A Night of WWI Gaming

On a recent thrift run I found a complete copy of the American Heritage Dogfight game.  Vintage goodness and flying fun.  I like this game a lot.  Had a chance to play two sessions of this as we waited for the full club to meet on Thursday night.

Mr. T. played the Germans and I took the American planes.  I won the first game by allowing the Germans to run into my "bug zapper" anti-aircraft guns. I did have a double ace in that one.

Come on double ace!

The second game was rife with play mechanic inaccuracies but we gave the game to Mr. T. in a fun eight card exchange that included 3 loop defense cards.  A good laugh because that is about as awesome a card series as this game could create.

The second table game of the night was Hordes in the Trenches.

This one was a grinder as the French British allied attack ran into a well defended trench.

Mr.'s T. and T. commanded a staunch German line.

The Great War Scenario 2

Wargaming with the "Monday Knights."

At my regular Monday night group we had a bring and play night of The Great War.  This new game took center stage and we did the learning scenario number two - twice.  I got to play in the second game and lost as the Germans.  First game featured Mr. S and Mr. C. and the cards and dice just did not favor the British side.

This is one of my 6x6 challenge games so chalk up another play.

German Victory.

My turn at managing the Germans.  Orders from HQ are to "sit here and wait.  Shoot up the British as they cross no-man's land."

We couldn't keep them out.  Great hand management and patience let Mr. M. just roll up and live in my trenches.

Great night of gaming.

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The Great War

Opening game last night of The Great War.  Played as British in scenario 2, introductory level.

The left flank of the army.

The center, showing our mortar position and the right flank machine gun.

Back at HQ. They got reams of paper work.  When will they send some of that for artillery support.

This shows the left flank advance that stalled and got shot up.

This shows the right flank advance that stalled and got shot up.  This one was much more successful but could not carry the day.

I am very pleased with the idea of this game and I am glad that I bought it.  The miniatures are very nice and well done.  The British minis had a hard time keeping bayonets when I clipped them from the sprue but other than that it was a pretty easy assembly.  

I am looking forward to commemorating the 100th anniversary year of WWI with this title and my Blue Max games.  Keep checking back for the tanks coming out in this game.

January 1917 A Pilot's Journal

The commemerative year of WWI air games took off from a desolate field in Western France.  German planes flown by Ken vs. agile Allied aircraft commanded by Timmy and Terry.

A modest sortie early on in the journal.

The juggler get's his butt kicked.

That Triplane was a devil wind and always knew where the German planes would come across his target circle.

This is part of my 6x6 challenge series of games.

1 Sortie of Blue Max.

Dawn Patrol 2016

Every year on 4th of July we have a dawn patrol aircraft game in the morning in the backyard.  This is garden wargaming at it's best.  The game has been played in a variety of genre but has settled mostly on WWI aircraft and is called "Boxkites".  Rules written by Ken Van Pelt.

And for your viewing pleasure here is a "yuuu-huge"  photo dump.

The German planes are tasked with getting photographic reconnaissance behind an allied barrage balloon barricade.

The flying circus.

French barrage balloons.

Go little weasel, go!

Smoke effects by Carlos Pyrotechnics.

Terry getting shot down.

taka taka taka.......

The Asp taking extreme damage.

Taunting the enemy by landing at their base and taking a selfie.

The barrier.

"This is the area we need reconnaissance."

The Asp is shot down.

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