A COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE INDEX TO PANZER LEADER

                             by

                       Alan R. Arvold

 

   The following is an article index to every known article and

variant having to do with the game PANZER LEADER. It is based on

the author's vast collection of articles to that game. It is

estimated that over 95% of all PANZER LEADER articles are in this

collection. The author also has knowledge of other articles that

are not in his collection but knows enough information about them

to list them here in this index.

 

   The index will be divided up by magazine and/or company title.

Each entry will have the magazine issue number, title, author's

name, and a short description of the article or variant contents.

Note that in many cases not all entries will have all of this

information present. This is due to the author not having a copy

of the article or variant in question. Also note that this index

will include articles that PANZER LEADER shares with its sister

game PANZERBLITZ.

 

   This index will be an ongoing work. As more old articles and

variants become available to the author and new ones get

published, they will added to this list.

 

 

GENERAL Magazine

 

   The Avalon Hill GENERAL, can rightly be considered, just like

PANZERBLITZ, the original home magazine of PANZER LEADER. It

lasted from 1964 to 1998. Included with these references are

PANZER LEADER contests and their answers, and pertinent letters

to the editor which have appeared in that magazine.

 

Volume 12, #1 - Battle for Berlin (Roy Easton) - Two hypothetical

                situations between the Western Allies and the

                Russians at the end of World War Two. Uses the

                pieces and boards from the game PANZERBLITZ as

                well as those from PANZER LEADER.

Volume 12, #1 - Design Analysis (Randall C. Reed) - Analysis of

                the design features of PANZER LEADER plus errata

                and some new optional rules to the game.

Volume 12, #2 - Design Analysis: The Fallacy of "Panzerbush"

                (Robert D. Harmon) - A critique of the spotting

                rules in PANZERBLITZ and modified Opportunity

                Fire rules for both PANZER LEADER and

                PANZERBLITZ.

Volume 12, #3 - Letters to the Editor (Roy Easton) - Corrections

                to his Battle of Berlin article in Volume 12, #1.

Volume 12, #4 - PBM-The Hard Way (Richard E. Foos and Charles R.

                Woodfall) - Special rules for Play-by-Mail PANZER

                LEADER.

Volume 12, #4 - The Rest of the Battle: Artillery in Panzer

                Leader (Roy Easton) - Modified rules for

                artillery and aircraft in PANZER LEADER.

Volume 12, #6 - Weather or Not? (Roy Easton and Norman Kluksdahl)

                - Variant weather rules for both PANZER LEADER

                and PANZERBLITZ.

Volime 12, #6 - Letters to the Editor (Ian L. Straus) - Comments

                on the perceived errors in the Design Analysis:

                "The Fallacy of Panzerbush" in Volume 12, #2.

Volume 12, #6 - Letters to the Editor (John Libby) - Suggested

                modifications to the PBM system presented in

                Volume 12, #4.

Volume 13, #1 - Series Replay (Avalon Hill Staff) - Replay of

                Situation #15 with Richard Plock and Robert

                Livermore as the German and American players

                respectively with Randall C. Reed giving neutral

                commentary.

Volume 13, #2 - Letters to the Editor (Randy Bostwick) -

                Suggested modifications to Situation #3 with some

                new rules.

Volume 13, #4 - Increasing Infantry Firepower (Norman Beveridge

                Jr.) - New variant combat rules for both PANZER

                LEADER and PANZERBLITZ.

Volume 13, #5 - Battles in Germany, 1948 (Roy Easton) - Three

                hypothetical situations between the Western

                Allies and the Russians in a post World War Two

                setting. Uses the pieces and boards to

                PANZERBLITZ as well as PANZER LEADER.

Volume 14, #1 - The Red Ball Express (Elwood Carlson) - A

                scenario dealing with the effects of logistics

                in PANZER LEADER.

Volume 14, #6 - Abstract Panzer Leader (Robert Chiang) - Tom

                Oleson's DYO system for PANZERBLITZ applied to

                PANZER LEADER. Some parts were modified to fit

                the more advanced rules in PANZER LEADER.

Volume 15, #2 - Panzer Leader, 1940 (Ramiro Cruz) - The French

                Campaign of 1940 brought to PANZER LEADER.

                Includes ten situations, with modified rules and

                tables. Counters were initially available from

                Avalon Hill by mail order only, but the rules,

                article, and counter sheet were later available

                as an expansion kit for the game. One of the best

                game expansions Avalon Hill ever came out with.

Volume 15, #2 - Contest #84: Hypothetical situation.

Volume 15, #3 - Infiltrator's Report (Avalon Hill Staff) - Answer

                to Contest #84.

Volume 15, #5 - Letters to the Editor (Ramiro Cruz) - Corrections

                to his PANZER LEADER 1940 article and variant

                counters in Volume 15, #2.

Volume 15, #6 - Further Considerations for Panzer Leader, 1940

                (Ronald A. Bell) - Rule corrections and some new

                rules for the PANZER LEADER 1940 expansion.

Volume 16, #2 - Letters to the Editor (Unknown Author) - A

                proposed numbering system for the Panzer Leader,

                1940 counters for play-by-mail purposes.

Volume 16, #3 - Panzer Leader: An Overview (Jeffrey Paul Jones)

                - Detailed analysis of the game to include the

                rules, game tactics, situations, and game boards.

                One of the best articles on the game.

Volume 16, #3 - Sample PBM Sheet (Avalon Hill Staff) - A sample

                of the then new play-by-mail blank sheets for the

                game. Was an insert in the magazine.

Volume 16, #5 - More Bangs per Buck (Gene Boggess) - An article

                providing unit effectiveness ratings for units in

                both PANZER LEADER and PANZERBLITZ.

Volume 17, #5 - The Evolution of Strategy (David S. Bieksza) - A

                very detailed analysis of Situations #7, #8, #9,

                #10, #15, #16, and #20.

Volume 20, #2 - Para-Leader (Oscar Oats) - Variant rules adding

                paratroopers into the PANZER LEADER system.

                Includes ten scenarios and variant counters

                which were part of the magazine insert.

Volume 20, #4 - Letters to the Editor (Oscar Oates) - Corrections

                to his Para-Leader article in Volume 20, #2.

Volume 21, #3 - Dieppe: Canadians Under Fire (Mark L. Shannon) -

                Single scenario portraying the raid on Dieppe.

