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Custom Counters for Community Download - Panzer Leader 1939-41 Counter Sets
Hello, everyone. So as I’ve been uploading Panzer Leader 1940 videos, people have been commenting on some of the custom counters I create for these games. People are also asking whether these counters are available for download.
Normally I reply to such inquiries with a polite “thank you for your support, but I don’t really play Panzer Leader in a physical format, so traditional .pdf countersheets aren’t usually a thing I put together …”
However, people have asked now here on OTT private message, my personal e-mail, YouTube, and Boardgame Geek.
So I have expanded the counter sets and created printable .pdfs people can download and use if they wish.
If nothing else, maybe crosslinking to this project will get people from our YouTube and BGG community to check out OTT. 😀
Here is a low-res preview of the German Infantry, Artillery, and Transport counter set.
Here is a low-res preview of the German Armor and Aircraft counter set.
Nice! ?
I’m sure many will find these very useful.
Thanks very much, @templar007 – Yeah, the Panzer Leader community is small, but fierce. A couple people have already reached out with thanks and additional requests. 😀
Woo hoo! Thanks Jim! Hate to ask, or seem ungrateful… any French or Belgian counters?
Also, weren’t the Germans already using 88’s for anti-tank work at this time? I thought they turned them on some French Char B’s at some point.
Thanks, @ceppie! Okay, good news first. No worries about the Belgians, French, and yes … eventually UK 1940 BEF counters. I was going to do these counter sets anyway, so stay tuned. I hope to have most of them out in the next week or so. On the 88s … Yes, Germans did have a few, VERY few, batteries of FlaK 36 8.8cm guns. They ARE included on the first counter sheet (one counter, far right, about halfway down, with 15-A-20 values). In 1940, these guns were absurdly rare, and NOT under control of the Army at all. They were… Read more »
Woot! Thanks Jim! My mistake. I realized after I sent the e-mail that I had missed something, and was indeed looking for a 20 A 20! Sorry.
Question: Were they already producing AP ammo for the 88 at that point, or was it the sheer velocity of the shell that gave it its killing power?
@ceppie – That I’m not really sure of. Like I said, I know the Germans knew how powerful the 8.8 cm could be against enemy armor … but weren’t “deploying” 8.8s against armor at Arras. This might be a symptom of Goering’s bloated political clout in the Third Reich, literally EVERYTHING that had to do with “air power” in the slightest was under his domain (heavy anti-aircraft guns, paratroopers, glider troops, airmobile divisions, security divisions at the airfields, etc.) So at Arras, Rommel is really “just lucky” he has some of these things near his line of contact. Just three… Read more »
These could seriously be professional. I mean I think they actually look better than the originals.
Thanks for the kind words, but in all honesty, making counters better than the originals is not hard to do. Originally printed in 1970-1977, the original run of this game was using 50 year old tech and could only print in one color, plus black. I have some old AIW counters where the printing press didn’t even stamp all the numbers on the counter.
The joys of old games! 😐
Excellent. Thanks for taking the time
No worries, @pixelgeek . Apologies for the delay in getting the British done, they should be going up tonight.
This will COMPLETE the Panzer General 1940 counter sheet project.