# Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats

Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 30–150 minutes. Ludoya players call it best with 2.

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 30–150 minutes
- **Complexity:** 2.8 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2004
- **Categories:** Wargame, World War II
- **Mechanics:** Hexagon Grid
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Michael Bennighof

**Artists:** Peggy Gordon, Terry Moore Strickland

**Publishers:** Avalanche Press Ltd.

## Expansions

- [Edelweiss: A Panzer Grenadier Scenario Book](https://www.ludoya.com/games/edelweiss-a-panzer-grenadier-scenario-book)
- [Panzer Grenadier: South Africa's War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-south-africas-war)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Secret Weapons](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-secret-weapons)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Alaska's War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-alaskas-war)
- [Campaigns & Commanders: The King's Officers – The British and Italian Armies 1940-1944: A Panzer Grenadier Campaign Book](https://www.ludoya.com/games/campaigns-and-commanders-the-kings-officers-the-british-and-italian-armies-1940)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Divisione Corazzata](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-divisione-corazzata)
- [Panzer Grenadier: DAK '44](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-dak-44)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Carpathian Brigade](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-carpathian-brigade)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Indian Unity](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-indian-unity)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Grossdeutschland 1946](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-grossdeutschland-1946)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Waltzing Matilda](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-waltzing-matilda)
- [Great War at Sea: Great War of the Worlds at Sea](https://www.ludoya.com/games/great-war-at-sea-great-war-of-the-worlds-at-sea)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/panzer-grenadier-desert-rats)
- [Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/panzer-grenadier-desert-rats)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10668)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-17. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._