Patton's Payback: 80th Anniversary of the Battle of El Guettar (Panzer Leader)

[@bennijohnson942]

Oh my lord..."if there's a heaven, they play Panzer Blitz.....if there's a hell, they play Panzer Blitz there too." Literally had tears in my eyes from laughing !!!

[@JamesJohnson-wq6bs]

The difference is that in Hell, you're always playing the French and you're always roll 6s. In Heaven you're always playing the Israelis and you're always roilling "1s". 🤣

[@joeyj6808]

I wish I had been following you long ago. Here I'm thinking I'm the last Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader devotee...here you have a whole catalog of games online! Thanks for posting these games. I'm interested in what rules modifications you use. Looks like some Arab Israeli Wars rules?

[@SITREPPodcast]

Oriskany Jim here, I've tried to reply a few times - KZbin keeps eating my reply ... To a large extent, yes. Arab-Israeli rules are a bunch of the updates. I also use 150 meter hexes instead of 250 meter hexes. That fixes the screwed up movement ranges and ranges. I just give infantry a movement of 2 and change the stacking limit to 3 instead of 4 (smaller hexes). A few more updates added from Tactical Combat Middle East (PanzerBlitz in the Gulf War - by Toshach Miniatures). But yes, thanks! We play lots of Panzer Leader here and on our Discord! (link in description)

[@joeyj6808]

@@SITREPPodcast I tried to go to your homepage, but I have a new laptop with Win11, and for some reason it will NOT allow me. I will try the Discord. Panzerblitz was my first and truest love, but I'm very open to modifications of the rules. Thanks for the reply!

[@SITREPPodcast]

@@joeyj6808: Discord: discord.gg/hbHHD5Mcbg

[@oledahammer8393]

My Uncle was infantry in the 47th Regiment, 9th Div. He was killed in action in this battle. He was 19. The US losses were high in this battle to gain this victory.

[@JamesJohnson-wq6bs]

Very true, the 9th ID fought at El Gerttar alongside the 1st ID featured in this game. Thanks for the sharing and the great comment.

[@craigeastman783]

where did he get that version of panzer leader to play that situation?

[@JamesJohnson-wq6bs]

I create the files myself. And I blend rules from The Arab-Israeli Wars, Desert Leader, and Tactical Command Middle East to create the rules set that suits our players best.

[@craigeastman783]

@@JamesJohnson-wq6bs is that available to us peons in some form?

[@bennijohnson942]

Poor Americans in the first days of North Africa.....only time I've ever seen a morale E !!!😮

[@JamesJohnson-wq6bs]

Like Master Shifu says in "Kung Fu Panda" : "There is now ... a level zero."