The attention to detail in this game is amazing, as it's ability to tell a story. Others have used the term "immersive," and I couldn't agree more. It also has a rare ability for a game, that being the ability to invoke a variation of "pucker factor"... like when you see five FW-190s roll in after your bomber and you know what's about to happen. Probably the best solitaire game I've ever played.
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Target for Today
Target for Today is a solitaire board game that recreates the American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Players command a bomber on historical missions, aiming to survive their tour of duty. A detailed and realistic gaming experience.
Publisher: Legion Wargames LLC
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TARGET FOR TODAY is a solitaire game that recreates American's Daylight Strategic Bombing Campaign against Nazi Occupied Europe during the Second World War. Considerable research, including review of many oral histories gathered from veterans who flew heavy bombers in the Daylight Strategic Bombing Campaign was done to make Target For Today! function as closely as possible to reality. The game was designed to provide YOU, the player, with the ultimate gaming experience depicting the same types of events and decision making processes experienced by our veterans who flew the real-life missions.
Now, YOU are in command of an individual bomber on an individual mission over Hitler's Third Reich -flying either the B-17F or G Model Flying Fortress or the B24D, or J Model Liberator bomber. A series of individual missions are strung together in the campaign game to form the player's tour of duty. Just as it was in real life, the objective of the game for the player is to survive your tour of duty so you can rotate home.
The US Army Air Forces suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any branch of the military services including the US Marine Corps during World War II. The heavy bomber groups of the 8th Air Force flew a combined total of 10,631 strike missions over Europe during the period of this game. The 8th Air Force lost 4145 bombers on these missions. Surviving your tour of duty could be difficult!
TARGET FOR TODAY is an advanced update of Glen Frank's classic game B17, QUEEN OF THE SKIES. Some familiarity with that game is assumed, but "TARGET FOR TODAY" is a completely new game -you do not need to own B-17, QUEEN OF THE SKIES to play it. New tables are included and the rules are organized according to the sequence of play in any typical mission. TARGET FOR TODAY is designed so that each individual mission is fast and easy to play. The campaign game that comprises your tour of duty offers the player a game that is rich in detail, making the game as realistic as possible while still remaining playable.
In the tradition of B-17 Queen of the Skies, and following in the foot steps of B-29 Superfortress, comes a new solitaire game from Steve Dixon. Bob Best and Shawn Rife Steve Dixon. Tentatively titled "Bombs Away!", it has been renamed "Target for Today!" Fly a single mission, a single campaign or fly the entire air campaign from 1942 to 1945 with the 8th or 15th Air Force, piloting either a B-17F, B17G, B24D, B24J and for those so inclined, the YB-40. The target list will be greatly expanded for the 8th and 15th Air Forces. Enemy planes we plan to provide are the Me-109, Fw-190, Ju-88, Me-110, Me-210, Me-410, He-162, Me-163, Me-262, and Ta-152.
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling Simulation |
| Categories: | Aviation / Flight War War |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | NOEAN_25731 |
| The item is in 2 carts In 6 wishlists In 1 collection This was seen 5180 times | |
Description
TARGET FOR TODAY is a solitaire game that recreates American's Daylight Strategic Bombing Campaign against Nazi Occupied Europe during the Second World War. Considerable research, including review of many oral histories gathered from veterans who flew heavy bombers in the Daylight Strategic Bombing Campaign was done to make Target For Today! function as closely as possible to reality. The game was designed to provide YOU, the player, with the ultimate gaming experience depicting the same types of events and decision making processes experienced by our veterans who flew the real-life missions.
Now, YOU are in command of an individual bomber on an individual mission over Hitler's Third Reich -flying either the B-17F or G Model Flying Fortress or the B24D, or J Model Liberator bomber. A series of individual missions are strung together in the campaign game to form the player's tour of duty. Just as it was in real life, the objective of the game for the player is to survive your tour of duty so you can rotate home.
The US Army Air Forces suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any branch of the military services including the US Marine Corps during World War II. The heavy bomber groups of the 8th Air Force flew a combined total of 10,631 strike missions over Europe during the period of this game. The 8th Air Force lost 4145 bombers on these missions. Surviving your tour of duty could be difficult!
TARGET FOR TODAY is an advanced update of Glen Frank's classic game B17, QUEEN OF THE SKIES. Some familiarity with that game is assumed, but "TARGET FOR TODAY" is a completely new game -you do not need to own B-17, QUEEN OF THE SKIES to play it. New tables are included and the rules are organized according to the sequence of play in any typical mission. TARGET FOR TODAY is designed so that each individual mission is fast and easy to play. The campaign game that comprises your tour of duty offers the player a game that is rich in detail, making the game as realistic as possible while still remaining playable.
In the tradition of B-17 Queen of the Skies, and following in the foot steps of B-29 Superfortress, comes a new solitaire game from Steve Dixon. Bob Best and Shawn Rife Steve Dixon. Tentatively titled "Bombs Away!", it has been renamed "Target for Today!" Fly a single mission, a single campaign or fly the entire air campaign from 1942 to 1945 with the 8th or 15th Air Force, piloting either a B-17F, B17G, B24D, B24J and for those so inclined, the YB-40. The target list will be greatly expanded for the 8th and 15th Air Forces. Enemy planes we plan to provide are the Me-109, Fw-190, Ju-88, Me-110, Me-210, Me-410, He-162, Me-163, Me-262, and Ta-152.
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling Simulation |
| Categories: | Aviation / Flight War War |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | NOEAN_25731 |
| The item is in 2 carts In 6 wishlists In 1 collection This was seen 5180 times | |
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I can see where some people may have issue with there being little to no real choices. Things kind of just happen to you. But this game has taught me that what I love most about solitaire wargaming is narrative. So I will push for this in all my other solitaire wargames. Fantastically deep and detailed narrative here.
A great updated version of Queen of the Skies! No game is perfect, but I love the experience this game offers, the replay-ability, and the variety of aircraft to fly and fight against. Add to that the detail one can add through the additions made by the game's large community, and it has become the game I always come back to.
Pretty damn close to a masterpiece. There's been a few of these solitaire games of late based on the old B-17 and adapted for submarines, fighters, etc but this one which is really a continuation or an enhancement of B-17 is the best by a country mile. The historicity, the realism, the tension, and the atmosphere it creates are just tremendous. Spectacular game and truly immersive. In many ways it's a simulation of the bomber crew experience, the decisions that you have to make are pretty much exactly the same as those faced by bomber crews during the war. Just brilliant.
An excellent recreation of what it felt like to be part of a strategic bomber crew over Europe during WW 2. A Very immersive and often nerve-wracking simulation as your bomber fights off waves of Enemy fighters and flak as you attempt to reach the target zone, hit the target, and then return safely to your base in England.
CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.