Everybody started with a card like this detailing their plane and ever changing abilities and stats...the German ME109's had a better climb but the Spitfires turned better.
My spitfire.....
6mm scale I believe with a English 5p piece for scale
Lunch...peppers (repeat on me like a fecker) and the good spam (sandwiches).
The bases had a dial to show height in 1000's of feet (no metric system at this stage).
The playing mat with Richard and John playing the Krauts......
A dice roll off showing who got to go first every turn.......
The first games were a lot like this for the plucky brits........
Postie did try to shoot them down but couldn't hit the side of a barn door (D11+ on a D20 depending on range of hexes).
Postie heading back to base.......
The second and third games were more cagey affairs with determined attempts to get into a scoring position....
I finally bag one of the gits.....
I ended up with a good card at the end and the only kill of the game.....
Really fun couple of games, the rules did take a while to get used to and it did feel like aerial chess trying to get into positon with split S, inverted S, loops, diving etc.....you rolled a D20 to hit, then a D6 for location and a D10 for damage (lower the better), you had to be at the same height to fire and only 4 models and a hex sheet to play.
The rules could be used for WW1, Modern and possibly sci-fi!
Good stuff! Looking forward to a science fiction game.
ReplyDeleteAnd did you ask for spam, spam, spam, peppers, and spam?
Looks like a very interesting game. I stumbled upon X-Wing while shopping yesterday and am feeling the pull of dogfighting.
ReplyDeleteQuality. Sounds like a fun wee game. I was rooting for the Me109s though, the coolest plane of WW2.
ReplyDeleteThat looked like a lot of fun. Congrats on getting the only kill of the game.
ReplyDeleteWe play watch your 6 occasionally and I am usually ok on manoeuvring but ave Postie's problem of actually shooting things down.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff and I think I have those rules buried someplace.
ReplyDeleteLot of space though for so few models
We used to have such great games with these, once again shame I couldn't make it, fingers crossed for next time!!!
ReplyDeleteSo Postie played, that's a nice thing to see. Peppers are worth the repeat, always.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your kill Fran!
Nice looking planes, not played WWII planes (or WWI for that matte) in 30+ years, shite I feel old now!
ReplyDeleteIan
lol where do you even find these things... looks fun. i would try it. really hoping those are not peanut butter sammichs'
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a fun game. We were playing 'Check Your 6' here for a while but it's kind of died out. Congrats on your kill.
ReplyDeleteSounds and looks great. The other good thing is you'd only need a few figures for a game to.
ReplyDeleteThose rules do sound a little convoluted. I would find it better to fire on someone from above if you could because you have a bigger target.
ReplyDeletemmmm sammiches...... did you say anything else in the post?
ReplyDeleteNever knew they were played like that, tons of rules too, and you are just a killer huh? haha
ReplyDeletenice stuff. I think I'll get some Me-109s soon.
ReplyDeleteLooks to be interesting!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Very nice, a very interesting game, I see.
ReplyDeleteLooks like good fun. Was the smoke attached with magnets?
ReplyDeleteHi Fran!
ReplyDeleteGreat, very interesting...fireymonkeyboy robbed me my question : what is this wonderful smoke? Really impressive!
Best,
Phil.
Great game there Fran and lovely painted airplanes.
ReplyDeleteI could have played this since it wasn't metric! LOL
ReplyDeleteHail the victorious Supreme General!! He flies with a cool spirit, nerves of iron, and talented veteran-dice-rolling-fingers!!! Hail Franonia!
ReplyDeletevery interesting, i never knew you could play aerial games.
ReplyDeleteHey that looks fun.. I could try and.. play.. and be bad.. and yeah.
ReplyDeleteAmazing. I do fish lures but this looks like a fun project... making tiny airplanes!! Maybe a few UFO's thrown in? Thanks Fran.
ReplyDeleteThat does look like fun! The last air combat I played in miniature, we kept flying past each other and never could hit. At least you didn't have that problem!
ReplyDeletelooks like a fun game, fran!
ReplyDeleteCool game Fran. Looks like lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteNice one Ginger leader!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of fun, and I like the fact that for what looks like a 2D game you also factored in height with the dial, making it 3D, nice one.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a blast. With that said... is there REALLY a good type of spam? Meat or email, I have yet to see it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great game, and well done aircraft.
ReplyDeleteFun looking game with great models. Spam sandwiches - I am even more impressed. Coming from Hawaii, spam and rice is a delicacy. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteAerial games are a lot of fun... as you say though, it can be hard to get any sort of result. We used to play a WW1 game Richtofen's War, which was a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI've got 'Bag the Hun' from the Lardies, which I hope to try out at some point.
So you 'bagged one' Ginger, Top Hole!
Aerial game = fun fun fun
ReplyDeleteI can imagine the Monty Python banter too.
It does look like 'aerial chess', as you suggested. It also looks like it would be fun. A thinking man's game.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures and report! Looks like you had fun!
ReplyDeleteI don't like the peppers! ;-)
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You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to
ReplyDeletebe really something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me.
I am looking forward for your next post, I'll try to get the hang of it!
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