Panzer Grenadier Battles on November 23rd:
An Army at Dawn #3 - Fire Support	Leyte '44 #29 - Thanksgiving Day
Carpathian Brigade #3 - Breakout and Pursuit	Panzer Lehr 2 #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #23 - Te Hokowhitu-a-Tu ("War Party")	Panzer Lehr #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #24 - Hill 175	South Africa's War #7 - Rear Echelon
Dragon’s Teeth #33 - Chickenshit Regulations	South Africa's War #8 - Ons Is Helsems
Invasion of Germany #38 - Making Hay	South Africa's War #9 - Sunday of the Dead
Jungle Fighting #9 - Another Try	West Wall #8 - Making Hay

Panzer Grenadier Game Designers

Since the original Panzer Grenadier was released back in the year 2000, the collective talent and efforts of 18 people have created the 152 games that make up the Panzer Grenadier Series.

Timeline of Designer Activity
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Perryman													Perryman
Bennighof													Bennighof
Knipple													Knipple
de Vita													de Vita
McNair													McNair
Murray													Murray
Leonard													Leonard
Ricchi													Ricchi
Striuli													Striuli
Cheever													Cheever
Phythyon													Phythyon
Friedrichs													Friedrichs
Stafford													Stafford
Lubsky													Lubsky
Townsend													Townsend
Sawyer													Sawyer
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011

Timeline of Designer Activity Continued
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Bennighof														Bennighof
Perryman														Perryman
Stafford														Stafford
Townsend														Townsend
Ricchi														Ricchi
Striuli														Striuli
Rouleau														Rouleau
Ward														Ward
Cheever														Cheever
Leonard														Leonard
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024

A brief overview of each Panzer Grenadier designer's history is presented below. Designer rankings have a 50 vote minimum requirement, though overall average ratings are listed for every person. If you have additional information or would like to offer a correction, as always, please contact the Site Admin.

Name	Dr. Michael Bennighof	Game Design History
Dates Active	2000-03 to 2024-08	2000-03 2001-09 2001-10 2002-07 2002-07 2003-02 2003-06 2003-07 2003-12 2004-03 2004-05 2005-08 2005-09 2006-01 2006-03 2006-04 2006-06 2006-09 2006-11 2007-02 2007-08 2007-08 2007-10 2007-11 2007-12 2008-04 2008-06 2008-07 2008-12 2008-12 2009-01 2009-03 2009-04 2009-05 2009-05 2009-08 2009-08 2009-10 2010-07 2010-08 2010-10 2011-04 2011-04 2011-05 2011-07 2011-09 2012-05 2012-06 2013-01 2013-08 2014-07 2015-06 2015-09 2015-10 2015-11 2015-11 2016-02 2016-03 2016-03 2016-07 2016-09 2016-09 2018-03 2018-05 2018-07 2019-01 2019-03 2019-08 2019-09 2019-11 2020-03 2020-08 2020-12 2021-04 2021-05 2021-06 2021-11 2021-11 2022-01 2022-02 2022-03 2022-03 2022-06 2022-09 2022-10 2023-01 2023-03 2023-04 2023-06 2023-06 2023-08 2023-08 2023-11 2023-11 2024-05 2024-08
Games	109
Average Rating	3.3 from 9,255 votes
Rating Rank	12 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	Co-founder and president of Avalanche Press

Name	Dave Cheever	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-04 to 2015-12	2009-04 2015-12
Games	2
Average Rating	3.38 from 293 votes
Rating Rank	11 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Mauro de Vita	Game Design History
Dates Active	2002-07 to 2002-07	2002-07
Games	1
Average Rating	3.03 from 693 votes
Rating Rank	14 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Dave Friedrichs	Game Design History
Dates Active	2003-12 to 2003-12	2003-12
Games	1
Average Rating	2.77 from 99 votes
Rating Rank	15 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Brian L. Knipple	Game Design History
Dates Active	2001-06 to 2011-07	2001-06 2001-09 2002-07 2003-02 2003-06 2004-05 2004-10 2005-08 2005-09 2006-04 2006-06 2006-09 2011-07
Games	13
Average Rating	3.15 from 4,030 votes
Rating Rank	13 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	Co-founder of Avalanche Press

Name	Philippe Leonard	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-08 to 2024-03	2009-08 2016-03 2019-02 2021-08 2023-03 2023-05 2023-05 2024-03
Games	8
Average Rating	3.49 from 1,021 votes
Rating Rank	10 of 15
Location	Europe, Belgium, Brussels
PG-HQ Alias	leonard
In Real Life	I'm a physicist and currently director of Brussels' physics museum. As a wargame designer, my first major contribution was KG Peiper I and II for ASL and later "Croix de guerre" and "Doomed battalions" still for ASL.

