Air Station Cape Cod reporting for duty.

[fast.git]

Anyone know how to upload a video from a computer, rather than an online site? I've captured a short video of the "flaming wreckage" marker designed by Peter/Teaticket... it's pretty cool. And sideways, but that's my bad.

Thanks.

[fast.git]

Here are the promised photos of the games Peter/Teaticket and I ran at Havoc, which is was convention hosted by BattleGroup Boston (BGB) in Worcester, MA 28-30 Mar 2014. They're a scattered bunch, as I got caught up in the action for both games and kept forgetting to snap pics.

Initial Setup (Game #1, a late 1917 engagement over NML)



Maneuvering to Engage



First Blood!

A BOOM card on the first draw... this pilot re-spawned, only to draw a second BOOM! Great attitude, though... he couldn't wait to get back at it and would go on to score two kills, himself.



Southern Engagement



A Swirling Dogfight

Initially, two separate dogfights coalesced as opposing pilots looked for advantage. These would eventually merge into one enormous brawl in the center of the table.



Confused Melee



Brisfit Strikes Back!

Peter/Teaticket exacts a measure of revenge, downing a triplane that had previously sent a Camel down in flames. This swirling battle turned on a single misplay: the German player guessed wrong and was punished by the Bristol's pilot first, and then observer.



German Reinforcements



Teaticket Leads the Charge!



Undaunted by Damage

Brisfits are nasty customers. They're fast, sturdy, reasonably agile, and have sharp teeth. One was the tricky to fly against... two or more will provide quite the challenge!



Rally Point



Brisfit Cornered

The Germans finally get themselves organized and chase down the Bristol Fighter. It goes down, but far from easily. Markers on the bases denote the number of kills that player, rather than pilot, has scored.



Lopsided Scoring

Pilot skill definitely played a role in this game, as the majority of kills were scored by a minority of the players: the three high-scorers accounted for 11 kills between them.



At this point, I got too involved in the action and forgot about documenting the fight. The pics that follow are from Peter's game. We were able to play the bomber escort/intercept mission twice, though the pics are almost all from the first.

Engaging Bomber and Escort

Intercepting the bombers proved problematic, as four of the six defenders dramatically overshot and were forced to chase.



Giving an SE Fits

As had been discussed here, I opted to fly a CL.II with a more historically-accurate field of fire: enter the Roland base. Plain nasty. If you can reach him, he can reach back. It certainly explains why the Germans built and fielded so many of them.



Punishing a Caproni



A Ring of Fire

Peter's wonderful fire and smoke markers are on display as, this time, it's the Entente kites that prove entirely too flammable!



fast.git Against the World

Not really sure how it happened... but I found myself engaging a Caproni, Brisfit, and SE5a while my compatriots focused on the second Caproni. This development did not bode well... as I was to draw a total of 11 "B" damage cards over the space of three turns! Needless to say, I finished the game flying my second kite.



Everyone on Fire!

Six of the ten combatants on fire at the same time!



Running out of Time

Help finally arrives in the form of a Rumpler, but it was too late for me. Thankfully, the Caproni soon followed. In this first tilt, neither bomber reached their targets.



A Bomber Dies

This is the only photo I captured from the second go-'round... and the first Caproni has just fallen beneath the guns of the pink Roland (BOOM card). The second Caproni outraced the remaining defenders (another overshoot during intercept) only to receive ground fire, suffering a catastrophic critical hit which forced it to veer sharply away from its target at the last minute. Extremely cinematic, and quite lucky for the Germans. Nice shooting PBI!

[Teaticket]

Thanks for posting these photos Chris. Sadly I didn't take many as I was too caught up in the action.

[zombieknight]

Those are awesome awesome pics - looking forward to the action this weekend!

[Sixer]

Hey, Peter, I just thought I'd mention our WWII Wings of War pickup games at WPI Gaming Weekend, today!

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...730#post285730

[Teaticket]

Huzzah!, the Maine miniature con in Portland Maine, 16-18 May will have 2 Wings of Glory WWI games. I will put one on Saturday evening and another by Wayne Warner on Sunday, 9-3.

http://www.huzzahcon.com/registration/

Its a great convention. The guys that put it on are superb. The best up and coming con in New England. I think this is the 5th year.