Magazine: Panzerschreck (Minden Games)

Cold Harbor

boardgame

Panzerschreck Magazine #3 from 1999 features Cold Harbor, a tactical solitaire American Civil War wargame. Using a small map and 66 counters, the player executes a Union frontal assault against entrenched Confederate defensive positions.

Brandy Station: Cavalry vs Cavalry, June 1863

boardgame

This 9-turn wargame simulates the 1863 cavalry clash at Chancellorsville. Featuring ten units per side, initiative, event chits, and hidden Union victory conditions, it offers a fast-paced, tactical simulation experience.

Panzers in the Southeast

boardgame

From Panzerschreck Magazine #11, this is a two-player, low-to-medium complexity game. It focuses on the campaign fought between German and Soviet forces in central Hungary during the final stages of World War II.

Sink the Tirpitz

boardgame

Sink the Tirpitz, published in Panzerschreck Magazine #11, is a simple solitaire game without maps or counters. Players assume the British High Command role, orchestrating attacks against the ship for nearly three years.

Assault on Cherbourg

boardgame

Assault on Cherbourg is a two-player wargame simulating the US advance through Normandy toward the port of Cherbourg in June 1944. Daily turns feature operational mechanics including US airpower, supply lines, and command control.

Hippodrome

boardgame

Hippodrome is a Euro-style card game about Roman chariot racing for three to five players, focusing on strategy. It includes a large map, markers, and cut-out chariots, and requires a standard deck of cards for play.

Graf Spee

boardgame

Graf Spee is a World War II tactical naval game by Gary Graber simulating the 1939 battle between a German pocket battleship and three British cruisers off South America. Originally released as a mini-sim, it later received a Zip Edition and a 2011 revision titled Battle of the River Plate.

Masada

boardgame

Masada is a very simple solitaire mini-simulation game covering the Roman siege of Masada in Palestine around AD 72-73. The player controls the Roman side. As with all mini-sims, the game components must be photocopied and cut out before playing.

Battle Over Dunkirk: RAF vs Luftwaffe, May 1940

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Fall of Berlin

boardgame

This tactical WWII solitaire game covers the Soviet urban combat in Berlin and the advance to the Reichstag. It includes a map, counters, event cards, and rules detailing the historical 1945 Soviet offensive.

Madagascar 1942

boardgame

Dogger Bank

boardgame

Panzerschreck Magazine #5 offers a historical two-player simulation of 1915 North Sea naval combat. It includes all necessary components, though the cardboard counters must be mounted and cut out before playing the game.

Napoleon in Italy (2nd Edition)

boardgame

Charge of the Light Brigade: A Solitaire Wargame

boardgame

Fall of Constantinople

boardgame

Fall of Constantinople was published in 2001 in Panzerschreck Magazine. It is a solitaire wargame about the historic siege of 1453. The player commands the Ottoman forces, while the system controls the Byzantine defenders. Components include a small map, unmounted counters, and twelve pages of rules featuring examples and optional variants.

Sniper Attack

boardgame

Panzerschreck Magazine number 10 includes the Panzershreck Anthology featuring the solitaire card game Sniper Attack. Players control a single sniper in World War II, eliminating enemy soldiers while surviving. The game requires a standard 52-card deck to play.

The Barbarossa Campaign

boardgame

Barbarossa Campaign is a strategic solitaire board game covering the WW2 Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945. The player commands the Axis forces launching Operation Barbarossa. Utilizing quarterly turns, the game strongly emphasizes economics with counters, a map, and event cards.

1914: Opening Moves

boardgame

1914: Opening Moves is a simple solitaire game where the player controls German forces while the system manages the allies. Over five turns in late summer 1914, the goal is to score victory points through western front hexes and eastern front developments.

Berchtesgaden: The Alpine Redoubt

boardgame

This small WWII wargame simulates an alternate scenario where the Allies attack an unrealized German defense line in the Alps. The Allies hold overwhelming superiority, while the Germans must survive long enough to achieve a separate peace with the West.

Escape of the Goeben

boardgame

Escape of the Goeben is a two-player tactical WWI naval game extending the Jellicoe vs Scheer system to the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It includes dreadnought fleets of major Allied and Central Powers.

Mortain 1944

boardgame

Mortain 1944 is a two-player hex wargame simulating the German armored offensive against U.S. forces in France. Based on the Assault on Cherbourg system, it features daily turns, double-sided counters, a full-color cardstock map, and comprehensive rules.

Der Tag, 1916: Solitaire WW1 Naval Game

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'Nam Diary

boardgame

Nam Diary is a short two-player strategy game set near the Vietnam DMZ in April 1968. One player controls seven US soldiers while the other commands eleven NVA soldiers on a jungle trail map with simple rules.

Andersonville

boardgame

Andersonville is a simple card game for three to four players themed around the notorious Civil War prison camp. The goal is to finish with the most survival points using strategy, bluffing, and diplomacy.