A Wing and a Prayer

It's Going to Take a Wing and a Prayer

The B-17 was called the Flying Fortress because of how many guns it carried. That was reassuring right up until somebody counted the fighters.

You command a squadron of them out of England, and you have to get a campaign of daylight bombing missions done with the aircraft and the men you have.

Every crew member is a person on the sheet rather than a number, and each one matters to whether the mission works. Damage accumulates, stress accumulates, and crew get lost. The risk climbs as the campaign goes on, because the targets get deeper and the men get more tired.

You Manage People, Not Counters

The decisions that matter are about who flies, who is rested, and whether a damaged aircraft goes up again tomorrow. What you spend on one mission is not there for the next one, and the campaign remembers.

Designed for One Player

Solo play is the point rather than an afterthought, with light upkeep and fast resolution, so a mission moves rather than stalling in bookkeeping. Each sortie ends with a story you could tell somebody.

Everything you need is in the box. A Wing and a Prayer is a complete game of the daylight bombing campaign, designed by Erik von Rossing, and nothing else is required to play it.