User Guide

Getting Started

If you want to get a quick start, refer to the “Tutorial” section of the manual,

which begins on page 3. It provides a step-by-step battle plan to familiarize

you with the screens and basic features of a PANZER GENERAL® II scenario, and

should help you win part of the first battle of the Blitzkrieg campaign. If, how-

ever, you prefer to familiarize yourself with the game as a whole, turn to the

“Basic Screens, Menus, and Buttons” and “Game Concepts” sections on pages

14 and 40, respectively.

What Comes with this Game?

Your box should contain this user manual, a datacard, and a PANZER GENERAL II CD.

This user manual explains how to play and contains important information on

menus, scenarios, and unit classes and equipment. To get the game running on

your computer, follow the installation instructions on the datacard.

Copy Protection

In order to play PANZER GENERAL II, the game CD must be in the CD-ROM drive.

Using the Mouse

In PANZER GENERAL II, whenever the mouse passes over a button or hex, smart

text, describing the area under the cursor, appears in information bars at the

top and bottom of the screen, or beside the unit or button in question. This

makes identifying buttons and units easy during game play. In this book, the

term “click” means moving the mouse pointer to the desired area on the screen

and pressing the left mouse button.

“Right-click” means moving the mouse pointer to the desired area and pressing

the right mouse button.

New to PANZER GENERAL II

For those who played the original PANZER GENERAL, the sections or paragraphs

headed by a right-pointing triangle highlight changes and new features in PANZER

GENERAL II. This symbol is only used for changes and features that may not be

immediately obvious, unlike Multiplayer Play and the Scenario Builder.

INTRODUCTION: Getting Started 2

INTRODUCTION

Do you have what it takes to win?

Will you fight as a Wehrmacht Officer, or perhaps lead your com-

rades in the Soviet Army? You may want to hit the beaches at

Salerno and Normandy as an American or British General. No mat-

ter what path you choose, you will need all your skills to triumph.

The successful “Panzer General” devises sound strategic plans and

carries them out with unswerving commitment. Generals who are

indecisive inevitably fail. Can you forge a battle-winning command

and conquer your foes? Isn’t it time to find out?

1 INTRODUCTION