Volume 22, #3 - The Paths of Rommel (Daniel Helmbrecht) - Six

                scenarios centered around Rommel and the German

                7th Panzer Division during the 1940 campaign in

                France. Uses the PANZER LEADER 1940 system.

Volume 22, #3 - Panzer Leader Situation "X" (Rex E. Jones) - The

                PANZERBLITZ Situation "X" system from Volume 15,

                #4 adapted to PANZER LEADER.

Volume 22, #3 - Contest #127: Last turn of the game problem from

                Situation #6.

Volume 22, #4 - Infiltrator's Report (Avalon Hill Staff) - Answer

                to Contest #127.

Volume 23, #2 - The Pieces of Panzer Leader (Robert C. Clark) -

                An analysis of the playing pieces of PANZER

                LEADER. Another one of the best articles of the

                game.

Volume 23, #2 - Letters to the Editor (Micheal Anchors) -

                Suggested changes to weapons effectiveness for A

                and H class weapons.

Volume 23, #4 - Letters to the Editor (Carl Schwamberger) -

                Corrections to some of the historical entries in

                the "Pieces of Panzer Leader" article in Volume

                23, #2.

Volume 23, #6 - Letters to the Editor (Ken Ramstead) -

                Corrections to another historical entry in the

                "Pieces of Panzer Leader" article in Volume 23,

                #2.

Volume 24, #2 - Fighting the Panzer Leader (Steven B. Wheeler) -

                An in-depth analysis of the seven "Bulge"

                scenarios (#13-#19). Winner of the Editor's

                Choice Award for Volume 24 of the GENERAL.

Volume 24, #4 - Letters to the Editor (Steven B. Wheeler) - The

                Unobserved Bombardment Chart and accompanying

                diagram which were missing from his "Fighting the

                Panzer Leader" article in Volume 24, #2 are

                presented here.

Volume 24, #4 - Letters to the Editor (David Bieksza) - David

                points out some minor flaws in Steven B.

                Wheeler's article in Volume 24, #2.

Volume 25, #3 - The King of Battle (Carl Schwamberger) - An

                article on the representation of artillery in the

                PANZERBLITZ series of games (PANZERBLITZ, PANZER

                LEADER, and ARAB-ISRAELI WARS).

Volume 25, #3 - A Rock and a Hard Place (Steven B. Wheeler) - An

                in-depth analysis of Situation #12 and how the

                Americans can win it.

Volume 25, #3 - Contest #145: Last turn of the game problem from

                Situation #12.

Volume 25, #4 - Infiltrator's Report (Avalon Hill Staff) - Answer

                to Contest #145.

Volume 28, #3 - Panzer Hunters (Carl Schwamberger) - A better set

                of variant rules for tactical air support in both

                PANZER LEADER and PANZERBLITZ.

Volume 28, #4 - The Battle of Arracourt (Alan R. Arvold) - Three

                scenarios dealing the three days of combat during

                the battle of Arracourt.

Volume 28, #4 - PL-PBM-EZ (Ray Freeman and Al Thomas) - An

                improved play-by-mail system for PANZER LEADER.

Volume 28, #6 - Letters to the Editor (Ray Freeman) - Corrections

                to his article in Volume 28, #4.

Volume 28, #6 - Letters to the Editor (Richard Gutenkunst) -

                Suggestions on converting the Range Factors of

                German and Russian infantry units in PANZERBLITZ

                to those of PANZER LEADER. Note that for a while,

                the Strategic Gaming Society, of whom Richard was

                a member of, offered variant counters that

                reflected these conversions.

Volume 30, #3 - The Panzer Leader at Arracourt: Part One (Steven

                B. Wheeler) - An in-depth analysis of the first

                of the Arracourt scenarios (Lezey) from Volume

                28, #4.

Volume 30, #4 - The Panzer Leader at Arracourt: Part Two (Steven

                B. Wheeler) - An in-depth analysis of the second

                of the Arracourt scenarios (Ommerey) from Volume

                28, #4.

Volume 31, #1 - The Panzer Leader at Arracourt: Part Three

                (Steven B. Wheeler) - An in-depth analysis of the

                last of the Arracourt scenarios (Juvelize) from

                Volume 28, #4.

Volume 31, #4 - Tournament Scenarios for Panzer Leader (Bill

                Scott) - Three hypothetical scenarios used as the

                official tournament scenarios at AvalonCon.

Volume 31, #6 - Operation Rescue (F. Pierce Eichelberger) - A

                single scenario based on the raid on the

                Hammelburg POW camp by American forces towards

                the end of the war. Included variant counters in

                the magazine insert.

 

 

BOARDGAMER Magazine

 

   The BOARDGAMER was an independently published magazine by its

owner (and editor) Bruce Monnin. After the demise of the GENERAL,

the BOARDGAMER became heir to the GENERAL's readership. Like the

GENERAL, it published articles on Avalon Hill and Victory Games

games and towards the end, expanded its article coverage to all

games played at the World Boardgame Championships. Since the

publication of its special PANZER LEADER issue, the BOARDGAMER

became the home to the game. It should be noted that although the

magazine gave PANZER LEADER (along with PANZERBLITZ) an equal

share of space as it would any other game, it was NOT devoted to

PANZER LEADER (and PANZERBLITZ) to the exclusion of all others.

That it appeared to be devoted to the game in the final years was

only because many of the article submissions had been of the

PANZERBLITZ/PANZER LEADER variety. The BOARDGAMER put out its

last issue in September 2004 and then folded, due to the

Machiavellian machinations of Multi-Man Publishing, a company

that seems bent on sweeping away all vestiges of the old classic

PANZERBLITZ and PANZER LEADER to make way for the new version

that they are working on.

 

Vol.1, #1 - Panzer Leader - Avaloncon Scenarios From the 1994 and

            1995 Tournaments (Bill Scott) - An article showing

            three official scenarios used in the PANZER LEADER

            tournament at Avaloncon and the World Boardgaming

            Championships. Was later republished in the GENERAL.

Vol.1, #2 - Revised Rules: Combining Panzerblitz & Panzer Leader

            (Bill Scott) - An article combining the two games

            into one system.

Vol.1, #2 - Revised Panzerblitz & Panzer Leader Rules Questions

            and Answers (Bill Scott) - A Q&A article that deals

            with the previous article's system.

