PanzerBlitz

PanzerBlitz is a tactical-scale board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1970 that simulates armored combat on the Eastern Front of the Second World War between Soviet and German forces. Each hex represents 250 meters and each turn six minutes, with counters standing for companies, platoons and individual vehicles, a finer scale than earlier wargames that moved brigades and divisions. A unit may move or shoot but not both, which pushes players toward combined arms. It is noted as the first commercially available board-based tactical-level conflict simulation and was the most popular board wargame of the 1970s. It introduced geomorphic mapboards that can be rearranged into many battlefields, vehicle silhouettes on counters, detailed technical data on Soviet-front vehicles, and a Design-Your-Own scenario system. Avalon Hill bought the design from James Dunnigan, who had playtested it as Tactical Game 3.