You have to play scenario 11! Its based on the fatastic Srar Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" and it makes for one of the most fun solitaire Star Fleet Battle scenarios.

everybody's on foot....why are we rolling and applying that to terrain....why are we rolling at all....just have a foot movement rate and apply that to terrain and skip all the other malarkey In pop culture I thought you had to be bitten THREE times to become a NOSFERATU....? Question....why don't roads negate terrain such as forests? It would be cool to add color etc to the map

....there's an L in woLf

I love your videos, my friend. I love your channel and I love your content. But I could have lived a long life, happily, without seeing those medical photos... I've been reading about the Siege of Leningrad today, and I think I just need to watch some puppy-and-kitty-content

I did four videos about this game on You Tube. And then I see this video. It makes me want to delete my efforts as I am a pure amateur. BUT I had fun making them, so there's that.

it is the snake vs the bear. the Americans must stack ALL their ships...and they must not be found. do not move the Americans out on the first turn, do not even put them on the board. during the first turns, track the possible range of Jap movements at only 2 per turn. the Japs will assume you've come out, and it will burn their little yellow asses in anticipation. however, you aren't even on the board. therefore, you have the upper hand and can jump them.

I bought this when I was 11 years old. Played it with my best friend in high school. Lost it, then found a copy in an estate sale and bought it immediately. Thanks for this video!

This was fun to watch. The games lore and playstyle is also cool. Great video man!

I liked this scenario. Sequence of play was always frustrating. Never seemed to be able to fire as much as I wanted without getting shot at in return. Tough to do shoot and scoot.

Great review. I really enjoyed Victory Point Games, they published some interesting titles.

Dude! Is there any Zulu War game you don't have? Have you played any on PC? (Thinking of Wars Across the World dlc Zulu 1879, the which I am pretty bad at)

Excellent video probably the most complete and comprehensive video,I’ve seen on panzer blitz great job.

A standard of my dad's when Mom had to work late. From his USMC days. It convinced me to go to school, instead LOL

I always wondered what would happen if one mixed Cheese Food Product and Meat Food Product...This will suffice! Better living through chemistry 10/10!

I'm about to go to bed - work comes too soon. But suddenly, so some reason I'm hungry for some fried Spam... Thanks for that.

Always happy to see another AH game explained. This one was not a fave - I put this right on top of Tactics 2 so they could artistically collect dust together. Is it the very worst of AH? Hmm...I'd have to give that some deep thought. I'm a sports un-fan: I actively dislike most sports, so I'm unqualified to comment on AH sports games, but I hear some of those are awful. Diplomacy: guaranteed to end friendships Wilderness Survival: nobody played it, but every D&D dm used the board as an early game map LOL

1/2 hexes are in play

1/2 Tracks are hard targets. "A" class weapons are 2x when adjacent (1/2 range) You had chance to close assault off hill 129 with a good chance to kill some Soviet trucks.

I think some of the German units used to attack with in this game are incorrect. I've studied the Battle of Stalingrad and was the lead scenario designer on a title covering the battle, done by SGS Games (shameless plug); the 305th Infanteriedivision and 14th Panzerdivision were the principle German protagonists at the Tractor Factory, not the 60th Motorized as depicted. The 60th motorized were further north, along the "riedelring" or defensive barrier facing the Soviet onslaught along the Kotluban Heights. Anyway, given the simplistic nature of the gameplay and combat system, I don't think it would change the combat results, but it goes to show how little effort the designers put into this title. As far as gameplay, your very first 'fight' against the sniper unit, wasn't really combat - since snipers have no effect on ground units other than generals. Should the Germans have actually depleted anyway? It seems rather drastic given there was no fighting but maybe it's an abstraction by design, to simply attrit the German forces. FYI the Germans never were able to clear region 10 the whole time and the area became known as 'Lyudnikov's Island' named for the regimental commander whose forces held out for so long.

Splendid job! Excellent graphics! Loved it!

I have multiple books on this conflict but no games. I need to find some of these games but they are probably not easy to find now

top game, the Zone movement and fire idea is great, wish more games had this style of play, my fav game of all time

Loved the “pulled a Custer”. Think we need to make that an expression going forward.

Had this game. Not sure I even got around to punching out the counters. But Zulu Dawn was a favorite movie and had to have the game.

Love your exploration of so many old classics

Thanks for this , i have the game never played it, but it seems after watching your vid i'm gonna give it go thanks again

I always pronounced it “Islandwana” but I hear “eslandwana” from most people, what is considered the correct way?

After watching, it seems the only play for the British is to immediately retreat, consolidate and form squares asap then hope for the die rolls. In real life, as soon as Chelmsford split his forces Isandlwana was doomed, they were going to be overrun no matter what. Just my opinion. 🤷

Where's Michael Caine? I wonder how many times the British generals disdained recon, only to doom their men? Many, I'm sure. This reminds me of the debacle of The Landing at Tanga.

