If I took better notes (or any notes at all) when playing some of these solitaire games, I could expand them into complete narratives of the scenario/mission that was played.
I’ll try it next time I play something.
8th Air Force
My interest in the B-17 Flying Fortress was reawakened when I recently started playing B-17: Queen of the Skies, though I’ve just made a quick check of games that I’ve ordered, and I have THREE other B-17/8th Air Force games coming in sometime in the near future.
- B-17 Flying Fortress Leader by DVG has been released, and should be in my possession in the coming weeks. It was pre-ordered a couple of months ago.
- Target For Today by Legion Wargames has been produced, and should be shipping fairly soon (June). Heck, I think I pre-ordered this one over a year or two ago.
- A Wing and A Prayer by Lock ‘n Load Publishing should be published/produced soon. It was pre-ordered a few weeks ago.
Even though Memphis Belle is the movie that really made this bomber popular, I remember reading about the 8th Air Force long before that, even before I played my first game of B-17: QotS.
And then there was one of Harrison Ford’s lesser known films, Hanover Street.
Harrison Ford stars as an American WWII pilot stationed in England who falls in love with a married British nurse (Lesley-Anne Down). When his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he discovers that the secret agent he must protect is her husband.
I think I saw this on on cable, once, in 1979-80(?), and then it was on again recently at a Chinese restaurant near work, of all places. Ford’s character flew a B-25 Mitchell instead of a B-17 Flying Fortress. The newer games appear to have the B-26 Marauder available, which is historically more accurate from what I’ve read.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to these games, as each has a different take on game play. Queen of the Skies put you in command of a single bomber, while a couple of the new ones have you commanding the entire squadron on the bombing run.
And I recently bought a new book on the subject:
Whut?
Warfighter WWII
Monday
Randomness
Took a long drive around the Bay Area today, running errands from Gator Games to Fry’s Electronics to Game Kastle Fremont, and finally to Nelson’s place in El Cerrito for our Games Night, this time on International Tabletop Day.
*whew*
I lost track of time at Game Kastle, and along with a traffic delay on 880N, I arrived a little later than I intended to, about 20 minutes after our scheduled start time.
Games were played, food was eaten, and I actually won in a game that I had never in the past.
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The Giants lost again. Arrgh.
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I’m behind on a couple of shows for the first time in a while. Arrow and tonight’s Doctor Who, I’m probably going to catch them on Sunday.
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I’m hearing the siren’s call of some of my sports games again, but not enough to set one up. That may change, though.
About Warfighter WWII
The rules appear to be identical to Warfighter Modern, with changes appropriate to the time period. For example, there’s lots of different pistol/rifle ammo sizes in the modern version, but only one basic ‘bullet’ type in the WWII edition, called ‘Ammo ‘.
I looked at the available expansions, which I’m holding off purchasing because I’m told that there’s plenty of replay in the core box. If I were to get any of the expansions, I’d probably get the extra US, and UK card decks. Maybe the Germans, but I’d have to see if I don’t mind playing them. I really have no interest in the Russian and Polish expansions.
I’m not sure what the next couple of waves of expansions will be, but I’m hoping for Pacific Theatre card decks for the WWII game. As for the Modern setting, I really don’t know.
I hope to get a game play in sometime this weekend. Luckily the WWII Call of Duty figures were delivered to the office today.
And I may or may not start taking turn-by-turn notes in order to create a mission narrative for an after action report.
Whoops
Jacket Part Deux
At the beginning of the month I ordered a jacket from Hot Topic.
Yeah. That Hot Topic.
Anywho, I had it shipped to a local store, in a mall, and waited for the email telling me that I could pick up the order.
That email never came.
Three weeks later (Tuesday) I emailed Hot Topic and asked for a status update on the jacket order.
Their reply:
Hey Chris,
Thanks for emailing us at Hottopic.com!
We apologize if you did not receive the notification that your order is ready for pickup. Please feel free to pick up your order at your earliest convenience.
What?
I have a feeling it was sitting at the store for a good two weeks. Which is sad because I had gone to that mall at least 2-3 times in those two weeks.
As for the jacket itself, which I picked up after work today, it looks like a cross between two of Cassian Andor’s jackets from Rogue One.
Basically took the styling of the brown one, and added detail and color of the blue one. Behold: