Zip Edition games are "mini-sims" that saw print in previous issues of Panzerschreck. The format of those magazine "mini-sims" meant that components had to be photocopied, mounted, and cut before play. Zip Edition games (so named because of their ziplock packaging) remain the same, except that they include a small cardstock map, color counters, and additional optional rules. They are meant to be fun, inexpensive, pocket wargames. For current prices and postage information, visit the Prices page.
COMMANDO RAID ON ROMMEL
CRoR originally appeared in Panzerschreck #5. It is a solitaire game based on the daring WW2 British raid in North Africa to eliminate the Desert Fox. Comes complete with eight-page rule booklet (including new optional rules), small cardstock map, and 45 unmounted color counters. Can YOU successfully direct and carry out this courageous attempt to swing the balance of the North African front? Play Commando Raid on Rommel and find out!
"It is late afternoon in mid-April, 1968. On patrol near the DMZ, Pfc. Bomar Henry is about to get his first taste of a Vietnam firefight. Will he live to tell about it?" 'Nam Diary is a simple two-player game that first appreared in Panzerschreck #6. This Zip Edition comes with eight page rule book (including new optional rules and scenarios), two small sardstock maps (including one new one), and 63 unmounted color counters. Fast and furious fun!
1914: Opening Moves
1914: Opening Moves is an army level, solitaire game about the first few weeks of World War I on the western front (the east front is handled abstractly). The player controls the German forces, and the game system handles the allies. First published as a mini-sim in Panzerschreck #7, the game comes with a cardstock map, 49 color counters, and 12-page rule booklet. Can YOU force the issue in the west and emerge victorious?
GRAF SPEE: The Battle of the River Plate
Graf Spee appeared as the Mini-Sim game included in Panzerschreck #13. Besides allowing you to recreate the Battle of the River Plate (December 1939) on your table top, pitting the German pocket battleship Graf Spee against three Royal Navy cruisers (Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles), the Zip Edition give more ships (adding the Royal Navy's Cumberland and Renown, and the German Admiral Hipper), more scenarios, and more optional rules. The components included are now in color, on cardstock, with a Reference Card along with the expanded rule booklet. The game system emphasizes quick play, and was designed to be very playable while simulating WW2 tactical naval combat. The individual ships are rated for stern, broadside, and bow offensive fire, range, defensive armor, speed, flotation, and more, all based on actual statistics.
ASSAULT ON CHERBOURG Zip Edition
Assault on Cherbourg is the first Minden Zip Edition game that was originally an issue game contained in Panzerschreck, as opposed to a Mini-Sim. The game is based on the American drive on the harbor of Cherbourg in France in late June, 1944, after the D-Day invasion. This edition of the game is identical to the Panzerschreck #13 edition, except that the map and counters are slightly larger, and a Reference Card and a few additional optional rules and counters have been provided within the rules. Perhaps the most important optional rule covers if portions of the US 101st Airborne Division had been available during the original campaign. The standard game has not been changed.