Vol.3, #1 - Preserving the Red Berets: Panzer Leader Scenario #10

            (Leslie Geraty w/John Laccone) - A strategy article

            dealing with Allied play in Situation #10.

Vol.6, #4 - The Panzer Leader Point System for DYO Purposes

            (Alan R. Arvold) - An article that expands and

            clarifies the old Panzer Leader DYO point system

            created by Robert Chiang back in the GENERAL Vol.14,

            #6.

Vol.7, #4 - Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader: Random Design Your Own

            Scenario Methodology (Ken Perry) - An article dealing

            with adding random factors into DYO scenario

            creations. Includes tables for all units in both

            games.

Vol.7, #4 - Errata to the BOARDGAMER's Special Panzer Leader

            Issue (Alan R. Arvold & Micheal Flagiello) - Errata

            for various articles in the magazine.

Vol.8, #1 - Leaders and Morale in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader

            (Thomas Williams) - A variant adding leader counters

            to both games as well as political officers to

            PANZERBLITZ and CPs to PANZER LEADER. Also includes

            rules for their use.

Vol.8, #3 - Termoli: Panzer Leader Situations (Gilbert Garza) -

            Three scenarios dealing with the battle of Termoli in

            Italy in October of 1943.

Vol.8, #3 - Unit ID Numbers for Counters From the Boardgamer's

            Special Panzer Leader Issue (Albert Thomas) - A

            listing of ID numbers for the variant counters that

            came with the magazine.

Vol.8, #4 - A New (Inter)face for Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader

            (Dennis Jorgenson) - An article dealing with the new

            PB/PL PBEM system using the VASSAL engine.

Vol.9, #1 - The Toa of Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader: Utilty and

            Psychology in a Game System (Thomas Williams) - A

            short strategy article on some basic tactics in both

            games.

Vol.9, #2 - Flame Tanks and Other New Units in Panzerblitz/Panzer

            Leader (Alan R. Arvold and Micheal P. Flagiello) - An

            article introducing various flame vehicles in the

            Second World War and various other units. Includes

            rules for their use and four scenarios.

Vol.9, #3 - Reconnaissance Units in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader

            (Alan R. Arvold and Michael P. Flagiello) - An

            article introducing new reconnaissance units for the

            Germans. Includes rules for their use and four new

            scenarios.

Vol.9, #4 - The Jumbo Sherman in Panzer Leader (Alan R. Arvold

            and Micheal P. Flagiello) - An article introducing

            the Jumbo Sherman tank into PANZER LEADER. Includes

            rules for its use and seven new scenarios.

 

Of course this section on the BOARDGAMER would not be complete

unless I added the article index to the Special PANZER LEADER

issue. Here it is:

 

More New Expressions For Another Familiar Face (Alan R. Arvold) -

An article introducing new units, rules, unit compositions for

different periods of the war, and historical corrections to

published scenarios.

The Battle For The Remagen Bridge (Alan R. Arvold) - An article

introducing three new scenarios dealing with the battle of the

Remagen bridgehead in 1945. Includes historical synopsis.

New British Scenarios For Panzer Leader (Alan R. Arvold) - An

article that introduces five new scenarios with a large British/

Commonwealth forces. Includes a historical synopsis for each

scenario.

Panzer Leader Scenarios (Alan R. Arvold) - An article with 17

scenarios which were previously published, usually in another

form from different Western Front tactical level games or other

 sources.

Panzer Leader 1940 Scenarios (Alan R. Arvold) - An article with

five scenarios for Panzer Leader 1940 which were converted from

the same scenarios from different Western Front tactical level

games.

Panzer Leader Clarifications and Question Box (Alan R. Arvold) -

A comprehensive listing of all published and unpublished rules

questions to Avalon Hill and their answers.

The Pieces of Panzer Leader Part 2 (Alan R. Arvold) - A

continuation of the work started in article by Robert C. Clark

all the way back in the GENERAL Vol.23, #2. Includes all pieces

that have been introduced into the game over the years since its

introduction.

The Pieces of Panzer Leader Part 3: Panzer Leader 1940

(Alan R. Arvold) - A continuation of the previous article, only

this concentrates on the pieces for PANZER LEADER 1940.

References from the General (Alan R. Arvold) - A detailed listing

of all PANZER LEADER articles and other items in the GENERAL over

the years. This list was used in this article in the GENERAL

section above.

More Historical Corrections to Panzer Leader Situations

(Alan R. Arvold and Micheal P. Flagiello) - More historical

corrections to previously published scenarios.

References from the Boardgamer (Bruce C. Monnin) - A list of

PANZER LEADER articles in the BOARDGAMER.

The Panzer Leader in Normandy (Alan R. Arvold and Micheal P.

Flagiello) - A collection of ten scenarios which occurred during

the Normandy Campaign in 1944. Translated from original Italian

article with the same scenarios.

Additional Panzer Leader Counters Required to Play Scenarios in

This Issue (Alan R. Arvold and Bruce Monnin) - A page of new

counters for the game. They were printed on the inside of the

back cover and also on a pull out counter sheet included with the

magazine.

 

 

OLD SOLDIERS Magazine

 

   OLD SOLDIERS magazine is an E-mag published by Tom Cundiff. It

started in September 2004 as a replacement for the outgoing

BOARDGAMER magazine. It publishes articles on old out-of-print

games and some brand new games as well. While the editor has a

large reserve of PANZERBLITZ/PANZER LEADER articles, he only

publishes them sparingly as he wants this electronic magazine to

be for all games, not just for PANZERBLITZ and PANZER LEADER.

 

Volume 1, #2 - Panzer Leader in Poland: 10 Scenarios From the

               Polish Campaign (Gilbert Garza) - This article

               presented the Polish Campaign in 1939 in ten

               scenarios using the PANZER LEADER game. The

               article includes the ten scenarios, two counter

               sheets, and Unit Function Charts for the various

               new counters.

Volume 1, #2 - "Oddball" is Alive and Well in Panzer Leader

               (Tom Cundiff) - This is an article about a series

               of new counters for PANZER LEADER. Some have been

               previously presented in other magazines but Tom

               brings them all together in one article. The

               article includes the counters themselves (on the

               same counter sheets as those in the previous

               article) and Unit Function Charts for them.

