Mess of the OTT Fierce Young Men Campaign 1917

[mikeemagnus]

Sorry if my April mission is a 'biggun'

That's ok Pete, its an interesting one, and although tiring it was a lot of fun - a very close run thing that could have gone either way on several occassions. I've finished playing it now and at times it was like playing two different missions at once, which took a load of concentration. I probably made any amount of mistakes, but hey ho, it is now what it is! Took me three and a bit days, on and off. Haven't a clue when I'll get around to writing the AAR - may be a while with Grandad duties coming up Anyway, thanks, Pete. It was a very fitting mission for the latter part of "Bloody April". I've got the end of that month, with Mission 4 and I'm aiming to have 50 aircraft on the table at once, assuming the play testing goes alright Oops, did I say 50. I meant seven

[ShadowDragon]

That's ok Pete, its an interesting one, and although tiring it was a lot of fun - a very close run thing that could have gone either way on several occassions. I've finished playing it now and at times it was like playing two different missions at once, which took a load of concentration. I probably made any amount of mistakes, but hey ho, it is now what it is! Took me three and a bit days, on and off. Haven't a clue when I'll get around to writing the AAR - may be a while with Grandad duties coming up Anyway, thanks, Pete. It was a very fitting mission for the latter part of "Bloody April". I've got the end of that month, with Mission 4 and I'm aiming to have 50 aircraft on the table at once, assuming the play testing goes alright Oops, did I say 50. I meant seven

50 aircraft, eh? Go for it, Mike.

[flash]

50 aircraft, eh? Go for it, Mike.

Just 50 ? I did 62 a few years back..

https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...-Solo-Madness-!

[mikeemagnus]

Just 50 ? I did 62 a few years back.

Brilliant. And I thought I was just being silly again

[Flying Officer Kyte]

You can do it Mike but I would have the Paracetamol to hand or this wall.
Rob.

[flash]

Didn't get to Mission 3 today, quite... Well I started the set up, then realised I needed to charge up the camera that was expended at flight Club last weekend. Still it gave me some time to mull things over. Rather than being pedantic with 'this is group 1 this is group 2' I ended up rolling for what aircraft I'd have to use then sorted them into two groups. As luck would have it I rolled up a brace of BE2c & FE2b so put them together, flown by unknowns, as the returning party. The outgoing party is manned by my chaps, ended up with a N.17, a SPADVII, a RE8 and swapped the F2a for a FK8 just to ring the changes.
All set up now and camera charged, so hopefully I'll get a start on it tomorrow, unless I get tagged for granddad duties again.
(I did also manage to mow the lawn, fix & clean a Dyson hoover in between times)

[mikeemagnus]

Interesting choice of aircraft, Dave. Looking forward to seeing how they get on

[flash]

So am I, Mike, the FE's might be OK with their wider arc of fire as we saw at Flight Club but if MvR gets on their tail... it may be a different story !

I have also selected Kurt Wolff for MvR's wingman - 16 kills at this point - so will have to sort some skills out for him. He actually scored one more than Manfred in April so no slouch, including 4 in a day on the 13th !

[Hu Rhu]

Good luck with that mission!!! It may not be the Fokker Scourge but it looks like shaping up to be a real Bloody April.

[mikeemagnus]

but if MvR gets on their tail.

I don't know if I set the game up incorrectly - I certainly hope not 'cos I'm not going to play it again , but in my mission, MvR and his wing man flew straight towards the BE2c and its escort, fired one shot then kept on going straight past them. That would have taken MvR off the table immediately and out of the picture, if I hadn't deliberately changed his move to keep him on. I did that to try and keep within the spirit of the mission. What happened then will have to wait until I've written the AAR

[Teaticket]

I don't know if I set the game up incorrectly - I certainly hope not 'cos I'm not going to play it again , but in my mission, MvR and his wing man flew straight towards the BE2c and its escort, fired one shot then kept on going straight past them. That would have taken MvR off the table immediately and out of the picture, if I hadn't deliberately changed his move to keep him on. I did that to try and keep within the spirit of the mission. What happened then will have to wait until I've written the AAR

You tease us Mike... and by the sounds of it maybe even yourself!

[Stumptonian]

I rolled up a brace of BE2c & FE2b so put them together, flown by unknowns, as the returning party.
The outgoing party is manned by my chaps, ended up with a N.17, a SPADVII, a RE8 and swapped the F2a for a FK8 just to ring the changes.

