France, to be met by fierce resistance. It was no roll-over on the tactical level, and these 50 scenarios show why. $74.99
Guadalcanal
U.S. Marines battle the Japanese on "historical" maps of the island showing the actual terrain, in 24 scenarios. $59.99
Beyond Normandy
British troops face the Waffen SS in the brutal struggle for Hill 112, on "historical" maps showing the actual terrain. 44 scenarios. $74.99
Cassino '44
Four epic battles displayed in 30 scenarios,
with British, American, Indian, New Zealand
and Polish troops assaulting the famous
abbey held by German paratroopers, on a
huge "historical" map of the
actual battlefield. $99.99
Books
These scenario books usually include playing pieces, and anywhere from 30 to 40 new scenarios plus background articles on the campaigns and the armies that fought them. They are not playable by themselves, but require pieces from one or more boxed games (see the individual product pages for listings).
Winter Soldiers
Thirty new scenarios from the Ardennes campaign, plus an exciting campaign game. $19.99
Go For Broke
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team racked up more decorations than any regiment in American military history. Go For Broke is a book with 20 new scenarios by Mike Perryman and 77 new die-cut and mounted playing pieces depicting this regiment in its own color scheme. $24.99
Black SS
Black Waffen SS counters for use in our Beyond Normandy, Road to Berlin and Elsenborn Ridge games. 64-page book with 30 scenarios and 165 die-cut and mounted playing pieces; $29.99
Kodoka Trail
Australian and Japanese troops clash in the jungle-covered mountains of New Guinea. Forty scenarios, two new map boards, $29.99.
White Eagles
Polish troops resist the 1939 German invasion. Forty scenarios and 165 new pieces. $29.99
Sinister Forces
The men that made World War II the most brutal in human history, the Waffen SS and Soviet NKVD, fight in 35 new scenarios ranging from 1939 to 1942. 165 new pieces. $29.99
Fronte Russo
Battles of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, with 41 scenarios from 1941 and 1942 and 165 new pieces. $29.99
Arctic Front Deluxe
Finnish troops fight the Soviets and the Germans in the Winter War. Continuation War and the Lappland War. 40 scenarios, 176 new pieces. $29.99.
Secret Weapons
The weird weapons and giant tanks that barely — or never — reached the battlefield in World War II. Thirty scenarios, 154 new pieces. $29.99
First Axis
Slovakia was Germany's first ally, and fought alongside the Nazis in 1939 and 1941 before turning against them in 1944. Thirty scenarios and 88 new pieces. $24.99
Jungle Fighting
The Marines weren't the only ones to fight the Japanese on Guadalcanal. This supplement adds 42 new scenarios focusing on the U.S. Army's sacrifices during the campaign. $19.99
Supplements with counters
These include die-cut-and-mounted playing pieces plus a scenario booklet.
South Africa's War
South African troops battle the Axis in East and North Africa, 1940-1942. Twenty scenarios and 88 pieces; $19.99.
Blue Division
Spanish volunteers fight alongside the Germans on the Eastern Front. Twenty scenarios and 77 pieces; $24.99.
Red Warriors
Born in the bitter winter battles in front of Moscow, the Soviet Guards led the way to victory in the Great Patriotic War. Add these elite troops to your Panzer Grenadier games with 20 scenarios and165 pieces, $24.99.
Polish Steel
By 1945, Polish troops formed two elite corps in the Western Allied armies. Had a third world war broken out in 1948, they once again would have been in the forefront. This supplement supplies Poland with the most modern weapons of 1948. 77 counters, 10 scenarios. $19.99.
DAK '44
Could the desert war have continued past the Battle of Alamein? How would desert warfare have played out with new weapons like the Tiger II or the Firefly? This supplement addresses this question, with the Germany arsenal of 1944 in our desert scheme. 88 counters, 10 scenarios. $19.99
Hopeless, But Not Serious
Austria's army fights the Nazis in 1934 and 1938, with 16 new scenarios and 341 new pieces. $24.99
Iron Wolves
Lithuania chose not to fight in 1939 and 1941; this supplement looks at what might have happened if she did. Ten scenarios and 165 pieces. $17.99
Scenario Supplements
Sets of scenarios grouped around a theme, usually all from one campaign.
Divizione Corazzata
Italian armored divisions field the modern Italian tanks designed but never deployed. Ten scenarios; $9.99 printed, $5.99 download.
Alaska's War
Americans battle the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands 1942. Ten scenarios; $9.99 printed, $5.99 download.
North Wind
Green American divisions fight off the best of the Nazi war machine in 10 scenarios from Germany's last offensive in the west. $9.99 printed, $5.99 download.
Carpathian Brigade
Polish exiles fight the Axis during and after the Siege of Tobruk, 1941. 11 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.9 printed.