Volume 1, #3 - Panzer Leader in the Pacific: 5 Scenarios From the

               Pacific Islands Campaigns (Gilbert Garza) - This

               is a series of five scenarios from the Pacific

               using the PANZER LEADER game. The article includes

               the five scenarios, two counter sheets, and Unit

               Function Charts for the various new counters.

Volume 1, #3 - The Rising Sun in Panzer Leader (Tom Cundiff) -

               This article gives a detailed description of the

               various weapons systems and units that the new

               counters from previous article represent.

Volume 1, #3 - Rare Japanese Tanks: Additions to "Pacific" Panzer

               Leader (Tom Cundiff) - This article gives the

               brief history of several rare Japanese tanks.

               These tanks were given counters which are on the

               counter sheet for the Pacific scenarios previously

               described but are not in any of the scenarios.

               They are just included for DYO purposes.

Volume 2, #1 - Axis Minors in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader - Italy

               First (Byron Henderson) - This article introduced

               new Italian counters into both game systems. The

               article starts by using the format used in "The

               Pieces of Panzerblitz" from the GENERAL Vol.11,

               #4, but then switches over to Unit Composition

               Tables for the various level of Italian units and

               finishes off with a Unit Function Chart. There is

               a counter set for these new Italian units

               available for purchase from the OLD SOLDIERS

               magazine.

Volume 2, #2 - Axis Minors in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader - Hungary

               (Byron Henderson) - This article introduced new

               Hungarian counters into both game systems. The

               article uses the same format as the previous

               entry. Again there is a counter set for these new

               Hungarian units available for purchase from the

               OLD SOLDIERS magazine.

Volume 2, #2 - Jump Aircraft and Paratroops in Panzer Leader

               (Tom Cundiff) - This article basically improves on

               the "Para-Leader" article from way back in the

               GENERAL Vol.20, #2. The article describes the

               different transport and glider aircraft used by

               the different powers and also brings in the

               Russians under the "Para-Leader" rules. There is a

               big six counter sheet set for these units

               available for purchase from the OLD SOLDIERS

               magazine. These included regular and breakdown

               units and the individual transport and glider

               counters for the Germans, Americans, British,

               Russian, Italian, and Japanese.

Volume 2, #2 - Axis Minors in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader - Romania

               (Byron Henderson) - This article introduced new

               Romanian counters into both game systems. The

               article uses the same format as the previous two

               articles in this series. As usual there is a

               counter set for these new Romanian units available

               for purchase from the OLD SOLDIERS magazine.

Volume 2, #3 - What if?... Additional Italian AFVs for

               Panzerblitz & Panzer Leader (Byron Henderson) -

               This article introduces six rare Italian AFVs that

               probably existed only in prototype and never saw

               combat. These counters were available on a counter

               sheet for that issue that was available for

               purchase.

Volume 2, #4 - Panzer Leader 1940 Master Unit Function Charts

               (Alan R. Arvold) - This are master unit charts for

               all the units used in Panzer Leader 1940. It

               supersedes the one that came in the original

               article back in the General Vol.15, #2.

Volume 5, #2 - The Paths of Rommel: Revised Scenarios for Panzer

               Leader (Alan R. Arvold) - This article completely

               revamps the six scenarios that were originally

               presented back in the GENERAL Vol.22, #3. It

               corrects all the mistakes in these situations and

               makes more playable.

Volume 7, #1 - Valery-En-Caux: The Fighting 51st, A Panzer Leader

               Scenario (Mike Haines and Richard Williams) - This

               is a scenario involving the British 51st Highland

               Infantry Division versus the German 7th Panzer

               Division during the France 1940 Campaign.

 

 

IMAGINATIVE STRATEGIST Website

 

   The IMAGINATIVE STRATEGIST is a website devoted to PANZERBLITZ

and PANZER LEADER. It was created and is run by Ward McBurney.

This website is now one of the main websites for this game

system. On it there are a host of downloadable items. These

include countersheets of all the counters, both those in the

games and those variant counters that were published in the

GENERAL and BOARDGAMER magazines, brand new variant mapboards for

both games, and a series of articles on the Dunnigan System, the

system originally used to determine the counter values for the

counters in the game. This series of articles, which will be

listed below, has caused a lot of controversy as they invalidated

a lot of previously published variant counters because their

counter values were wrongly formulated by using incorrect

precepts. Aside from that, the most important fact about the

IMAGINATIVE STRATEGIST is that it is safely located up in Canada

where Multi-Man Publishing can not shut it down.

 

Artillery Factors in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold) - This

article describes how the artillery counter factors were

formulated.

Mortar Factors in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold) - This

article describes how the mortar counter factors were formulated.

Rocket Artillery Factors in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold)

- This article describes how the rocket artillery counter factors

were formulated.

Infantry Factors in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold) - This

article describes how the infantry counter factors were

formulated. Note that this article has caused the most

controversy.

Cavalry Factors in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold) - This

article describes how the cavalry counter factors were

formulated.

Anti-Armor Attack and Range Factors in the Dunnigan System

(Alan R. Arvold) - This article describes how the A Class attack

and range factors were formulated for the various types of

vehicular and artillery counters in both Panzerblitz and Panzer

Leader.

Vehicular Defense and Movement Factors in the Dunnigan System

(Alan R. Arvold) - This article describes how the defense and

movement factors for the various vehicular counters were

formulated.

Miscellaneous Units in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold) -

This article goes into the formulation of the counter factors of

various units that were not included in any of the articles

listed above.

The Combat Results Table in the Dunnigan System (Alan R. Arvold)

- This article goes into the theory behind the results on the

combat results table.

Effects of New Terrain on New Panzerblitz Boards (Alan R. Arvold)

- This article describes the effects of the new terrain features

that have been introduced in the new series of mapboards that

have been posted on the IMAGINATIVE STRATEGIST. Note that these

rules stay within the original form and structure of the rules of

the games and seek to expand them, not change them into

something else as most variants do. Also note that although these

were originally for the new Panzerblitz board, they apply equally

well to the new Panzer Leader boards that are also posted on the

website.

Obstacles and Elevation (Modified) (Alan R. Arvold) - This

article is essentially a rewrite of the Obstacle and Elevation

Rules in the original game rules in order to incorporate the new

Level 2 Slope and Hilltop hexes that have been introduced in the

new mapboards. Included with this article in a separate posting

is a new Target Elevation Table which incorporates these new

elevation levels.

