User Guide

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What Comes with this Game? . . . . 2
Copy Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
New to P
ANZER GENERAL II . . . . . . . 2
TUTORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting the Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . 3
Playing the Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . 5
THE BASIC SCREENS, MENUS, AND BUTTONS . . 14
The Start Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Scenario Selection Screen . . . 16
The Campaign Selection Screen . . 18
Cinematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Main Game Screen . . . . . . . 19
Pop-Up Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Secondary Screens . . . . . . . . . . 29
PLAYING A MULTIPLAYER GAME . . . . . . . 36
Multiplayer Options Screen . . . . . 36
Creating a Multiplayer Game . . . . 36
Joining a Multiplayer Game . . . . 37
Multiplayer Game Options . . . . . . 38
PLAY BY E-MAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Starting a Play By E-Mail Game . . 39
Loading a Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
GAME CONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Beginning a Battle . . . . . . . . . . 40
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Core and Auxiliary Units . . . . . . 41
Entrenchment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Game Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Multiple Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Prestige Points . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ranged Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rugged Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Spotting Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Supply Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Support Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Artillery and Air Defense . . 55
Victory Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 56
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Zone of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CAMPAIGN DESIGN NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Blitzkrieg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Onward To Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Crusade in Europe . . . . . . . . . . 72
Defending the Reich . . . . . . . . . 75
SCENARIO BUILDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Scenario Parameters Screen . . 78
The Scenario Builder Screen . . . . 80
UNIT STATISTICS DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . 83
UNIT CLASS DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ground Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Air Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Naval Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
UNIT CLASS AND EQUIPMENT
TYPE SPECIAL ABILITIES
. . . . . . . . . . . 98
UNIT CLASS AND EQUIPMENT TABLES . . . . 100
TABLE OF CONTENTS