Patton's Best is a solitaire World War II wargame designed by Bruce Shelley and published by Avalon Hill in 1987. The game places the single player in command of an M4 Sherman tank assigned to General George Patton's 4th Armoured Division, directing it through tactical combat across a hypothetical map representing the Normandy campaign in France during 1944. As a solitaire title, it does not require an opposing human player; instead the game's own rules and procedures generate the enemy response the tank crew must overcome turn by turn. The design reflects Avalon Hill's practice of producing solitaire wargames that let a single hobbyist experience historical armored combat, focusing the player's attention on tank-level tactics, terrain and enemy positions rather than the larger-scale strategic decisions found in multi-player wargames covering the same theater.
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released by Avalon Hill in 1987
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a World War II solitaire wargame
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a World War II solitaire wargame
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