Rommel's Panzers
Rommel's Panzers is a 1980 MicroGame published by Metagaming Concepts.
Gameplay
Rommel's Panzers is game that depicts tactical combat between teams of individual tank units and anti-tank guns in the North African desert, 1941-42.[1] The game is designed to be played by two players, one player controlling units of the British army, and the other controlling units of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. Rules are given for the following units:
- British
- Grant M3
- Stuart M3
- Crusader Mk. II
- Matilda Mk. II
- Bofors 40mm light anti-aircraft gun, used in an anti-tank role
- Two-pounder anti-tank gun
- Six-pounder anti-tank gun
- German
- Panzer Mark II light tank
- Panzer Mark IIIE tank
- Panzer Mark IIIJ special tank
- Panzer Mark IVD tank
- 28/20 Pak anti-tank gun
- 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 anti-aircraft gun used in an anti-tank role
In addition both sides employ trucks.
Reception
Nick Schuessler reviewed Rommel's Panzers in The Space Gamer No. 30.[1] Schuessler commented that "Rommel's Panzers plays it safe with tried and true systems, no infantry, and no terrain. [...] If you don't own any other WWII tactical games, Rommel's Panzers provides a good introduction to this level of play at a reasonable price."[1]
References
- Schuessler, Nick (August 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (30): 30.