B-17, Queen of the Skies is a solitaire board wargame published in the US in 1983 by Avalon Hill and is a simulation of the experiences of a single B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber flying with the 8th Air Force in World War 2. The game was designed for solitaire play (in fact it is one of the very first purpose-designed solitaire games released in box form), but there are rules for a two-player game. Game (mission) length can vary from 5 to 20 minutes depending on the target.
Several variants exist including a 15Air Force theater variant along with aircraft variants that include the late-model B-17G, the B-24 Liberator, RAF Lancaster and late-war Luftwaffe aircraft (including the Me-262 and Me-163 jet aircraft). This game is also adaptable to a more role-playing game style of play. These variants were released in periodicals such as The General Magazine.
Note that the bombers and crews in this simulation suffer from high casualty rates. In real life the individual survival rate for...
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