Miss Delight Mission #1 AAR

[MikeC]

I love this old game, going back to its pre-Avalon Hill days. A gaming buddy of mine brought it into a club, and it almost looked like a player-assembled game. What was the term for that kind of game, where you had a paper map and counter sheet, and mounted them yourself on cardboard? You cut out the counters yourself, the whole works.

But I diverge...The old version of QotS had very crude components, but worked the same as the AH version. Bought the AH at Toys 'R Us, of all places, and played the heck out of it. Interesting narratives for the crew members; the coward who redeemed himself and was lost at sea on his 25th trip. Great stuff!

A little more on the coward...he was a navigator (bombardier?) Both pilot and co-pilot were seriously wounded. Flight engineer KIA (I think). The rest of the crew bailed out over the air base, and the navigator joined them instead of attempting to land the plane. He never got a scratch for the rest of his combat tour, but was lost at sea on his 25th. Does that sound like an episode of 12 O'clock High or not?

Does anyone have experience Storm over the Reich? That is GMT's solitaire game where the player commands a staffel of ME-109s, and flies against a B17 combat box. I don't have it, but have pre-ordered the sequel, where the player has a staffel of FW 190s against the B24 box.