TMP007 - B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th Board Game

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First, Dan Rosenthal and Mike Faley from the 100th Bomb Group Foundation speak with Dann and Nanci about WWII legacies and the importance of preserving history. Next, we have a Q&A with Lajos Tihanyi, Dávid Csobay and György Péchy from Etherfield Studio, who designed the B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th board game in partnership with MicroProse, with support from the 100th Bomb Group Foundation. This episode’s Mystery Segment showcases our Top 5 ‘Hall of Fame’ B-17 Kickstarter backer submissions. Our Game Reviews section features Cleared Hot - a nostalgic helicopter shooter - available now on Steam! Unlike most of our full episodes, this is not an audio-only podcast. A variety of visual components accompany the audio throughout this episode, including: * Historical images supplied by Mike Faley, and sourced - with permission - from the 100th Bomb Group Foundation website. * Gameplay footage of B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th board game, courtesy of Etherfield Studio * Gameplay footage of Cleared Hot, with thanks to the developers (Not Knowing Corporation) and MicroProse FEATURE INTERVIEW - 100th Bomb Group Foundation The 100th Bomb Group Foundation has supported, advised, and encouraged MicroProse during the development of some of our games, including this episode’s featured game - B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th board game. Dan Rosenthal is the son of celebrated B-17 pilot Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal. Mike Faley is an archivist and historian. Both Dan and Mike are heavily involved with the 100th Bomb Group Foundation, whose mission is to preserve history, support veterans, and protect future generations from repeating the mistakes of the past. Interview topics include: Real airmen’s stories The origins of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal - the man behind the legend How games and other media keep history alive Massive thanks to Dan Rosenthal and Mike Faley, for their contributions to history, society, gaming, and this episode of The MicroProse Podcast. The 100th Bomb Group Foundation website: https://100thbg.com/ To become a member or make a donation, click here: https://100thbg.com/membership/ MUSEUMS https://www.nationalww2museum.org/ https://www.mightyeighth.org/ https://www.si.edu/spotlight/wwii-aircraft https://pimaair.org/ https://www.mildenhall.af.mil/ https://www.390th.org/ https://www.100bgmus.org.uk/ Q&A - Etherfield Studio In the second interview, Dann and Nanci chat with Lajos Tihanyi, Dávid Csobay and György Péchy from Etherfield Studio about their game, B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th - Board Game Edition. Huge thanks to György, Dávid and Lajos for taking the time to chat with us! The B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th Board Game Edition Kickstarter Campaign will have finished by the time you listen to this episode, but you can still check it out if you’re curious: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microprose/b-17-flying-fortress-the-bloody-100th-board-game Etherfield Studio website: https://www.etherfieldstudio.com/ Lili Marlene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Marleen MYSTERY SEGMENT - Hall of Fame Today’s Mystery Segment features our Top 5 backer contributions from the B-17 Flying Fortress Bloody 100th board game Kickstarter Hall of Fame. Massive congratulations to: 5. Jose Vasquez 4. Bertold Virág 3. Craig Tomkins 2. Jason Youngdale 1. Aref Dyer We’d also like to make a special mention to Charlie Haines; everyone who submitted their nose art; and all the other contributors, whose work you can find in the full video on the Kickstarter page. All entries retain their original spelling, punctuation, and wording in the interest of preserving the creative integrity of each submission. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microprose/b-17-flying-fortress-the-bloody-100th-board-game GAME REVIEWS - Cleared Hot Cleared Hot is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements, which we had a lot of fun playing! In this episode, you can hear our bed-time story interpretation of Cleared Hot’s origin story, and then we get into character to relate our experience of the gameplay. You can read our favourite Steam review of Cleared Hot here: https://steamcommunity.com/id/grimdaddy/recommended/1710820/ If you’ve reviewed a MicroProse game on Steam, and you’d like us to feature your review in an upcoming episode, let us know! You can comment on one of our videos, or message our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheMicroProsePodcast You can buy Cleared Hot on Steam right now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cleared_Hot/ Produced by: ⁠MicroProse⁠ Hosted by: ⁠Dann Tozer⁠ and Nanci Nott Theme and transition music by: ⁠Steam Signals⁠ Recorded edited by: Warp Zone Creative Services #microprose #b17flyingfortress #gamingpodcast #ww2