"Most over the top WW2 rules names you can think of" Topic

Time for something a bit silly:

There's a long standing tradition of slightly stereotypical names for games, usually involving Panzer something or other.

So have a crack at making up the most over the top Panzer-porn name you can think of.

My submission: "Valiant Storm of Panzer Eagles"

"Ze Mighty Panzer Fan Boyz zat Whinez Whenz Zey Don't Vin!"

Any scale.. no rebasing required. :)

For the most over-the-top effect, the name should preferably be in bad German, something like:

"Übergrosskampfgruppe Wundersturmpanzergrenadier"

For sheer bad taste--but the secret thrill of Goose-Stepping-Tread-Kissers everywhere--why not just "SS?"

Or the equally slobber inducing "Totenkopf?"

Or go for the alliterative--"Himmler Himmel."

With so many choices for all theaters and subjects of WW II, it seems the richest vein of kitsch and hints of racist/super-trooper man/tank love, you gotta go German, and preferably Schutz Staffel.

TVAG

Flames, Guts and Bayonets!!!!

From Festung Berlin to Festung Luna: The Anabasis of the 3rd Reich, prequel to Iron Skies.

Urrah! From Kursk to Normandy, the history of Rotmistrov's 5th Guards Tank Army and the Liberation of Europe.

Tokyo Sunrise: The Third Atomic Bomb.

Tiger!: The Great Bocage Bugout of Allied Infantry.

KampfGruppe Ilse auf der FallschirmHexenPanzerSturmWalkureFusilieren(say that fast 10 times)

Catfight! The Epic AirBattle Between Hanna Reitsch and Pancho Barnes.

Flame-throwers and Cherry Blossoms

Kaos Kampfgruppe.

The most accurate way to answer the question is find someone who always insists on using SS Panzer Units, insists they shouldn't be confused with non combat SS, and ask him his favourite set of rules.

Mein Panzer hat vier Ecken,
vier Ecken hat mein Panzer,
Und hätt er nicht vier Ecken,
So wär es nicht mein Panzer.

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I always thought the an acronym for troops weapons and tactics was a little over the top

Nahverteidigungswaffe und Sonderkraftfahrzeug.

I think thd most extreme names one could conjure up would have yoh dawghoused or your account locked

On a semi-related note, I was at the German military cemetery at La Cambes last Monday and was depressingly unsurprised to see a pile of wreaths in one corner… I just KNEW that it had to be Wittmann… The wreaths were all from such worthy veterans' associations such as 'Panzercommanders.com' and Nazikuntzarekewl.org'.

Every other wreath in the cemetery was for a Bavarian SS member. My Bavarian friend tells me that the local 'National Republican Party' branch, or whatever they call the Neo-Nazis these days, sends them.

Thankfully the German government kindly provides toilets close at hand for those of us who suddenly feel the urge to vomit.

For WWI, my vote would be…
Over the Top (Command Decision Series Game)

For WWII,
Disposable heroes and coffin for seven brothers (It's a good game though!)

"Panzer Grenadier Mien Kampfgruppen Marsch of Victory"

"Iron Eagle Crouching Tiger"

"Swastika Rule Rules"

"Achtung Panzer Abteilung"

"Terrible Torrent of Tigers"

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"

"Where Tigers Dare"

"Battle of Kursk: Pussy's Galore!"

"Kampfgruppen Iron Pussy"

PanzerTruppe Grouppen Shooten Hooten Tooten Marsch"

"Schnell Achtung Panzer Kommender"

"Das Reich Panzer Kindergarden Kampfgruppen"

Sad but I think I recognize some actual titles here….

Some silly suggestions from a silly man:
"Burning Steel; Boiling Blood – Tank Warfare Rules for WWII"
"Tank Bogie Boogie"
"Tracks of the Tiger"
"Iron Coffins"
"Ronsons vs. the Reich – Tank Warfare in Western Europe 1943 – 1945'.
"Chariots on Fire"
"Fire Cats Vor!"
"The Pink Panzer – Alternate Rules for Gay Tankers"
"Panzer Himmel, Tank Hell"
Cheers
Rod Robertson

For an all encompassing strategic game of the European war you could just go with "GROFAZ!", or if you prefer it spelled out, "Der Grosser Feldherr der alte Zeit!" (This was a nickname some of the generals had for Hitler.)

"Mein panzer hast a first name, it's F-R-I-T-Z. Mein panzer hast a second name, it's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N"

All of this does remind me of one of my earliest wargaming rules I always tried to follow…

If the rules I'm playing has the name of one of the opponents in the rules set name, don't play the other side. :)

Mark – love the web names!

'Plus One for Panzers'

"Panzers Vor!"

Patton: Our Blood, His Guts.

The way to do this is to take the titles of every Sven Hassel and/or Leo Kessler book…

Write the key words down on bits of paper, raffle-ticket style…

And draw words out of the hat until you can string them into a workable title.

That's how I got: "Werewolf Headhunters of the Gestapo". (keep an eye out for the kickstarter!)

"WWII Extreme Steel Panzernado !"

"Blut und Ehre : ReichSturm Panzer Zerstörungs-Kommando ultimate action force."

"Panzerfront 1949 Maus-ArmeeKorps Voraus !"

"Panzer XXVII Flamm-Raketen-Tauch-SturmPanzer Wehrwolf."

"Stalingrad II Panzer Tsunami !"

Panzernado

DAK-Deutches Ares Korps: Rommel under the Moons of Mars.

…wait…off-planet panzer conversions…oooooh!

Atlantis Overlord-Invasion of the Eighth Continent

Stargate:KG1

Zombie Divisionen z.b.v.

Rudel, Drachenjager

Hexen unt Panzer

Castle Keep: Allied Forces at Minas Tirith

Flying Saucer Aces of the Raumwaffe

WAAFS of Gor

Panzernado? PANZERNADO?!!????….I like that sooooo much….

A Kommissar in King Arthurs' Court.

Tank Clanks(Tractis re-do)

Panzer Knockers

THEM! Natures' Panzers

Vicious Variants for Vicarious Vermin

You people are wonderful

I named a set of WW2 rules "Doubles Tennis on the Western Front"

Advance Panzers-Resistance is futile!

Panzers uber alles

Panzer prey

MY Panzer is bigger than YOURS!

Tigers, Panthers and Stugs, oh my!

One name that fits all WW II rules:

The Tide of Burning Iron Storm of Fire and Steel Flames with a Band of Company of Heroes of War

Tekawiz for the win!!!

To totally fkkkk up a title just use the word Liebstandarte.

German speakers will recognise this as Hitlers secret peace and love battalion…….

English rule writers consistently get it all wrong…..

Along with the Love Hussars…

Tekawiz may have won the thread.

"The Tide of Burning Iron Storm of Fire and Steel Flames with a Band of Company of Heroes of War"

Oh, so close.

The Tide of Burning Iron Storm of Fire and Steel Flames with a Band of Company of Heroes of War, Mum.

Bogies and Me

Tanks for the Memories.