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Panzer Strike: Western Front 2

Created by Forsage Games

Enjoy a tactical tanks battle in this realistic game on 3D terrain. Simple, dynamic and amazingly deep in many different scenarios!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Update #13
over 3 years ago – Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:34:03 PM

Workers in the company that produces miniatures, with our help, solved the problem of breaking gun barrels and other parts on the miniatures from the last batch. The problem was in the inadequate sandblasting process. They made replacement pieces that we have already collected.

We received information that samples of new models are ready and we intended to publish their photos in the update. However, we were unable to pick up those pieces before the holidays.

We are posting this update (before we took samples of the new models) at the request of several bakers, because in the meantime this project was referred to on the Age of Dogfights 1 project page. Specifically, the reason was our announcement of a new project - AoD2. Although we did not announce a specific start date for that campaign, some bakers rightly expressed their displeasure that we were announcing a new project without delivering the Panzer games beforehand.

We are aware that our reputation has been called into question due to delays in the production of Panzer games. We have honestly written many times about all the problems and our mistakes that were present from the very beginning. After the total blockade that was at one point, the AoD1 project brought us the much-needed money to be able to continue production. During the previous fall, a lot was done, but not as much as we wanted. Without intending to point out the corona epidemic as an excuse, the fact is that this factor has significantly slowed down the work in the companies we work with. Any pressure on the collaborators to speed up their work had a negative effect - we got scrap elements and thus an additional delay. In the past period, it also happened to us to make mistakes (in prepress) due to the hurry, so we had to throw away some already printed sheets (specifically in the AoD project).

In the past few weeks, we have been focusing on completing game production and expansions for the AoD1 project. The deadline for the start of deliveries is January 2021, and we managed to send the first packages at the end of December. If we were late with the delivery of awards from that project, our already largely shaken reputation would be completely destroyed.

We will soon continue working on the Panzer projects and we will show every progress in updates.

We have already announced some elements as compensation for being late with deliveries. Unfortunately, there is nothing material that can make up for lost time. For each of you individually, it is a poorly invested money (currently), but this delay creates much bigger problems for us, because the survival of the company and our existence is in question. We are truly grateful to all of you who have an understanding for our situation and for not putting additional pressure on us. We fully understand all the questions and dissatisfaction and these public updates are the place where all the problems in this project should be written about. That we have learned a lot from our mistakes is proven by the AoD1 project, which is being implemented according to plan (even in difficult circumstances).

Miniatures production issue
over 3 years ago – Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 06:41:09 AM

The production of miniatures is going according to the following procedure: first, we send models to the company that 3D prints them in SLS technology to make a test series. We adjust the models according to the result if needed, and then we order the production batch. There are usually a few pieces that are scrap, but that is not a problem because we always order more than necessary. All the series that were done so far were alright, with minimal adjustments to the models after the trial series.

However, in the last series, there was about 30% scrap. Those models that could have been problematic due to their small size and thin guns - are all good, but Flak Pz IV and some similar ones had a high percentage of scrap (broken gun barrel). We are now in the process of determining the cause with the manufacturers and we assume that there was an issue in the sandblasting process.

It was strange to us that the gun barrels that are quite thick (large caliber) broke off. The reason could be that these are on massive bodies (turretless vehicles), so the pieces were damaged by hitting each other during sandblasting, although, this wasn't a problem in the previous series, even for miniatures with thinner guns barrels.


The miniature manufacturer works part-time because they have several more employees who are in isolation (it took them long even to respond to our emails). They announce that they will make those pieces that were scrap again during the next week, with much more manual work (and thus more expensive), and we believe that we will get good miniatures.


In the meantime, we have done a few more models, but they have not been sent for a test, because we are waiting for the previous series to be completely finished.


We are equally committed to all our projects, but due to some earlier mistakes we are now lagging behind in the production of Panzer Strike games. We will continue to work and keep you informed of further progress (with the rulebook and production of miniatures).

Update #9
over 3 years ago – Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 02:27:36 PM

The Panzer Strike 2 project is closely related to the previous project (see the updates https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1732812836/panzer-strike-western-front/posts). Working on that project is also working on PS:WF2. I hope that we will soon overcome all the difficulties we are in.

The money to produce and send the PS:WF1 and PS:WF2 games, which was a problem, is now provided in the Age of Dogfights: WW1 project. Working on that game (AoD: WW1), we came up with some solutions that can be applied in Panzer games too, so we decided to put them in the rules. Of course, it is not good that we are late with the delivery, but the delay will bring some benefits to the Panzer Strike games.

After the PS:WF1 is delivered, the PS:WF2 will be delivered relatively quickly. We will provide some extras as compensation for the delay. We thank the backers for their patience and we believe that everyone will still be satisfied when they get their games.