An Informal History of the Development of Panzerblitz

(Alan R. Arvold) - This is an informal history of the development

of Panzerblitz from 1968 to the mid-Seventies. It is listed here

because Panzer Leader's developmental history is also described,

being linked to the parent game Panzerblitz.

 

 

PANZERBLITZ HOMEPAGE Website

 

   This is the original website devoted to the PANZERBLITZ family

of games. It was readily identifiable by its orange backround on

the website. It was started back in 1997 and is still online

today, although it has not been updated since 2003. Once a very

active website, it lied dormant with only an occasional entry on

its forum for several years, then in 2006 its webmaster moved the

sight to another webpage. It has various scenarios, articles, and

variant counters, most of which can not now be brought up due to

the link between the entry on the website and the original

author's website being broken. Still of one can contact the

original author, one may still be able to get the item in

question.

 

Situation 21: Hammelburg (J.M. Renaud) - This is a scenario about

the Hammelburg raid. It is smaller and quite different from the

one in the GENERAL Vol.31, #6.

Situation 22: Division Clauswitz (J.M. Renaud) - This is a

scenario about a battle near Magdeburg, Germany in April of 1945.

Situation 23: Operation Blockbuster (J.M. Renaud) - This is a

scenario about a battle near the town of Xanten, west of the

Rhine River, in February of 1945.

Western Tunisia (Gilbert Garza) - This is a desert war scenario

that occurred in November of 1942.

Drive to the Channel (Gilbert Garza) - This is a PANZER LEADER

1940 scenario that occurred on 20 May 1940.

Steppe Leader: Battles in Manchuria, 1938-39 (Brian R. Train) -

This is a set of seven scenarios dealing with the fighting in

Manchuria between the Russians and the Japanese before the start

of World War II. The set includes the scenarios, special rules,

and a counter sheet of variant counters that it shares with the

next entry. Although this set uses components from the

PANZERBLITZ, PANZER LEADER, and ARAB-ISRAELI WARS games, it is

primarily classified as a PANZER LEADER variant.

Desert Leader: Battles in North Africa, 1940-43 (Brian R. Train)

- This is a set of 13 scenarios dealing the fighting in North

Africa. This set includes the scenarios, special rules and

counter sheet of variant counters that it shares with the

previous entry. Although this set uses components from both the

PANZER LEADER and ARAB-ISRAELI WARS games, it is primarily

classified as a PANZER LEADER variant.

 

 

MOVES Magazine

 

   MOVES magazine was originally published by SPI from 1972 to

1982. It lasted sixty issues. It was then picked up by TSR in

1982 when they took over SPI and it became a section within the

S&T magazines. 3W then bought S&T from TSR in 1987 and the MOVES

section was moved to their WARGAMER magazine. And finally it was

picked up by Decision Games in 1991 and it became a magazine

again. Forty-eight more issues were published before it was

finally terminated in 2002. It featured games reviews, variants,

and scenarios primarily from SPI games but under 3W and Decision

Games it featured games from all companies.

 

Moves #24 - Comparitive Evaluation: Panzer Leader & Panzer '44

            (Phil Kosnett) - A comparative analysis of the two

            games, SPI's Panzer '44 and Avalon Hill's Panzer

            Leader.

Moves #78 - Patton's War: Rules and Scenarios for Panzerblitz and

            Panzer Leader (Ton Cundiff) - Twelve new scenarios

            dealing with a hypothetical post World War II

            conflict between the Western Allies and the Russians.

 

 

FIRE & MOVEMENT Magazine

 

   FIRE & MOVEMENT (F&M) was originally founded by Roger B.

MacGowan back in 1976. Since then it has changed ownership four

times, finally culminating with its purchase by Decision Games

back in 1989, who owns it to this day. Essentially a game review

type magazine, it has occasionally published some variants and

scenarios as well.

 

F&M #4 - Panzer Leader '77 (Roy Easton) - This is a PANZER LEADER

         variant that includes PANZERBLITZ pieces as well.

F&M #6 - Game Notes: AH's PANZERLEADER, A British View

         (Geoff Barnard) - A commentary about PANZER LEADER from

         a British viewpoint.

F&M #10 - Scenario HQ (Bill Farone) - A magazine section which

          dealt with new scenarios that came out for various

          tactical games. It included a new scenario for PANZER

          LEADER between the Poles and the Germans at Cassino in

          Italy in 1944.

F&M #53 - 20 Years Later and 10 Years after Squad Leader: A

          History of Tactical Games (Roger B. MacGowan) - A

          history of the development and evolution of tactical

          armored warfare games, in which PANZER LEADER played an

          important early part.

F&M #65 - World War II F&M Anthology: Chapter 4; The Western

          Front (Jeff Petraska) - Part of F&M's great anthology

          of WWII games. PANZER LEADER is featured in a quick

          review.

 

 

PHOENIX Magazine

 

   Phoenix was published by SimPubs Ltd., a British subsidiary of

SPI, and was distributed in Great Britain. It could rightly be

considered to be the British version of MOVES magazine. It lasted

six years, from 1976 to 1982, and had 36 issues. I have a few

issues of this magazine. The old back issues of the magazine are

rarely seen here in the United States although they are still

available through some British sources.

 

Phoenix #21 - Banging Your Head on the Belgium Border:

              Panzerblitz (AH) (Francis Comerford) - Although it

              is listed as a PANZERBLITZ article, it is really a

              review of PANZER LEADER Situation #13.

              World War II Tactical Games Review (Geoff Barnard)

              - A review of WWII armored warfare tactical games

              which included PANZER LEADER.

 

 

VAIPA QUARTERLY Magazine

 

   VAIPA QUARTERLY is a privately produced magazine that is sold

directly from the owner Micheal Sanchez. VAIPA stands for

Variants Artificial Intelligance Pb(e)m Aids. It was later

renamed the VAIPA EXPRESS. This magazine has produced variants

for several different games. I have only seen it sold on Ebay, so

I guess that is how the owner distributes it (to the highest

bidder).

 

VAIPA #4 - Waffen SS (No author listed) - This is a variant that

           covers selected Waffen SS battles in PANZER LEADER. It

           contains a mounted set of variant SS counters for each

           of the German units in the game, a set of eight

           scenarios, and special rules for certain units and

           scenarios. Although the variant is designed for PANZER

           LEADER, the counters can be used in PANZERBLITZ as

           well.