Similar to mine: Fe.2b and BE.2c flown by unknown rookies in the returning group, RE.8s (one with rookies as I only had one Brit crew available) escorted by Sopwith Tripes.
I decided not to name MvR's wingman and give him skills thinking the poor rookies would have enough on their hands

[flash]

Day 1 done, got a couple of sessions in, I don't think it's going well for the Eagles, or Manfred for that matter !

[Teaticket]

Day 1 done, got a couple of sessions in, I don't think it's going well for the Eagles, or Manfred for that matter !

Send the Hun packing Dave!

[flash]

Send the Hun packing Dave!

That seems to sum it up admirably, Peter, they got absolutely rinsed. The inbound team swatted MvR & co away, combination of bad cards and being a tad outnumbered.
The outbound team blew through the Eagles but didn't get it all their own way, it just felt like it. This maybe because I moved the start point for the Eagles to the other side of the table but again bad cards played their part as did it being a four v four match up. Long game, a lot of effort but still fun, just an unexpected result.

[Stumptonian]

I don't think it's going well for the Eagles, or Manfred for that matter !

Mine was not what I expected either
Still have to do all the C&W rolls

[flash]

Mine was not what I expected either
Still have to do all the C&W rolls

Dreading that bit, could be a whole new flock of Eagles and big gaps in the Bulldogs roster..

[Hu Rhu]

Like yours, my game went very badly for the Eagles and both MvR and his wingman Voss were downed along with half the regular staffel. However the Bulldogs lost all the two-seaters. Surprisingly the game took a lot less time than I thought it would even with 13 planes on the table. Must have been all the boom cards. With double decks available there were a lot to go round. Write up will have to wait until next week.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Talking of Bulldogs Dave, did any of them complete all missions in your last campaign who have never achieved that distinction before?

Rob.

[Vagabond]

Good grief....this doesn't bode well, I'm on a ferry next Tuesday and have mission 2 and 3 to play before then and I realised that I still need to paint my balloons for mission 3 plus come up with some form of barrier to match Mikes brilliant interpretation. Then knock out Pete's mission without pausing for breath so that I can go away with them both under my belt. Write them up while we're away and hopefully find some bar to post the resultant mess in.

Mrs V doesn't seem to understand my predicament.

[flash]

Talking of Bulldogs Dave, did any of them complete all missions in your last campaign who have never achieved that distinction before?

Rob.

Nope, they're all old hands, Rob.

[Hu Rhu]

Good grief....this doesn't bode well, I'm on a ferry next Tuesday and have mission 2 and 3 to play before then and I realised that I still need to paint my balloons for mission 3 plus come up with some form of barrier to match Mikes brilliant interpretation. Then knock out Pete's mission without pausing for breath so that I can go away with them both under my belt. Write them up while we're away and hopefully find some bar to post the resultant mess in.

Mrs V doesn't seem to understand my predicament.

I feel for you John. Maybe just use a ribbon to represent the barrage? However, both missions can be time consuming so hopefully Mrs V will do all the packing!!

[mikeemagnus]

Good Luck John. Just have a great time while you are away. Catch up later.

[ShadowDragon]

My game is done, the photos are annotated and the AAR written but I can't upload photos. I don't think the site is recognizing my membership renewal which was on 4 April. Sigh!

[flash]

At lest the Boss is on it now, look forward to seeing the full story.
I've just managed to size my pics, now have to weave them into a tale fit for OTT, but that's tomorrow's task as tonight is Wings night !

[ShadowDragon]

At lest the Boss is on it now, look forward to seeing the full story.
I've just managed to size my pics, now have to weave them into a tale fit for OTT, but that's tomorrow's task as tonight is Wings night !

All is good now. Photos are inserted, for all of those who have been checking to see if it was sorted. I had PM'd Dave to let him know X Squadron was ready for inspection.

[flash]

I was looking to write my own then, like London buses, three AAR arrive on Uncles desk in one drop. There goes the rest of the afternoon !
Correction, there goes the rest of the day !

[mikeemagnus]

Anything to keep Uncle happy, huh

[ShadowDragon]

I was looking to write my own then, like London buses, three AAR arrive on Uncles desk in one drop. There goes the rest of the afternoon !

Sorry about that, Uncle. But for the Gold class power outage messing up the traffic lights, my bus would have landed on Uncle's desk two days ago - mixed metaphorically speaking...er, writing. Personally, I'd be most interested in flash's AAR.

[flash]

Sorry about that, Uncle. But for the Gold class power outage messing up the traffic lights, my bus would have landed on Uncle's desk two days ago - mixed metaphorically speaking...er, writing. Personally, I'd be most interested in flash's AAR.

That'll be a while, but I've got Mikes done now so maybe I can start later after a cuppa and a lie down !