Panzer Battles of North Africa 1941 Released!

Started by Strela, November 20, 2018, 01:38:31 PM

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Strela



We're happy to announce the release of the latest entry in the Panzer Battles franchise. Developed by Wargame Design Studio for John Tiller Software you can get more information here;
https://www.wargamedesignstudio.com/2018/11/21/battles-of-north-africa-1941-released/

The game covers the major battles in North Africa and Crete from December 1940 to December 1941. Operations included are Compass, Sonnenblume, Tobruk, Corinth Canal, Brevity, Crete, Battleaxe and Crusader
With 115 scenarios and 3 variable scenarios/campaigns there is a lot of included game play. The included game maps cover Egypt, Libya, Crete and some of mainland Greece. The largest map, stretching from Derna to Mersa Matruh is over 1.23m hexes in size.

Here are a few images. All can be clicked/right clicked for full size. There are more screenshots on the above link or at the JTS Product Page;











The games product page can be viewed here – don't forget to download the free content;
http://www.johntillersoftware.com/PanzerBattles/BattlesOfNorthAfrica.html

Link to the John Tiller store to purchase;
https://john-tiller-software.myshopify.com/products/battles-of-north-africa-1941

Not certain about this game? Download the Panzer Battles Demo from here;
http://www.johntillersoftware.com/PanzerBattles/PanzerBattlesDemo.html

Thanks!

David

Sir Slash

I wish Richie 61 could be here to see, and mod, this one. Looks great! Does it include an Italian Pasta Rule?  ;D
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"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

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Quote from: Sir Slash on November 21, 2018, 12:03:17 PM
Put yourself on Gus' 'Hero's List'.  O0

  This goes back to the publicity for some SPI game around 1980, right?  I definitely never played that version of 1941 in the desert.  Which reminds me that I should go buy this one right now.

Strela

Quote from: Sir Slash on November 20, 2018, 02:43:50 PM
I wish Richie 61 could be here to see, and mod, this one. Looks great! Does it include an Italian Pasta Rule?  ;D





This is the only game I know of that had such esoteric rules;






David


PS Richie61 created a number of the top down views of the vehicles in game. We put an 'In Memoriam' to Ed in the credits for the game...


MengJiao

Quote from: Strela on November 22, 2018, 08:17:23 AM


PS Richie61 created a number of the top down views of the vehicles in game. We put an 'In Memoriam' to Ed in the credits for the game...

  Good to know.  Supposedly the initial German food problems in the desert environment were even worse so probably pasta was a reasonable compromise choice and the extra water could not have been as big a problem as the excess fats in the German food (so I have heard).

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Quote from: Strela on November 22, 2018, 08:17:23 AM
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PS Richie61 created a number of the top down views of the vehicles in game. We put an 'In Memoriam' to Ed in the credits for the game...

O0

Sir Slash

"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

MengJiao

Quote from: Sir Slash on November 23, 2018, 10:58:59 AM
Truly a 'Class Act' Gentlemen.  :clap:

  Grinding Battle Axe at the moment.  One of my favorite scenarios.  The scale helps out a lot with fighting in trenches and forts.  The maps are the best I've ever seen of North Africa in a game.  And one of my somewhat rare but favorite North African moments just happened when a section of Rajput rifles knocked out an 88 with rifle fire at 500 meters.  Historically, of course, the Australians were famous for that "rifle takes out 88" moment, but I'm sure the Rajputs were capable of the same moment of ballistic refinement.

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Quote from: Gusington on November 24, 2018, 05:48:27 PM
Learning about things like the Italian Pasta Rule is one of the reasons why I love it here.

we talked about it on the GrogCast in 2017
http://grogheads.com/podcast/grogcast-season-5-episode-12-a-cast-of-many

Around the 27-minute mark or so.  The whole CNA discussion starts around the 22-minute mark
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Less well known is the German,' Brat & Beer Rule' which gives them +1 detection for belches and farts after dark.  ::)
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

MengJiao

Quote from: Sir Slash on November 24, 2018, 11:50:59 PM
Less well known is the German,' Brat & Beer Rule' which gives them +1 detection for belches and farts after dark.  ::)

  Healthwise the Germans did very badly in the desert.  Massive gastric distress probably propelled them as much as their elite natures.  Capturing Imperial gear and food was a crucial thing.  The food as much as anything, I would suspect, BUT some sources suggest major hygene problems in the area of poop might have plagued the German part of DAK.