B-17, Queen of the Skies

B-17, Queen of the Skies is a solitaire board wargame designed by Glen Frank that puts a single player in command of a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress during World War II bombing missions. It was originally published by On Target Games in 1981 and was later acquired by Avalon Hill and republished in 1983 with minor rule modifications by Bruce Shelley, new cover art and new maps by Joe DeMarco. Gameplay involves managing the bomber's defensive positions during missions flown over occupied Europe between November 1942 and May 1943, with the player allocating defensive fire while facing randomly determined enemy fighters and flak. The game includes twenty five progressively challenging missions, and the player's objective is to complete all twenty five missions with the same bomber and crew intact.