Wings of Glory - WWII

[Watchman]

The nice detail of this game is it can be used with just the Aircraft Cards without the miniatures if you need to travel light.  So now the WWII game:With all the planes to scale, makes the bombers huge.

As I said, there is more to come, stay tuned.

[Watchman]

So we fought with four aircraft, people from the Star Fleet Battles group.  It was a fun fast time.  No pictures this time around as I was busy checking rules/ answering questions. Next time though. All gaming concepts were easy to pickup by everyone.  The home owner's wife, (a Fantasy Gamer), said she could readily understand what was going on.  The husband on the other hand is in hot water since he shot her down early in the battle.  Some mention of sleeping in the garage or something to that effect.  Stay tuned.

[lowlylowlycook]

Surely he will be sleeping not in the garage but in the hanger...

[Unit04]

I believe this is what X-Wing's rules set was based on.  I wouldn't mind giving it a shot.

 

Have you seen any P-38's?  

[Watchman]

1 hour ago, Unit04 said:

I believe this is what X-Wing's rules set was based on.  I wouldn't mind giving it a shot.

 

Have you seen any P-38's?  

Not as yet, but the Beaufighter is one nasty plane to go against, as the Germans just found out.  Report will follow.

[Beagle]

The WW1 version is even better in my opinion, the planes are slower so there's a lot more maneuvering 

[Doug Sundseth]

23 minutes ago, Beagle said:

The WW1 version is even better in my opinion, the planes are slower so there's a lot more maneuvering 

 

The other similar choice that I've played far too much is Blue Max. We used to play that regularly with 1:72 models and radio aerials for altitude at the miniatures group.

[buglips*the*goblin]

On 11/1/2017 at 10:38 AM, Doug Sundseth said:

 

The other similar choice that I've played far too much is Blue Max. We used to play that regularly with 1:72 models and radio aerials for altitude at the miniatures group.

 

You mean like a telescoping aerial?  Because I never thought of that until now, but it sounds awesome. 

[Doug Sundseth]

10 hours ago, buglips*the*goblin said:

 

You mean like a telescoping aerial?  Because I never thought of that until now, but it sounds awesome. 

 

Exactly. You need rules where the number of height categories match the number of sections on your aerial for best use, so they work well for Blue Max. Used to be really easy to pick them up at Radio Shack, but I don't know how easy they would be to find now. Perhaps in a thrift store?

[Chris Palmer]

I’ve seen commercially available flight stands  with telescoping rods.  Not sure who makes them, but a little bit of goggle work should locate them. Saves having to scrounge for old radios.  :)

 

Also I just saw a Kickstarter today called Tripods and Triplanes that introduces Martian Tripods, ala War of The Worlds, for the Wings of War game!

[Watchman]

20 January, 2018: Pacific Battle

An Australian Bristol Beaufighter MK.IF supporting an USN Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless were on a mission to bomb a plant on a Japanese held Island.  The video recon plane arrived late and so captured the battle in progress.  The Allies encountered two Nakajima KI-84 Hayate on C.A.P. (Combat Air Patrol).  One from the 52 Sendai and the other was piloted by Fujimoto. 

The Beaufighter has immense fire power but it has difficulty maneuvering.  It could not maintain formation when the KI-84s moved in.  My primary function was to get the bombs on target so I fought minimally concentrating on lining up with the target, which is visible in the third and fifth photo just to the right of the Beaufighter.  I elected to drop just the 2- 250lb. bombs being my first bombing sortie.  They did hit the target but I would have to come around to drop the 500lb. bomb.  In the mean time the Beaufighter was attempting to get back into the fight but it does not have a good turn radius.  I on the other hand had to contend with both fighters and the damage was mounting quickly.  I was hitting both planes especially the 52 Sendai plane.  In photo eight we hit the limit and went down.  The Beaufighter finally returned to the fight and downed the 52 Sendai (Her Husband- pay back) but Fujimoto got the jump on the Aussie and took her down.   Rather interesting how Fujimoto skirted most of the action, jumping in at critical moments.

[Watchman]

Southwestern Pacific
Kokutai 601^st.

 

 

Today’s Combat Air Patrol (C.A.P.) mission is over several islands in the Solomon’s Chain. I was flying a Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei, armed with the standard machine guns and 2- 250 lb. bombs.  It was late morning when I spotted a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Pilot: Raymond) approaching, probably looking for targets of opportunity, beginning to maneuver for an attack run.  Knowing I was far out gunned I opted for evasive maneuvers.  This action kept him off guard but continually put him in my rear firing arc, I was hitting him but he was never able to get into a firing position.  The battle did not last long as I had a very fortunate shot which caused him to explode and go down in flames.  The Tail Gunner kept us alive this day, as the American planes continue to out pace us in quality and durability.

 

Edited February 4, 2018 by Watchman
Picture order correction.

[Watchman]

So, I watched a video for making smoke/fire markers and decided to give it a try.White smoke, black smoke, fire and black smoke, and fire.  Most of these are overly large so I will just shred them in half or more.  The white ones are closest to what looks good.These were created from the small cotton batts found in some vitamin bottles.  I have quite a few of these so I will keep a bunch with all three Ares Games.  I think will work out with the Sails of Glory game.

[Watchman]

I was in a JoAnn Fabrics store just looking around to see what they had that may be useful, such as tools, building materials, storage cases, whatever.  I found these cases and thought I would give them a try with the Wings of Glory games for the various tokens the game comes with.

[Watchman]

April 28 brief encounter

Allies:       British

                 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF - Boyd
                 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I - 610 Squadron

Axis:         German

                 Messerschmitt Bf.109 K-4 - Hartmann
                 Focke Wolf FW-190 D-9 - 7./JG 26

 

         The allies were on a mission to find targets of opportunity. In the mean time a roving patrol spotted the incursion and moved to eliminate the threat.  Hartman swung wide, trying to get around the Brits and they were focused on the 190 in a quick and deadly battle with the Beaufighter and the 190 going down. The Spitfire went after Hartmann, who managed to stay out of the fracas. It did not profit him as he ended up in the Spitfire’s gun sights and could not shake him; he went down in flames without firing a shot.