While soldiers in France were drowning in mud and the fighting on the Eastern front raged through forests and marshlands, an entirely different kind of war unfolded high in the snow-covered Alps. The struggle between Austria-Hungary and Italy remains a largely unexplored setting for wargaming. In this rule set, you and an opponent will recreate the brutal...
Take to the Skies over the battlefields of WW1, and duel for Glory! Oh, and did we mention you're also animals? Yes, that's Camels flying Sopwiths vs Quokkas in Fokkers. They're Wild, and they're Aces! In Wild Aces, players program their plane's manoeuvres each round by playing action cards, then execute them to outmanoeuvre opponents and score hits while...
Description from the publisher: Windhoek: Campaigns in Southwest Africa 1914-15 is an Operational level wargame of the campaign in which British Empire forces, mainly from the Union of South Africa, conquered the German colony of Southwest Africa. In the original campaign, the British won within ten months, but the campaign could have gone differently, as...
A hexless miniature wargame rulebook designed to be played with forces of model aircraft in 1/72, 1/144, or 1/300 scale. You choose and collect the aircraft to fly, and then send them into battle. Each player controls one or more flights of 3-4 aircraft. Each aircraft is rated for its performance in speed, agility, structure, and so on. Pilot skill is...
Description from the publisher: A NEW DIMENSION IN PLANE-TO-PLANE SIMULATIONS Manage your plane’s energy and altitude while maneuvering and dogfighting against the enemy. A true 3D world, thanks to the side-view where you can see your aircraft losing altitude while turning and exploit environmental elements such as the sun and clouds to surprise your...
"A game of plane to plane combat in World War I" There is plenty of goodies in the box, including three geomorphic map boards, plenty of thick counters, and as much rules as you can stomach. Luckily, you can select both your level of realism (i.e. complexity: ranging from the Mass Game to the Duel Game) and the length of the scenario (30 min to 4 hours)...
Wings for the Baron is a game of designing and manufacturing World War I aeroplanes. It uses cards to represent the various aeroplane technnologies and random events of the period. The mechanics are simple: each turn, the players secretly choose two actions to perform: Build (to construct factories), Spy (to acquire other players' technologies, Design (to...
The Great War has been going on for nearly two years, and the Western Front has become a series of fruitless attacks and counterattacks. Germany must control the air to break the stalemate and win the war. The army turns to the aeroplane manufacturers to build the best planes to drive the Allies from the sky. Wings for the Baron gives you control of one of...
It is 1916, and the First World War continues with no end in sight. With the war a bloody stalemate on the ground, the combatants have turned to their developing air forces to achieve victory. Wings for the Baron allows 1-5 players to take the role of German aeroplane manufacturers, supplying the machines needed to drive the Allied air forces from the...
In Wings of Glory — Tripods & Triplanes, the knights of the air of WW1 battle against colossal fighting machines sent by the Martians to invade Earth. The MK. I “Locust”, the first tripod involved in combat with Earth forces, remains nonetheless one of the most feared Martian machines. Armed with lethal black smoke launchers, an effective heat–ray, and...