 

 

COUNTER MOVES Ltd.

 

   COUNTER MOVES Ltd. is a name of a company (of probably one or

two people) which is among a group of individuals and companies

that have been selling reprints of PANZERBLITZ/PANZER LEADER

articles, from the GENERAL magazine, on Ebay over the past few

years. In a way these individuals are doing a great service to

gamers as copies of the GENERAL are getting harder and more

expensive to find. But that is not why they are included in this

list. COUNTER MOVES also publishes a series of variants

containing scenarios from magazines that are still in

publication. To avoid out right accusations of plagiarism, they

make minor changes to the articles and scenarios. A lot of other

authors have done this, myself included, but at least we have the

decency to acknowledge the original authors of our source

materials. COUNTER MOVES, on the other hand, puts out the

material as if they are the original authors (by using the

company name) and treats the rest of the world as if they are the

plagiarists. In recent releases and reprints of their older

products, they have switched their tactics somewhat by listing

the original article or the magazine it came out of as a

reference source, in a vain attempt to avoid charges of

plagiarism. Since some of the following variants are taken

directly from the BOARDGAMER Special PANZER LEADER Issue, one can

see why I am personally concerned about this. It would not be so

bad if they would directly acknowledge the original authors of

their source material, but no, they go right on with what they

are doing, confident in the fact that everyone in the wargaming

industry is so poor that they will never be sued and brought to

court. Seems to have worked as their only redeeming feature is

the fact that they have never been successfully shut down by

Multi-Man Publishing.

 

France 1940: The German Blitzkrieg in the West (No author listed)

- This is a reprint of the PANZER LEADER 1940 article from the

GENERAL Vol.15, #2. The entire original article was reprinted,

with the usual changes in occasional sentences. Instead of making

their own scenario cards, they just photocopied the original

scenarios from the magazine. The counters are shoddy and badly

die cut. Avoid this one.

The Paths of Rommel, 1940 (No author listed) - This is a reprint

of the Paths of Rommel article in the GENERAL Vol.22, #3. Again

like the previous entry, they photocopied the scenarios directly

from the magazine. They made a few changes to the counters but

their quality is still low. Feed this one to the fire.

Para-Leader (No author listed) - This is reprint of the Para-

Leader article from the GENERAL Vol.20, #2. They must have been

really lazy when they made this one as it is nothing more than

photocopied pages of the entire article, not just the scenarios.

They even left the original author's name on the article. As

usual the counters are sub-standard. Trash this one.

For King and Country (No author listed) - This is a reprint of my

article "New British Scenarios for Panzer Leader" from the

BOARDGAMER Special PANZER LEADER Issue. It has ten scenarios,

three from my article, six more from various other articles in

that same issue, and a photocopy of the Dieppe scenario from the

GENERAL Vol.21, #3. Again the counters are sub-standard. Throw

this one away.

GI: Home By The Holidays (No author listed) - This is a

collection of nine various scenarios out of the BOARDGAMER

Special PANZER LEADER Issue that deal with the fall battles of

1944. They are all US versus German scenarios. For once the

article was original, not a blatant copy, though the scenarios

were obviously copied. As usual the counters are shoddy. Burn

this one.

Panzer Busters (No Author listed) - This is a blatant plagiarism

of Carl Schwarmburger's article "Panzer Hunters" from the GENERAL

Vol.28, #3. As usual there are several word changes and the

counters are sub-standard. Avoid this one like the plague.

 

 

PANZERFAUST/CAMPAIGN Magazine

 

   PANZERFAUST was created by Don Greenwood back in 1967. It was

basically a standard game review, variant, scenario, and analysis

article type magazine. It did occasionally have some historical

articles too. In 1972, Don Lowery of Guidon Games assumed control

of the magazine when Greenwood moved on to Avalon Hill. In 1976

the magazine name was changed to PANZERFAUST & CAMPAIGN and in

the following year it was changed again to just CAMPAIGN, the

name it kept until the end. The magazine lasted until early 1983

when Guidon Games went out of business. It had a total of 111

issues, plus several specials. As I have all issues from #41 on

forward, I believe that I have all of the PANZER LEADER articles

that were printed in the magazine.

 

Panzerfaust #66 - Six From A.H. (Don Lowery) - A review of six

                  recently released or re-released games of which

                  PANZER LEADER was one of them.

Panzerfaust &

Campaign #72  - Defending Omaha Beach (Jeffery Paul Jones) - A

                strategy article on German play in Situation #2.

Panzerfaust &

Campaign #74  - A Panzerblitz Ramble (Herschel M. Sarnoff) - A

                look at the tactical games that trace their

                evolutionary roots to PANZERBLITZ. PANZER LEADER

                was one of them.

Panzerfaust &

Campaing #76  - Conquering the Reichswald (Jeffery Paul Jones) -

                A strategy article on Allied play in Situation

                #6.

Panzerfaust &

Campaign #77  - From Panzer Leader to Panzer '44 and Back Again

                (Patrick A. Flory) - Another comparative analysis

                of both PANZER LEADER and PANZER '44.

Campaign #83 - Panzer Leader: Encirclement of Nancy

               (Jeffery Paul Jones) - A strategy article on

               German play in Situation #7.

Campaign #85 - On the Path of the Rational Tactical Wargame

               (Lorring Bird) - Another short look at tactical

               games that trace their roots back to PANZERBLITZ,

               PANZER LEADER being one of them.

 

 

JAGDPANTHER/BATTLEFIELD Magazine

 

   JAGDPANTHER was the house magazine of Jagdpanther

Publications, which was founded by Steven V. Cole back in 1973.

The magazine was basically a MOVES type magazine with variants,

scenarios, and strategy tips for different games, but it also had

a game in every issue. Besides the magazine, the company also put

out newletters and produced a number of games and game

accessories. JAGDPANTHER lasted from 1973 to 1976 for a total of

fifteen issues, the last one being renamed BATTLEFIELD. The first

four issues of JAGDPANTHER placed a heavy emphasis on PANZERBLITZ

in its article coverage and are extremely rare to find. However,

some articles from the first four issues have been rediscovered

in recent years and have been posted on the Internet. I have the

entire set of all fifteen issues, although I am missing the games

out of the first four issues.