I still have this game!

Thank you for bringing this out. Always interested in games set in sub saharan Africa. Are you familiar with Guns of the Askari in Against the Odds magazine #38? WW1 British colonial forces vs German colonial forces with African conscripts. Thanks for another interesting video!

Just found out about the channel, awesome work man! keep it coming!

Love the historical intro! On turn 1 the French cavalry are flanking too far to the east ... the stream costs +2 mp to cross.

Good stuff and thx! Battles in real life are not usually "fair" or "balanced", so the crux is to understand the battle dynamics and whether one can come up with a better offense/defense. My problem with these historical games is there is precious little in background material to judge whether one did better or not, and a game plan for both sides tha tell a player (especially solo) how to play one side based on historical context (without doing hours of research). Margins of victory are too point-driven and not based on actual condition of your forces and battlefield situation (e.g. preserving all your troop cariiers and engineers while all the tanks of your 3rd panzer division are in flames is not a real win). But back to the point - enjoy the games and take a more "how did I do relative to the real battle" and less on which side wins. It's also good to try some wild strategies (not to game the system) or double down on a real life strategy that got abandoned or poorly implemented. Cheers!

I do not believe that A or I class weapons can fire more (further) than through the adjacent woods hex. H and M can arc. A and I class would hit trees. I do not believe that 81 mm mortar units can ride on tanks in spite of their movement factor. I believe they require wagons, trucks or half tracks. The idea is to force the Soviets to cross open ground and undergo withering fire. I would place the mines next to the forts to reduce the total number of units that can close assault the fortifications at one time. I would place the two 88 mm and one security unit in one fort and the 20 mm quad and two security to the other fort. I would place the remaining anti-tank guns and 20 mm anti-aircraft artillery to the edge of the nearby woods to support the forts. Spotting is important for the Soviets to direct mortar fire. The cavalry move 3 times faster than the infantry. The cavalry can move through the woods and spot from its edge. The German engineers and submachine gun units can be placed in the middle of the woods to control this area. The Soviets want to pick off the poorly defended units without sustaining too heavy a losses

We called it Panzer Bush, because with no op fire rules, you can run units across open terrain, and never get shot in the open. You just go bush to bush. Despite being platoon level, I consider it a stepping stone to Squad Leader, which in turn led to ASL, which I still play to this day. It all started with AH's Tobruk, though.

there are alot of "PANZER-SPERTS" out there.. lol... enjoy your PB vids...keep em com'n!

I haven't played PB in decades. I seem to remember winning this scenario playing as the Germans. I do, however, seem to remember many things that never happened.

Out of suppy units cannot be raised a step, therefore thos two soviet units remain 4-4, not 8-4.

Games on this conflict, in this scale are extremely rare. I grabbed a copy of this as soon as I discovered it about a decade ago.

Hit by the realization that the zulu impi toodling through the south midgame should have been stopping at every fort and fighting with the garrisons therein.

FYI, European dates go day/month/year, so this action took place on July 2, not Feb 7.

Question: if combat takes place after all movement is finished and the fellowship player moves through Nazgûl and is spotted as they move through but they end their movement several hexes away from the Nazgûl, will a combat still take place or would those Fellowship characters have had to ended their movement on the hex with the Nazgûl?

Just started reading Anna Reid's "Leningrad". What a mess. The Soviets won despite Stalin and his bureaucrats, but it could hardly have been mishandled worse. Anyway, fascinating subject. I was only vaguely aware of the SPI game on the subject, so I am watching this with great interest. SPI games are generally a bit too crunchy for me. I can see that those Fort counters are going to be a huge pain for the Axis player.

Glad to see a new episode! I've been thoroughly enjoying your playthroughs of these classic scenarios. This scenario is one I avoided like poison. The terrain alone makes this an easy win with a Russian commander smarter than a potato. Kudos to you on trying it! ' Hey, would you ever consider playing Panzer Leader '40 (variant) on YT? I'd love to hear your thoughts on that campaign. Maybe something to consider for the future?

hey i was in the military combat infantry combat engineers and if someone wants a more realistic ruleset for panzerblits say so. basically wen infantry close assault they should do so by moving onto the enemy hex. most infantry combat is at least than 250m. pb/pzl/aiw also need an overwatch system where one unit gets fire support and one unit gets movement.

Thanks for these videos. I had this and other of the series but apparently they got lost in a move.😔

A 1 pt unit that is 1/2 eliminated is eliminated because you round up which would be 1 strength pt. I think you said it was no effect.

Where does this software come from? This was a dream of mine for years.

I us to play this on cardboard, when it first came out, a long time ago? 🤔🤐