SEED GAME#4896 BGG all-time

Patton's Best(1987)

★ 6.8 BGG1 playersWeight 3.18
Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Games like Patton's Best

Looking for games like Patton's Best? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and pushing your luck against the roll. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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ISO Match
73/100

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Raid on St. Nazaire(1987)

★ 7.31 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
72/100

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Redvers' Reverse: The Battle of Colenso, 1899(2016)

★ 7.31 players60 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
70/100

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Battle Hymn(1986)

★ 7.61 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
69/100

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Dune: War for Arrakis(2024)

★ 8.51–4 players120 minWeight 3.6
ISO Match
69/100

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Blitz! A World in Conflict(2015)

★ 7.71–5 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
66/100

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Mrs Thatcher's War: The Falklands, 1982(2017)

★ 7.81 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
66/100

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Absolute War! The Russian Front 1941-45(2021)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCard Play Conflict ResolutionEvents

Hitler's Reich: WW2 in Europe(2018)

★ 6.71–2 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Velikye Luki: Little Stalingrad of the North(2000)

★ 7.41–2 players180 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 4 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingEvents

Combat! Volume 1(2019)

★ 8.31 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more

Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingHexagon Grid

Submarine(1976)

★ 6.61–6 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more

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