Designer	Bruce Shelley
Artist	Charles Kibler George I. Parrish, Jr.
Publisher	Avalon Hill
Year Published	1987
# of Players	1
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 1 players Recommended with 1 players (6 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Area Movement Role Playing
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Primary Name	Patton's Best
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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. You will need to manage your crew's actions, your tank's facing, and attempt to take out enemy forces without losing your tank. Combat system is abstracted to not take place on a map, but rather on a sector grid, with positions and movement abstracted to only change in how they relate to your tank.

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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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Publisher: Avalon Hill

Artist: Charles Kibler, George I. Parrish, Jr.

Year: 1987

Product Code: 868

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

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0	Rules how long do the "moving" markers stay on a unit?	2012-05-31	severn8212	0
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1	Rules what's the point of an "exit" area....??	2012-05-12	severn8212	1
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3	General Given Names for Tanks?	2012-05-08	sguard	1
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Spanish counters for Patton's Best (craig104's version)

Counters sheets translated into Spanish

subitamente

2011-06-07

Patton's Best Variant - It was Only the Wind...

It was Only the Wind... Adding Dummy Markers to Patton's Best is a variant I wrote that adds more uncertainty to the identification of enemy units on the Battle Board. A few markers (blank counters, buttons, chips, or coins, for example) will be needed in addition to the game components to play this variant.

Jude

2011-04-18

Patton's Best Variant - Late-Model Soviet T-34's

I was reading a book about Soviet tank crews and started to wonder how hard it would be to add new units to "Patton's Best". The answer turned out to be "not as bad as I feared" although this is very much a work in progress. Included are cards for a T-34/76 Model 1943 and a T-34/85 Model 1944 as well as the necessary rules & tables to play with them. My knowledge of the T-34 is limited to seeing museum pieces & reading books, so I tried to list my assumptions as much as possible. Nothing seems too unreasonable, I hope. Comments and suggestions are more than welcome. I could certainly use the help... On a side note, I wasn't sure whether including top and profile images of the tank here would violate any copyrights so my cards include only shaded place holders instead of...

ZootSaxIsMyAxe

2011-03-16

Top-Down 1

I decided to upgrade the vehicle counters and include damage graphics. Top-Down files 1-4 = front counters and 5-7 = rear counters. The excellent original top-down graphics were done by Dirk Schoenberger http://www.juniorgeneral.org/index.html

malawicob

2010-09-14

Tank Cards for play mat

Enjoy, print these out on cardstock

Deleted User 111025

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.

Deleted User 111025

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.

Deleted User 111025

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

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Panov's best variant (play the russian) see issue 6	http://www.battlesmagazine.com/eshop/aides.php	2011-06-19
Patton's Best - Vassal module	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2006-11-13
Spanish translation and enhanced graphics	http://www.grognard.com/board.html#l76	2006-01-05