 

Jagdpanther #10 - Panzersot (Pete Sausey) - A rather humorous

                  PANZER LEADER scenario where converging Western

                  Allied and Russian forces battle the German

                  defenders (and each other) for control of a

                  winery in central Germany in the last days of

                  the war.

                  Blitzleader (Jahn Barry) - An article

                  integrating PANZER LEADER rules into

                  PANZERBLITZ in order to make them compatible.

Jagdpanther #12 - Thoughts on Panzer Leader (Steven V. Cole) - A

                  commentary on the game PANZER LEADER along with

                  some suggestions to improve it.

Jagdpanther #14 - Whiskey Station (Joseph Kibera) - A scenario

                  about a battle occurring in Italy in 1944.

 

 

OUTPOST Magazine

 

   OUTPOSTS was the house magazine of the Conflict Simulation

Society (CSS). It was basically a MOVES type magazine, featuring

variants, new scenarios, and strategy articles. It covered games

from all companies at the time, but the majority of the articles

covered SPI and AH games. The CSS was a national gaming club that

never quite achieved the fame of the bigger ones such as AHIKS,

SPARTAN INTERNATIONAL, and the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF

WARGAMERS. OUTPOSTS lasted from 1974 to 1978 when the CSS broke

up, for a total of twelve issues.

 

Outposts #6 - PBM: Panzer Leader (Robert Cross) - An article on a

              PBM system for PANZER LEADER. Included a PBM mini-

              sheet in that issue.

              Additional Panzerblitz Scenarios (Bill Scott) -

              Three new scenarios which used the counters from

              the Panzerblitz Units Series in the magazine. One

              of the scenarios occurred in France 1940 which was

              later converted to the proper PANZER LEADER

              standards in the BOARDGAMER Special PANZER LEADER

              issue.

Outposts #10 - Battle for France (Mark Matuschak) - The first in

               a series of articles introducing new scenarios for

               France 1940. Again the scenarios used units from

               the Panzerblitz Units Series in the magazine

               although they did use the PANZER LEADER game. This

               article had two scenarios which were later

               converted to proper PANZER LEADER standards in the

               BOARDGAMER Special PANZER LEADER issue.

Outposts #12 - Battle for France Part II (Mark Matuschak) - The

               second part in the above mentioned series. This

               article introduce two more scenarios which were

               later converted to proper PANZER LEADER standards.

               There were supposed to be more articles in this

               series but the magazine folded before they could

               be published.

               Panzer Leader Extras (Victor Peck) - These were

               two scenarios that were conversions of like

               scenarios in other tactical armored warfare games

               of the time to PANZER LEADER standards. They were

               not done very well.

 

 

AMERICAN WARGAMER Newsletter

 

   AMERICAN WARGAMER (AW) was the house newsletter for the

American Wargaming Association, a Northeastern based organization

that strove to become a national club to replace the

International Federation of Wargamers, which broke up in early

1973. Although they tried hard, their membership never got above

200 member nationally. Was founded in 1973 and lasted until the

mid-Eighties when they merged with another organization to form

the Strategy Gaming Society. The newsletter mostly dealt with

club and hobby news, with a strong emphasis on game reviews.

However, it also published scenarios, variants, and game strategy

articles was well. At the time of the merger, the AMERICAN

WARGAMER's name was changed to the STRATEGIST.

 

AW Vol.2, #8 - Game Review: Panzer Leader (George Phllies) -

               An extensive review of the game.

AW Vol.2, #12 - Panzer Leader Revisited (George Phillies) - A

                continuation of the previous review with some

                strategy tips for the first three situations.

AW Vol.8, #8 - Panzer Leader: Static Cherbourg for AWA Readers

               (Tom Scholle) - A scenario involving the battle of

               Cherbourg in June 1945.

AW Vol.10, #6 - Game Variants (Mike Brines) - A pair of scenarios

                involving actions during the Battle of the Bulge.

 

 

STRATEGIST Newsletter

 

   The STRATEGIST is the house organ of the Strategy Gaming

Society (SGS). Although it started out as just a newsletter with

club and gaming news, it quickly developed into another MOVES

type periodical where game reviews, variants, and scenarios were

printed. In fact, the STRATEGIST acquired the reputation of

printing articles that were rejected by the more professional

wargame magazines in the hobby. It was first published in the

1973 as the AMERICAN WARGAMER and changed its name in the mid-

Eighties after a merger between the AWA and another organization

formed the SGS. It seemed to have ceased publication in early

2004 when the SGS was rumored to have dissolved. However this

proved to be false as the SGS is still in operation aster a short

civil war among its top leadership. One would think that with

such longevity, there would be a lot of PANZER LEADER articles

printed in them over the years, and in truth there probably were.

However, the STRATEGIST has had a few problems that precluded

locating them all. One is that there was, and still is, no master

article index for the newsletter. This was due to the fact that

there have been many editors to the newsletter over the years,

each one lasting from one to three years on the job. Most of

these editors never passed on their work to their successors,

many even took the spare back issues with them when they left.

Another problem was that no one seemed interested in even trying

to assemble a master article index for the newsletter. (Some

attribute this to apathy within the organization.) Still another

problem was that many copies of the PANZER LEADER articles from

the STRATEGIST that have been passed around among various gaming

circles do not have the issue number printed on the pages (unless

someone happened to write it in the margin). This makes it very

hard to list them in chronological order. What makes this harder

is that many of the longer articles were spread out among several

different issues, some as many as seven. The following articles

are the ones that I have in my possession.

 

The Para-Leader Counter Mine (Richard Gutenkunst) - A variant

rule to used with the Para-Leader rules in the GENERAL Vol.20,

#2.

More Panzer Leader "Italian Style"! (No author listed) - Two

scenarios from the Normandy Campaign. One had been previously

published in the AMERICAN WARGAMER.

Panzer Leader Scenario 1 Quicknotes (Ryan Schultz) - A strategy

article on Situation #1 in the game.

Just Panzers (Ryan Schultz) - This article appeared in issue

#207. Another set of rules combining PANZERBLITZ and PANZER

LEADER.

Panzer Leader "1990" (Jeff Nelson) - This article appeared in two

part, in issues #209 and #210. This variant used the PANZER

LEADER rules (with a little help from ARAB-IRAELI WARS) to create

a modern version. Came with five scenarios, special rules, and

variant counters.

