Solo Gaming is Fun!
So, if you're keeping a tally, you'll know that I first started with the programmed adventures in the Legends of the Ancient World (LAW) series, a quick and simple fanatsy RPG. Great little system, and a lot of fun which allows me an RPG fix that has been missing for quite some time.
Last night, in about 90 minutes, I played a game of B-17: Queen of the Skies. This game allows you to fly a B-17, known as a Flying Fortress, on bombing missions in Europe during World War II. You get to man the plane with a crew, give it a name, and then--as with everything in the game--a die roll determines your target. My target was St. Omer, France, and an airfield used by the Germans.
Going out to your target there is a probability that waves of German fighters will attack. You may or may not have Allied fighter cover. You might get shot at, take damage, have crew members get wounded or even die. Then, when you reach your target, you face anti-aircraft fire (or flak), and if your plane survives you get to drop your payload of bombs. Once you drop your bombs you then have to turn around and head back to England, facing the same kinds of attacks you met on your way to the target.
I survived my first mission, plane and crew intact, though we did take some flak over St. Omer. My fighter support chased off any would-be German air attacks. My bombing percentage was 30%, which is consdiered "good" by all accounts. You can play a campaign game where you attempt 25 missions. I guess I've started one.
I named my plane "Hell's Angel" (though I did not know at the time that the 303rd Bomb Group was nicknamed "Hell's Angels" during the war), and after looking around on the web I found a piece of "nose art" for my plane. Each plane had a drawing on the side of its nose which represented the name of the plane or its crew or something familiar from home. Mine represents the plane's name:
(The picture is actually part of a much bigger image designed by Flightline Fabrications. If Interested, click here to see the bigger picture.)
I'll keep you posted as to missions and the like.
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Still working on my programmed adventure for LAW. I have the basic plot/quest outlined in my head. I have to get it to paper!
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Matt is over tonight and we get to play 4th edition D&D! Yay! Tomorrow, Jessie will be here and a little game we call Descent will hit the table.
