Wodin Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 How about implementing and RPG element to the game. This would really add to the overall atmosphere. Watching you beloved flight leader trying to out manouver a BF109. Knowing he is you best pilot and on the way to becoming an ace. You could even have a skill increases with experience for shooting as an example. leadership and many other skills could be implemented. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Verssen Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Wodin, I can't go into details just yet, but, I think you will like what we have done along these lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Cool. I'm thinking of one of my favorites.... B-17: Queen of the Skies Having "real" crew members, trying to get them through missions and losing so many of them....really added an emotional element to the game with the use of a little imagination. A well-developed RPG element would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Verssen Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 B-17 was great! I probably played a couple hundred missions. I really liked their system for positioning the German fighters around the bomber to determine which Turrets could fire on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Yes. And I really got into all the little damage possibilities to the plane; oxygen fires, ailerons out, lost engines, fuel leaks, etc. The details were pretty well fleshed out and really made the game. Having to drop out of the squadron and suffering increased fighter attacks, etc etc. With a little imagination you really got a pretty good feel for the tension and difficulty of those bomber missions. I always wished for a pc version of that one just to automate all the occasionally tiring die rolling and chart checking. Just a literal translation with a few tweaks to the game would be great---I'd play it even if it were hardly more than a text-based game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted April 18, 2004 Author Share Posted April 18, 2004 My god this is getting better and better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Welborn Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Cull, I agree with you about B-17. A good boardgame, but I would have enjoyed a simple port over to the PC. I've played dozens of missions, but never got a plane to the magic number where the boys got to go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Heh, yeah me neither Larry. In fact, I don't think I ever got a single crew memeber to survive 25 missions. I think that was my only real criticism of that game....a little too dangerous for the boys. Probably an unrealistic number of fighter attacks/mission. I always wanted to work my own rule adjustments into it and try to tweak it a little but never got to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl60 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I was able to make it through 25 missions once. Only guy left from my original crew was the Pilot. I can't remember a single time when my plane didn't come back to base looking like a sieve though...*LOL* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 For you guys that like B-17QotS, go here: http://www.70thhistoricalsociety.org/b17/ We've got 3 groups going at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted April 29, 2004 Author Share Posted April 29, 2004 Frenchy, Ive never played wargames due to having no one around to play against. However Ive always wanted to have a go. Ive even bought them in the past just to read the manual, look at the map and counters, yet never played any:( What Ive just read over at your site stirs the imagination, what a game to be able to play. Im very jealous but will check in to see what happens to various planes and crew:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl60 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Unfortunately,I don't have that game anymore,(Or most of my board games for that matter). Sold them around 10 years ago in a yard sale...big mistake...but at the time I had lost interest in war games...now I wish I had them all back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcents Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Oh yes.....B-17. First (and honestly the best) war game I ever bought. My buddy and I used to play B17 after school..one would roll the dice and take care of the paperwork, while one ran the charts. Great fun. We, of course, filled out the roster with our buddies. I'll never forget the BIP (burst in plane) we experienced on our fifth mission..everyone KIA'ed. We sorta looked at each other with wierd expressions. I drug out B17 last year and attempted to play a couple of missions. I must be a computer whore now because after a couple of rounds of rolling the dice and looking up the results, I was annoyed. Not at the game, mind you, but at the persistant thought in the back of my mind "This should be ported to the computer." Which leads me to this: Someone needs to make this Pheonix rise from the ashes. C'mon guys...make me (and Cull, Larry, and the rest) happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Never fear - we have a fellow B-17 player porting this to a computer version. Strictly an emulator. To see what is in progress check here: http://my.execpc.com/~pvmiii/B17QotS/B17HelpIndex.html Once it's finished it will be free. Just makes it easier to play the game and keep stats. Most variants will be incorporated into it. It's just a labor of love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Welborn Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Frenchy, the emulator looks great. Please keep us posted on the progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcents Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Heck yeah! Frenchy, if your enterprising cohort needs a beta tester, I would love to help out. Now, here's hoping that Hornet Leader is ported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Will do guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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