Name	Konstantin Lubsky	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-08 to 2011-08	2011-08
Games	1
Average Rating	3 from 33 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 15
Location	Germany, Bavaria, Munich
PG-HQ Alias	Konstantin
In Real Life	Junior Lawyer

Name	Doug McNair	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-08 to 2020-01	2007-08 2008-06 2008-12 2009-01 2009-02 2009-03 2009-04 2009-10 2009-10 2010-03 2010-07 2010-08 2010-09 2011-09
Games	17
Average Rating	3.49 from 842 votes
Rating Rank	9 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	upintheattic
In Real Life	Freelance Editor and Writer

Name	David Murray	Game Design History
Dates Active	2008-12 to 2011-05	2008-12 2009-04 2009-05 2009-07 2011-05
Games	5
Average Rating	3.56 from 728 votes
Rating Rank	6 of 15
Location	U.K., East Yorkshire, Nafferton
PG-HQ Alias	Trotsky
In Real Life	I'm currently a primary school teacher in a small rural school. I've had many jobs, including teaching children with behavioural and emotional problems, IT consultant, bricklayer, fork truck driver, social worker, running an organic market garden and living in a commune.

Name	Mike Perryman	Game Design History
Dates Active	2003-12 to 2024-08	2003-12 2005-08 2006-09 2008-03 2009-02 2009-03 2009-04 2009-06 2009-07 2009-08 2009-10 2009-10 2010-07 2010-09 2011-04 2011-05 2011-07 2011-09 2012-05 2013-11 2014-06 2015-04 2015-12 2016-03 2016-07 2016-10 2017-06 2019-03 2020-01 2021-01 2022-02 2022-08 2023-08 2024-05 2024-08 2024-08
Games	36
Average Rating	3.63 from 2,789 votes
Rating Rank	5 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	mike perryman
In Real Life	N/A

Name	John R. Phythyon Jr.	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-05 to 2009-05	2009-05
Games	1
Average Rating	3.52 from 23 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Ottavio Ricchi	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-06 to 2015-05	2007-06 2011-05 2015-05
Games	3
Average Rating	3.51 from 270 votes
Rating Rank	7 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	otto
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Daniel Rouleau	Game Design History
Dates Active	2015-11 to 2022-08	2015-11 2015-11 2015-12 2016-03 2016-03 2016-07 2016-07 2016-09 2016-10 2016-12 2017-04 2017-06 2018-03 2019-02 2020-01 2022-01 2022-08
Games	17
Average Rating	3.65 from 1,217 votes
Rating Rank	2 of 15
Location	USA, Virginia, Richmond
PG-HQ Alias	Hugmenot
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Alan Sawyer	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-10 to 2011-10	2011-10
Games	1
Average Rating	4.11 from 9 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	campsawyer
In Real Life	N/A

Name	John Stafford	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-05 to 2018-11	2011-05 2011-07 2012-06 2012-07 2013-04 2013-11 2014-06 2014-08 2015-12 2016-03 2017-04
Games	13
Average Rating	3.63 from 998 votes
Rating Rank	4 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	Airlifter
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Lorenzo Striuli	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-06 to 2015-05	2007-06 2015-05
Games	2
Average Rating	3.51 from 254 votes
Rating Rank	8 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Jay Townsend	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-08 to 2020-08	2011-08 2012-11 2014-06 2014-06 2017-04 2020-08
Games	6
Average Rating	3.79 from 910 votes
Rating Rank	1 of 15
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	JayTownsend
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Matt Ward	Game Design History
Dates Active	2015-11 to 2022-08	2015-11 2015-11 2015-12 2016-03 2016-03 2016-07 2016-07 2016-09 2016-10 2016-12 2017-04 2017-06 2018-03 2018-05 2019-01 2019-02 2020-01 2022-01 2022-08
Games	19
Average Rating	3.64 from 1,352 votes
Rating Rank	3 of 15
Location	USA, Virginia, Richmond
PG-HQ Alias	Matt W
In Real Life	Lucky enough to have met Hugmenot, Matt W joined forces to create a two headed development team for PG in late 2014. Foolish enough to have his own company, Matt W routinely steals time from work in order to make sure that the next PG product is exciting, balanced and fun. His family complains from time to time but he is hard of hearing, so the new products continue...