Panzer Pranks Explained

Publisher:	Chaosium
Genre:	Comedic WWII board wargame
Illustrator:	Rodger B. MacGowan

Panzer Pranks, WWII as it actually was in the movies is a 1980 board wargame published by Chaosium.^[1]

Gameplay

Panzer Pranks is a comedic combat simulation game, which satirizes the conventions of standard board wargames.^[2]

Reception

Joseph M. Hurst reviewed Panzer Pranks in The Space Gamer No. 28.^[3] Hurst commented that "This game is a lot more fun to read than to play. It is a satire on simulation mania, and uses both rapier and bludgeon freely and sometimes simultaneously."^[3]

Reviews

• White Wolf #43 (May 1994)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Panzer Pranks . BoardGameGeek . BoardGameGeek LLC . 23 January 2021.
2. Web site: Vale Steve Lortz, early Chaosium employee and co-author of Panzer Pranks. Chaosium. Michael. O'Brien. 2 November 2017.
3. Hurst. Joseph M. . May–June 1980 . Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 28. 29.