{"id":1564,"date":"2017-06-26T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2017-06-29T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T04:15:07","slug":"b-17-games-qots-vs-ffl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/b-17-games-qots-vs-ffl\/","title":{"rendered":"B-17 Games: QotS vs. FFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1497\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/b17qoos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/b17qoos.jpg 439w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/b17qoos-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b17ffleader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b17ffleader.jpg 500w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b17ffleader-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Comparison of the base games:<\/p>\n<p>The main difference is, while <em>Queen of the Skies<\/em> focuses on 1 bomber, <em>Flying Fortress Leader<\/em> focuses on 1 or more bomber groups\/squadrons, so the game play is more abstract.<\/p>\n<p>There are rules for single-bomber play in FFL, but I haven&#8217;t gotten to those rules yet.<\/p>\n<p>Each has it&#8217;s own mechanic for encounters on the way to the target, and somewhat similar procedures for fighters and flak, and bombing the target. \u00a0Many of the game mechanics from the other DVG Leader-series games are present in FFL.<\/p>\n<p>Each is fun, in it&#8217;s own way. \u00a0It depends on what one wants out of the game experience, overall command of the mission\/campaign, or the results of your own bomber crew during those missions\/campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably play a couple more practice missions before embarking on a full campaign.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll probably try <em>Target for Today<\/em> before I get to that full campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-873\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img0040.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img0040.png 285w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img0040-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparison of the base games: The main difference is, while Queen of the Skies focuses on 1 bomber, Flying Fortress Leader focuses on 1 or more bomber groups\/squadrons, so the game play is more abstract. There are rules for single-bomber play in FFL, but I haven&#8217;t gotten to those rules yet. Each has it&#8217;s own &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/b-17-games-qots-vs-ffl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;B-17 Games: QotS vs. FFL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,147,134,152],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-b-17-flying-fortress-leader","tag-b-17-queen-of-the-skies","tag-table-top-wargames","tag-target-for-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}