Panzer Dice 3¸ In Africa¸ Episode 1: The Rats of Tobruk
Panzer Dice 3 is the third part of the classic solo Roll and Write game: Panzer Dice¸ inspired in the WWII battles in which the terrible German tank generally named Panzer fought. In the first part¸ called Panzer Dice: Eastern Front¸ a T-34 tank crew of the Red Army fight against the Panzer in his advance into Berlin.
In the second part¸ Panzer Dice 2: Last Battle! the T-34 is in the own Berlin streets. This part is divided into 3 episodes of the war in North Africa¸ first¸ the siege to city of Tobruk; then¸ Operation Crusader and finally The Battle of El Alamein.
The first Part¸ called The Rats of Tobruk you play the role of General Leslie Morshead in command of an Australian division who resisted along of months the Panzer waves of German Mariscal Erwin Rommel.
Panzer Dice is a PDF Print And Play product that you play over two game sheets using 8 dice and a few of colored cubes or marker or pencil and eraser.
In Rats of Tobruk¸ you not only have to look for ammunition but also water and food and keep high the morale of the troops.
You also have the possibility to play 2 more episodes in the form of expansion¸ Operation Crusader and El Alamein¸ which will give you new missions and strategies.
If you like roll & write games and/or wargames and want to experience the feeling of driving a WW2 tank¸ you will be able to feel with your dice as close as possible to a simulation of those events.