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Designed By	Bruce Shelley
Art By	Charles Kibler George Parriah
Published By	Avalon Hill
Year Published	1987
# of Players:	1 − 1
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 1 players Recommended with 1 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Area Movement Role Playing
Primary Name	Patton's Best
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Expanded By	Show Expansions »
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Solitaire game of tank command. You control your Sherman tank (17 variations) and crew. Move into a new territory and deal with what you encounter.

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Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:

The GENERAL Vol.25,No.3
- Patton's Best – “Riding with the Best - A Commander's Eye View of Patton's Best” (Discussion) Jeff Petraska
- Patton's Best – “Canada's Best - The Saga of the Canadian 4th Armoured” (Variant Discussion) Mitch Rupe
- Patton's Best – “Wheels of Democracy - The Development of the M4 Sherman” (Historical) Jeff Petraska
- Patton's Best – “Improving on Patton's Best-Realism in the Solitaire Game” (Strategy) Rich Jennings

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Very Good	£17.50	2-Jul-2009
Very Good	£24.00	24-Jun-2009
Like New	£35.00	30-Apr-2009
Like New	$40.00	10-Feb-2009
Very Good	£20.00	27-Sep-2003

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Avalon Hill's Patton's Best (1987)	9d 7h 49m	$ 11.99 0 bids
Patton's Best Board Game 1987 The Avalon Hill	25d 5h 50m	$ 19.99
Patton's Best war game (Avalon Hill) new Board Game	8d 7h 12m	$ 65.85
Patton's Best Avalon Hill Board Bookcase Game	20d 5h 38m	$ 26.00
Avalon Hill General Vol 25 No 3 Patton's Best AH VG ASL	1d 18h 51m	$ 24.25

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0	Rules Some rules questions	2009-07-09	zhredder	0
3	General The real "Patton's Best"	2009-06-10	wargamer55	1
3	General Pz IV/Panther/Tiger	2009-05-18	JG53_Jaguar	10
0	Rules Artillery and Airstrike Placement	2009-05-09	Hatricvs	7
0	Rules Advancing fire, into new area	2009-04-12	kmunoz	1
1	Variants Alternate Range Rules?	2009-04-08	jalava	1
1	General Countersheet ?	2009-03-24	craig104	4
1	Variants Computer version?	2009-02-10	Wulf Corbett	13
0	Rules Determine Target Size	2008-10-25	MadMav	3
0	Rules Rules Question: Resistance Table	2008-10-05	madDdog67	1

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
B-17: Queen of the Skies	London's Burning

Standard Recommendations
Mosby's Raiders	Panzer Leader	Thunderbolt/Apache Leader	Submarine
Ambush!	PanzerBlitz	Carrier	Raid on St. Nazaire
Firepower	Silent War	Storm Over Arnhem	Air Assault On Crete/Invasion of Malta--1942
Landships	Tokyo Express

Weak Recommendations
Shell Shock!	Luftschiff	IDF (Israeli Defense Force)	Breakout: Normandy
Turning Point: Stalingrad	Up Front	Blackbeard	Open Fire
Commando	Descent on Crete	Squad Leader	RAF

Very Weak Recommendations
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)

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Tank Cards for play mat

Enjoy, print these out on cardstock

craig104

2009-04-02

Counters Redone Sheet 2 Front and Back

Was bored for a week straight so I though I would remake the counter sheet for this awesome game with photo realistic images, enjoy.

craig104

2009-04-02

Counters Sheet 1 front and back

Was bored for a week straight so I though I would remake the counter sheet for this awesome game with photo realistic images, enjoy.

craig104

2009-04-02

After Action Report

After Action Report in EXCEL. You can print it or use ir on the computer. In English.

Escorpion

2008-09-14

Informe

Informe Post Acción en EXCEL. Se puede imprimir o usar directamente en el ordenador. En Español.

Escorpion

2008-09-14

Cyberboard scenario file

Scenario file for Cyberboard gamebox found here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/file/download/21224/Patton's_Best.gbx

fusag

2008-07-30

PATTON TABLERO.jpg

BOARD IN SPANISH - TABLERO EN ESPAÑOL por Felipe Santamaría

Felisan88

2007-06-07

wheels4.jpg

Wheels of Democracy - Petraska 4 of 4

fuzzyfife

2007-01-13

wheels3.jpg

Wheels of Democracy - Petraska 3 of 4

fuzzyfife

2007-01-13

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Wheels of Democracy - Petraska 2 of 4

fuzzyfife

2007-01-13

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487	Always alone... the definitive list of single player games.	2005-11-30
268	My dad fought in that scenario!	2008-02-05
215	Play the same game in a minute or less	2007-07-01
191	Solitaire War Games	2008-10-16
190	Avalon Hill, RANKED BY BGG	2007-01-07
168	Ultimate Solitaire or Solo Game Battle!	2007-08-29
105	The best solitary playable game	2005-01-21
104	Movies That Should Be Required Viewing for Any True Grognard	2008-03-01
79	Not Just Memories: My Avalon Hill Collection	2008-10-06
77	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 27 April - 3 May 2009	2009-04-27

	Statistics

User Rank:	1349
Wargame Rank:	830
Num Ratings:	323
Average Rating:	6.38
Standard Deviation:	1.47
Num Views:	23294
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	3.1
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	143
Users Owning:	638
Users Wanting:	35
Users Trading:	40
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	4
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	170
Plays This Month:	0

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Spanish translation and enhanced graphics	http://www.grognard.com/board.html#l76	2006-01-05
Patton's Best - Vassal module	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2006-11-13

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