Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton

You command the armies (one player plays the Allied forces and one player plays the German forces) during three of the greatest battles of WWII (that Patton took part in, of course). Three complete games are included: Sicily, invade and capture Italy's southern island fortress; Normandy Breakout, direct the critical campaign on the sweep to Berlin; and Battle of the Bulge, the daring breakthrough to Bastogne. A two-sided (19" x 26") game board is provided.

The game maps are historically accurate, as are the starting troop deployments. Troop movement per turn is set by 24 troop movement cards. The Allied and German units are 112 die-cut cardboard pieces. Battles are resolved using 5 red and 5 white battle dice.

The game plays very well for a wargame of its age. The troop movement card deck works better than you might think. Moving the little cardboard counters is typical of wargames from this era. And the battle resolution, based on rolling multiples of any number, seems unbalanced at first, but after a few plays you realise that it works just as well as the troop movement card deck. Two very innovative wargame mechanisms that allow for quick movement and battle resolution. So the game moves fast, but does not give up detail in battles and movement.

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See also: Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur