Let's Play! Target for Today (Bombing Mission, Target: Antwerp Industry!)
This is a playthrough of a mission from the solitaire narrative driven wargame Target for Today: Bombers Over the Reich 1942-1945. Designed by Steve Dixon & Bob Best and published by Legion Wargames.
If you are interested in the Apple TV series Masters of the Air, like I am, you will want to check out Target for Today! TfT 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 footsteps 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 in the game are the Me-109, Fw-190, Ju-88, Me-110, Me-210, Me-410, He-162, Me-163, Me-262, and Ta-152.
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THANK YOU for doing this. If I can find a copy, I really want this game. Nice job. Clear and easy to understand. -Dan
@WayneHansen
4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it Dan 😁
Very enjoyable playthrough - showing the tables as you played made it very easy to follow. Great stuff!
@WayneHansen
6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! It was a lot of fun making.
I'm loving the sound effects and the cuts to video. Longer missions are much h more exciting. Good job.
Excellent playthrough thanks
@WayneHansen
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wayne, for your viewers, I bought the Daron Postage Stamp 1/550 or /500 scale B 17 model. It fits the battle board perfectly. I have a Lancaster and the game Target for Tonight. The bombers add a touch of realism. Thank you for taking the time to share this great video.
@WayneHansen
4 ай бұрын
Very cool, thanks for letting everyone know! And I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Great playthrough Be cool seeing another. Maybe a longer mission.
Great playthrough. May have to get mine back to the table soon!
Great playthrough. Adding the historical footage was an excellent touch. Game looks fun. I’m used to lots of die rolls in a solitaire game but this one was really up there. Many checks per turn, though still reasonably quick moving even so.
@WayneHansen
6 ай бұрын
Thanks Bruce! I had fun with this playthrough, both playing and editing the video. The short(er) missions in Target for Today are a blast, the longer ones... not so much. I'll talk about that more in my review.
For this game, and for B-17: QotS, I used a big sheet of graph paper, and tracked 24 bombers at once, on the same mission. You can REALLY get a feel for what it was like to be the Wing Commander, as you manage your planes. Shift Joey Beesly over to Dutch Oven, and move your ace Top Turret gunner to the new replacement for Sad Sack, who got shot down over Peenemunde. Takes a hot minute to play each zone, so pack a lunch.
@LordCandyDish
6 ай бұрын
I can totally understand how you can do this for just about everything but combat. Were you rolling attackers for each individual plane (which seems like it might end up with too many attackers than what was historically typical) or for the cell/flight (then how did you assign which plane in formation being attacked)?
@dennissvitak5475
6 ай бұрын
@@LordCandyDish - Roll once for the weather and fighter cover to the zone. Roll fighter locations for each plane within the zone, and resolve attacks for that plane only. Then, when that plane's combat is resolved, go on to the next plane. It works out pretty well. One plane might have two attackers, another might get an event.
Nice Bolt Action dice ;)
@WayneHansen
6 ай бұрын
Nice guess, but incorrect. They are DVG's nation dice. The bolt action dice are cool, but actually smaller than these.
Do you take any decisions in this game?
@WayneHansen
6 ай бұрын
Of course. However, like all narrative-driven solitaire wargames, it's less about making 50 decisions a turn and more about generating a story and experience.