Little Saturn
The Italian Eight Army fights for survival in Russia, 1942. 10 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.99 printed.
March on Leningrad
German panzers fight their way toward Leningrad. 10 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.9 printed.
Siege of Leningrad
The Red Army defends the cradle of the revolution. 10 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.99 printed.
Romanian Soil
Axis troops fend off a massive Red Army armored offensive around Targu Frumos, Romania, in April 1944. 10 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.99 printed.
North of Elsenborn
American troops force their way into Germany in September 1944. 10 scenarios, $5.99 download, $9.99 printed.
Downloadable Supplements
These are available immediately, right off our website: just buy them and immediately download them. Scenario booklets and playing pieces are in .pdf format; you'll have to assemble the pieces yourself. Like the books, they're not playable by themselves but require parts from one or more boxed games.
 Indian Unity
The "princely state" of Hyderabad resists the Indian Army in 10 scenarios from the 1948 invasion. Yes, it really happened! 165 pieces, 10 scenarios, $12.99.
 Waltzing Matilda: The Defense of Australia, 1942
Australia's Citizen Military Force stood ready to defend their country from a Japanese invasion that never came. This supplement looks at the Militia and their potential Japanese foes, with new Japanese tanks and other vehicles, Australian armor, cavalry of both sides, and much more. 330 counters, 12 scenarios. $16.99.
 Grossdeutschland 1946
Germany's best division wields weapons that never left the drawing board. 253 pieces, 10 scenarios, $12.99.
 War on the Equator
In 1941, Peru used modern tanks, artillery and planes to invade its neighbor Ecuador. Six scenarios look at this unlikely war that really happened. 165 pieces. $12.99
 Edelweiss
From the Arctic to Crete, from the Caucasus to Norway, Germany's mountain troops fought on almost all fronts. Now you can add these elite troops to your Panzer Grenadier games, with 32 new scenarios.165 pieces, $16.99. Download now!
Campaigns and Commanders
Guide your "personal" leader through a series of battles, in this new series that melds role-playing and tactical wargaming. Gain special skills and advance through the ranks.
War in the East
Three campaigns — Poland 1939, Barbarossa 1941 and Berlin 1945 — allow Polish, German and Soviet leaders to develop their warrior abilities. $19.99
The King's Officers
Shepherd
British and Italian officers through the
Second World War with the
campaign games "The Desert War 1940-1941," "The
Desert War 1941-1942," and "War
in the Hedgerows, 1944." It also includes
historical articles and strategy tips on
how to use Leader Characters in battle. $19.99
Panzer Grenadier Divisional Downloads
Entire divisions in their own unique color scheme. These special counter sets can be used with Campaigns & Commanders books to create campaigns, or just to make your games that much more fun to play. These are all downloads, with assembly required.
 Ariete Division
The elite Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division fought across the deserts of Libya and Egypt in 1941 an 1942, assembling a combat record equal to any division of World War II. This set has 165 pieces and is perfect for use with Campaigns & Commanders: The King’s Officers. $6.99. Download now!
 DeGaulle's Division
Charles DeGaulle’s hastily assembled 4th Division Cuirassée de Réserve (Armored Division) inflicted repeated defeats on the German 10th Panzer Division and showed what French tanks and crews could accomplish when aggressively led. This set features 253 pieces showing the tanks, troops and vehicles in their own special color scheme, so you can send the entire division into battle against the Nazis. $6.99. Download now!
 Panzer Division
The crack German 1st Panzer Division as it stood in June 1941 — perfect for use with the campaigns of Panzer Grenadier: War in the East. This set has 330 pieces, with all of the panzers and troops and guns all bearing the division’s unique symbol. $6.99 Download now!
 Moscow Rifles
The elite 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division out-fought Heinz Gunderian’s panzers at Borisov and Orsha in July 1941, becoming the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division in September. This set of 495 pieces shows the division as it stood during its epic stand to bar the road to Moscow, with 495 pieces in a unique color scheme including dozens of T-34, T-35 and BT-7 tanks. $6.99. Download now!
 Texas Division
The pride of the Texas National Guard, the 36th Infantry Division saw action at Salerno, San Pietro and Monte Cassino as well as in southern France, the Rhone frontier and southern Germany. This set of 253 pieces displays the division with its own unique symbol. $6.99. Download now!
More Extras
Additional parts to increase your Panzer Grenadier fun.
Woods and Hills
The four maps from Battle of the Bulge, plus the one from the now-extinct Airborne. $24.99
Winter Wonderland
The four maps from Elsenborn Ridge, but in a snow-covered scheme for that cold December feeling. $19.99.
And More!
We also add new content to the Avalanche Press site every day, and a number of these pieces have focused on Panzer Grenadier:
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