B17 The Fight for Air Supremacy

Previously, I mentioned that I tried out B17 The Fight for Air Supremacy.

I noted I had issues with the rules. I planned to write a review but I changed my mind because I received an antagonistic response to my last critical review. 

Now someone has asked what my issues were so I feel compelled to respond. I'll give a brief rundown of my impressions.

• Too many run-on sentences and missing punctuation. The rules need more periods.
• Dense paragraphs. The author needs to break them up into smaller chunks and use bullet points to make reference easier.
• Too much flipping. Unlike Battles of Medieval Britain, the game pages do not have complete rules reference tables. This requires the player to flip through the book during the game. 
• Note: I made my own reference sheet for use but I should not have to do that.
• Rules not sequenced effectively. For example, rolling for escorts should happen before the Germans attack the bomber, but the rules for escorts are after the rules for fighter attacks.
• Too many rules questions. Too often I had questions about how a procedure should work but I could not find the answer in the rules. This left me very confused.
• Crew activation mechanic is annoying. You roll 5D6 to determine which crewmembers can activate in a turn. Too often, my roll would fail to activate the crewmember I needed. Very frustrating and it seemed needlessly random.

Because of these issues, I could not get through a single game. I ended giving up in frustration.

Nevertheless, I think there are some decent mechanisms in there (aside from crew activation). I started re-working the rules to address my issues. I haven't taken my revisions for a test flight yet.