The Fighting General Patton

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The Fighting General Patton

Score
6.3
Players
1-2
Time
3
Recommended Age
12+
Difficulty
hard
Official Website
Not provided
Type
game
mechanics
designers

Description

The first edition has four scenarios:
  • Sicily 1943
  • Avranches 1944
  • Bastogne 1944
  • Prague 1945

Turn length is a half day except Prague (one day)

Units are basically batallions except Prague (regiment).
Player numbers are one or two.
Playing time is from one to four hours.
"Prague 1945" is a fictional battle of USA vs Soviet Union in Czechoslovakia.

Solitaire Suitabilty: High(on a scale of Low-Medium-High)

Game Design: Makoto Fukuda. He designed many historical games for Tsukuda Hobby.

The second edition is published on Game Journal #5 in 2002. But, it only covers Bastogne and Prague.

The first edition was published as first volume of a series. But, the second game didn't show up at all.