Europe Ablaze Reviews (Apple II)

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A simulation re-creating the Battle of Britain and the bomber offensive over Germany during World War II. Design-your-own scenarios and much detail, but Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe has superseded this game to a large degree, although that product is more tactically oriented.

In the final analysis, Europe Ablaze and USAAF are complimentary designs. Because of the slightly different focal points and features covered, they could both be owned and played without feeling that you have just bought "two of a kind". If this was that heavyweight fight that I mentioned earlier, it would go fifteen tough rounds and come out a draw. Europe Ablaze is a bit more generous in its coverage of strategic bombing and also has a "design your own scenario" feature which allows the truly dedicated to vary virtually every parameter or even design entirely new situations. It is also well suited to multi-player games, as individual air fleets can be assigned to different players and there is even a slot available for a "commander in chief" on each side who sets priority targets for each air command.