- BGG rating
- 7.4
Rules assistance for B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 60 min
Rules assistant for B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1
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B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1 is an expansion for B-17 Flying Fortress Leader released in 2021 for 1 player. Its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Open Drafting.
About the game
B-17 Leader Expansion #1 is an expansion for the B-17 Flying Fortress Leader solitaire game. This expansion adds new gameplay to the original core set with new campaigns and aircraft groups to play, new alternate targets to attack, and new airfield cards to fly from! New components include New Campaigns (Eastern Front Campaign, USAAF War Campaign); New Aircraft (4 New Fighter groups, 2 New Bomber groups); New Strafing Targets; Airfield Cards; Updated Fighter Groups; VP/SO Tracker; and a counter sheet. In the original print run, a d10 die (Kickstarter stretch goal) with the aircraft silhouette in the "10" place was included. —description from the designer
Publishers
- Dan Verssen Games (DVG)
Questions and answers
B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1 supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1 belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists B-17 Flying Fortress Leader: Expansion #1 as an expansion for B-17 Flying Fortress Leader. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need B-17 Flying Fortress Leader to use it. Check that your edition of B-17 Flying Fortress Leader is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.