
"Panzerfäuste is a historo-fantasy miniatures game,
one where standard fantasy races are taken out of
their comfort zone of the classic medieval sword and
sorcery setting and put into another, historically
inspired, time period - here the period of
mechanised warfare in the 20th century. If you think about it technological advancement in a
high fantasy world would not just stop at the
equivalent of the early 16th century and at some
stage someone would invent a new, more efficient
way of killing their enemies. In our game the Dwarves have long stopped hitting
Orcs with axes and over the centuries have shot
them with black powder muskets, mown them down
with Gatling guns and now try and blow them up with
hand grenades and howitzers!
Panzerfäuste itself was originally published a
decade or so back by Wessex Games along with a
small range of white metal miniatures. HystericalGames are now taking up the torch and are
resurrecting Panzerfäuste with a new set of rules
and piles of new miniatures. We have always loved
the game and its potential and are now excited to be
in a position to realize that potential.
The original game was a section level skirmish
game that was great fun (such fun that we are
reprinting a cut down version in this issue of
Panzerfäuste Quarterly), but going forward we will
be publishing a new mass battle game for around
fifty figures a side, as well as updating the skirmish
game. This means you’ll have two different
Panzerfäuste games to play, depending on what
mood you are in or the miniatures you have
available."
I remember the original game but never had the opportunity to play it so I might just have to give it a go this time. I do love the minis and they can easily be used in just about any other Weird WWII game as well. Swing over to Hysterical Games and take a gander!!
Look forward to seeing what this is about,
Brian
Orks (Commonwealth)
Dwarves (Germans)
Gnomes (French)
Troglodytes (Polish)