WWII at The Family Game Store

**jbmacek** · 09-13-2012 05:12

This Monday we took the plunge and decided to play WWII. At 5 players (myself, PRS, kugelblitz, Pseudotheist and tuskine) turnout was light, but the level of fun was high!

We knew in advance that Anthony was running late, so we decided to start with a two-on-two dogfight - P-40s versus Zeroes - with the notion that he could join in when he arrived, and the first first shot down would come in as reinforcements for the Americans.

In the WWII version of the game play seems to be more about out-turning your foe. At least, that's my first impression. I know I kept trying to circle around in an effort to bring my guns to bear.

Paul and Dave make a head-on pass at each other. Paul and I, in the P-40s, had taken a few long-range hits from the Zeroes, and they were all zeroes. Anthony has joined in at this time; his plane is off to the right somewhere.

Dave's plane is brought down after receiving fire from mine once and Paul's twice. He rejoins the game as a... a... Hellcat? (I'm lousy at remembering Navy planes.) Anthony, in the green Zero, is passing between Dave and my P-40, as I throttle-up in an attempt to outpace Todd's Zero and lure him into Dave. Meanwhile, Paul's P-40 come around for a shot on Todd.

Todd breaks toward Dave, leaving me to set myself up for an Immelman. Anthony begins to make a run for Paul's P-40.

Todd's Zero is fairly beat-up at this point, but he is hanging in there.

And then it is over. Paul manages to turn inside of Anthony's Zero, eventually downing him, while I come out of my Immelman and finish off Todd's Zero.

The next mission was quite different - Stukas!

**jbmacek** · 09-13-2012 09:10

Mission 2 - Bomb the Crossroads. "These crossroads have been bombed repeatedly, going all the way back to WWI. I don't know what's there, but it must be awfully important since we've bombed it so many times now." (An inside joke, based on a feature on Todd's mat that makes for a good target.)

This time, the Italians are taking a crack at it, with two Stukas escorted by a Falco.

I'm flying the Stuka nearest to us, Dave the other. Anthony is our escort.

They are up against a Hurricane (Todd) and a Spitfire (Paul).

Dave and Todd pondering... as it turned out, I think Dave and I played straights all the way to the target.

We flew by the defenders, while Anthony turned back to meet them. The Stukas have been rattled, but our target is in sight.

"Almost there." "Stay on target." (Hey, wouldn't it be cool to have a Star Wars version of this? Oh... right.

How about an official Battlestar Galactica or a SFB version instead!!!

)

And... hey! It wouldn't be Wings of Glory if I didn't pull the explosion!

Not only did my Stuka explode, but Dave's pulled the fire, with some hefty damage, and that ended that mission. One of these days we'll have to revisit that crossroads. Until then, thanks to everyone who could make it, and I look forward to next month.

**Nightbomber** · 09-13-2012 09:28

It seems the Allies made two good shows there

Sorry for your explosion drawn, John, (the Stukas were really "almost there") but anyway it was a fun game (at least for the crossroad defenders

).
The mat is very nice and universal (for WGF & WGS).
I see there is nothing like Family Game Store!

**jbmacek** · 09-13-2012 09:31

Agreed, that mat is really nice. I'm torn between that and a Hotz mat. This looks nice for aerial combat, but I could use the Hotz mat for a bunch of other stuff as well.

As for The Family Game Store, if any of you ever find yourself coming to the Baltimore-Washington area, make sure you plan your trip around the second Monday of the month, that way you can join in the fun!