OK PL/PB Players GO FOR IT (Author Unknown) - This is a variant

article featuring one of the big Mega-scenarios out of Italy. It

deals with battles from the Korean War. It included variant

counters for newer armored vehicles of the time and new counters

for the Koreans (North and South) and the Red Chinese.

Panzer Leader: Ardennes 1944; Turning Point (Ferro Gianpietro) -

Another of the big mega-scenarios out of Italy. This one appeared

in issue #262. This scenario dealt with the battle of Celles.

Panzer Leader: Report of an Attempt; Hanut (Enrico Tagliazucchi &

Sergio Cuoghi) - Still yet another one of the big scenarios from

Italy. This one appeared in issued #265. This scenario dealt with

the battle of Hanut in France 1940.

The Macro-Game: Stonne; 15 May 1940 (Enrico Tagliazucchi & Sergio

Cuoghi) - Again still yet another one of the big scenarios from

Italy. This one appeared in issue #268. This one dealt with the

battle of Stonne in France 1940.

Try This One for the Heck of It (Francis Spivak) - This was a

small British-German scenario occurring in the North African

Desert in 1941.

Remagen Bridge (No author listed) - This was a better version of

the battle of the Remagen Bridge than the one in the game. Even

came with a more accurate map of the actual terrain.

The Battle of Cassino (Sergio Cuoghi) - This was a four scenario

series dealing with the four battles for Cassino.

Towards the End: Italy 1945 (Sergio Cuoghi) - Still yet another

one of the big scenarios out of Italy. This one dealt with the

battle of Argenta in April 1945. Had a lot of special rules and

counters. Was spread out over three issues.

Operation Avalanche: The Battle for Salerno (Sergio Cuoghi) -

This was a series of eight scenarios dealing with the battle for

Salerno in September 1943. Was spread out over five issues.

PL Fans: An Italian Import (Ferro Giapietro) - This was a set of

two scenarios with were Panzer Leader conversions of the same

scenarios in PANZER '44.

Panzer Leader Scenario Four Quicknotes (Ryan Schultz) - This was

a strategy article for Situation #4 in the game.

Artillery in Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader (Byron Henderson) - This

article was published in issue #300 and provided variant

artillery counters for both games using the system of determining

HE Attack Factors in the game ARAB-ISRAELI WARS, the third game

in the PANZERBLITZ series of games. Counters were printed with

the article and were also available from the SGS for a while.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

   This category includes articles whose magazine source can not

be positively identified. It also includes independent articles

on the Internet from such websites such as Grognard.com, a vast

repository of articles for all games.

 

Panzer Leader Alternate Rules Set (Armando P. Signore) - An

article of 26 variant rules, plus new tables, designed to improve

the game.

Panzer Leader Analysis (Milton D. Schroeder) - This was supposed

to be an in depth analysis of all twenty scenarios in the game.

However, Mr. Schroeder never finished it, actually doing only 13

scenarios (1-8, 11, 14, 16, 18, and 20). Still these are a very

good analysis of these scenarios from the point of view from both

sides.

Panzer Leader '77: NATO vs Warsaw Pact (Marco Valerio Bonelli) -

This is a massive variant, much like the "Panzer Leader 1990"

article listed in the STRATEGIST section. As usual the rules are

a blend of PANZER LEADER and ARAB-ISRAELI WARS. There are three

scenarios and ton of variant counters.

Panzer Leader Version 1.1 (Steven Busey) - This was a series of

Second Edition rules for PANZER LEADER. Each year Mr. Busey would

continue to improve on them and put out a new set. However in

2006, Mr. Busey announced that he is giving up this rewrite of

the rules because the end result was a game that was vastly

different from PANZER LEADER. Still the rules are a good read for

the innovative ideas they put forth.

House Rules for Panzer Leader (Steven Busey) - An article

containing a list of house rules developed and used by the

author. Certaining worth reading.

Battle of Aachen (Doug Swanson) - This is a mega-scenario found

on Grognard.com. The map iself comprises 60 sections and there is

an extensive order of battle for both sides. A must have for

those who love mega-scenarios.

Panzer Leader Version 1.2 (James Connolly) - This is Mr.

Connolly's version of Mr. Busey's previous rewrite of the PANZER

LEADER rules and tables. While certainly the best rewrite of the

rules so far, Mr. Busey's admonition is quite correct in that it

in effect makes it into another different game.

Reluctant Legions-Italy at War, 1940-43 (Thomas H. Williams) -

This is a short article about Italy in the Second World War. It

includes eight scenarios and two variant countersheets. Half of

the scenarios occur in Russia and the other half occur in North

Africa. This makes this variant applicable in both Panzerblitz

and Panzer Leader.

Panzer Leader-Guadalcanal (Thomas H. Williams and LTCDR Roger N.

Thomas, USN (Ret))- This is a medium size article about the

fighting on Guadalcanal in the latter part of 1942. This variant

adapts the Panzer Leader rules to jungle fighting. It includes

ten scenarios, one and a half variant countersheets, and four

variant mapsheets. A real prize to have.

1948-Stalin Moves West: A Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader Variant

(Thomas H. Williams) - This is a short article dealing with a

hypothetical Western Allies/Soviet war in 1948 in Germany. It

includes eight scenarios and a variant countersheet. Although

some of the scenarios use the mapboards from both Panzerblitz and

Panzer Leader, most of them require the use of variant mapboards

that are available for sale from Patrick Storto. This is a

Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader variant.

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

   This concludes this index of PANZER LEADER articles. Are these

all of the articles that were ever printed or posted? Of course

not. There are still a lot of articles out there waiting to be

found, not only in various obscure club magazines, but also on

the Internet as well.

 

   I am putting out the call to all gamers who may have copies of

these missing articles. If you want to see them included in this

index, or have corrections to the entries in this article

(including issue numbers for those entries without them), please

contact me at the following email address:

 

[email protected]

 

   However be warned, I will only post new entries into this

index if I have copies of the articles in question. These can ba

hard copies sent to me by mail or scans of them sent via email.

The reason for this is because I have already had too many would

be plagiarists tell me about an article that they have "written"

and was published, not knowing that I already had a copy of the

article in question with the real author's name in my possession.

With that being said, let's make this index complete with the

rest of the missing articles.